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Indestructible ManIndestructible 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 SnatchersInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Aro Favourite
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…
Phantom from 10,000 LeaguesPhantom 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.
RodanRodan (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 #2Roger 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 SpaceConquest 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.
Panther Girl of the KongoPanther Girl of the Kongo (1955)
Dir. Franklin Adreon
Feat. Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey, Arthur Space
Cult movie serial which reworks stock footage from 1941's JUNGLE GIRL. A giant crayfish monster terrorises the African jungle and it's up to the…
Quatermass II (TV Series)Quatermass II (TV Series) (1955)
Dir. Rudolph Cartier
Feat. John Robinson
Professor Quatermass returns (this time palyed by John Robinson) in Nigel Kneale's popular sci–fi serial of the 1950s. The six–part…
Tarantula!Tarantula! (1955)
Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll
One of the best B–movie directors of the 1950s crafts an effective tale of a manic scientist (Carroll) whose experiments unleash a gigantic and…

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