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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Five (1951)- Dir. Arch Oboler
Feat. William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubeš, James Anderson… - Apocalyptic 50's sci–fi set in the aftermath of an atomic bomb disaster where five survivors (a pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a…
Flight to Mars (1951)- Dir. Lesley Selander
Feat. Cameron Mitchell, Marguerite Chapman, Virginia Huston… - Expedition adventure set on a Red Planet inhabited by an underground–dwelling but dying civilization that appear to be human.
Man From Planet X, The (1951)- Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, William Schallert - As a mysterious planet hurls itself toward earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions. An…
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