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Subgenre Sampler
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The (1953)- Dir. Eugene Lourie
Feat. Paul Christian, Paula Raymond - A–Bomb tests in the Arctic circle unearths an angry giant rhedosaurus! A landmark creature feature, it helped create a genre around experiments…
Commando Cody: Sky Marshall of the Universe (1953)- Feat. Aline Towne, Gregory Gaye, Judd Holdren
- Black–and–white TV series following the adventures of masked super–scientist Commando Cody, who is recruited by the U.S. government…
Donovan's Brain (1953)- Dir. Felix Feist
Feat. Lew Ayres, Gene Evans - B–movie classic about a scientist who keeps alive the brain of a tyrannical tycoon and slowly succumbs to its sinister motives.
Invaders from Mars (1953)- Dir. William Cameron Menzies
Feat. Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz… - A young boy witnesses the landing and encroachment of hostile Martians. Paranoia allegory pre–dates the similarly–themed BODY SNATCHERS.
It Came from Outer Space (1953)- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Richard Carlson - A spaceship crash lands in the Arizona desert (where else?), causing friction between mild–mannered scientist Richard Carlson and the more…
Quatermass Experiment, The (TV Series) (1953)
- Dir. Rudolph Cartier
Feat. Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean - The seminal serial (in six parts) by award–winning writer Nigel Kneale that laid the foundations of British Sci–Fi TV.. This first…
Robot Monster (1953)
- Dir. Phil Tucker
Feat. George Barrows - Sharing the mantle with PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE as the "worst movie of all time", this lesser–known unpolished turd is just as bad, only…
Invasion U.S.A. (1952)- Dir. Alfred E. Green
Feat. Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Dan O'Herlihy - A crudely devised, but fascinating slice of early Cold War paranoia, this has the 'Land of the Free' being invaded by hordes of Russians, with…
Radar Men from the Moon (1952)- Dir. Fred C. Brannon
Feat. George Wallace, Roy Barcroft, Aline Towne… - Cracking Republic serial has Commando Cody taking on the baddies – including future Lone Ranger Moore – armed with his trusty aluminum…
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal - The blueprint for excellence in fifties sci–fi, Michael Rennie plays Klaatu, a peace–seeking alien whose good intentions meet with…
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