Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen - Pre–eminent sci–fi film of the 50's with a story and special effects well beyond its time. This fascinating film launched the careers of…
Godzilla - King of the Monsters (1956)- Dir. Inoshiro Honda, Terry O. Morse
Feat. Raymond Burr - The original US version of ‘Godzilla’ which spawned countless remakes and sequels. Raymond Burr plays a reporter investigating various disasters…
Indestructible Man (1956)- Dir. Jack Pollexfen
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney - Homicidal maniac Lon Chaney Jnr is revived, post–execution, by a mad scientist, before going on a revenge–spree. Interesting entry for…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates… - 50's sci–fi masterpiece about alien pods replicating and replacing American townspeople. Whether read as a Communist or McCarthyist parable, it…
Mole People, The (1956)- Dir. Virgil W. Vogel
Feat. John Agar, Hugh Beaumont - Silly sci–fi fun, about a group of archeologists who discover an ancient underground civilisation – some of whose residents bear…
Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1956)- Dir. Dan Milner
Feat. Kent Taylor - Dredged from the darkest depths of B–Movie hell, this quaint 50s horror concerns a murderous underwater creature produced by leaking uranium.
Rodan (1956)- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata - GODZILLA spin–off has a small Japanese town undergoing various monstrous threats, starting with caterpillars and ending with flying prehistoric…
Roger Corman Collection #2 (Creature from the Haunted Seas, It Conquered the World) (1956-1961)- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland… - A double–feature of Corman sci–fi 'quickies'. It Conquered the World (1956) – Van Cleef lures a malevolent alien from Venus to…
Conquest Of Space (1955)- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy - Technicolor space adventure that redeems some of its contrived script with whimsical special effects.
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)- Dir. Robert Gordon
Feat. Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Ian Keith… - It's Ray Harryhausen again, so expect some dazzling special effects. A huge octopus emerges from the Pacific to wreak havoc on San Fransisco.
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