Subgenre Sampler
Them! (1954)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn - Mutated giant ants run amok after a nuclear test in the New Mexico desert. Atomic parable is a major studio '50s creature feature that benefits from…
This Island Earth (1954)- Dir. Joseph Newman
Feat. Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue - Seriously cool sci–fi adventure with startling production values enriching its B–movie spirit. Rex Reason plays a scientist unwittingly…
Tobor the Great (1954)- Dir. Lee Sholem
Feat. Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Franz Roehn… - Sentimental sci–fi curio examines the attachment between a young boy and a robot called Tobor. When dastardly communists kidnap the youngster…
War of the Worlds, The (1954)- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne… - Atomic–age adaptation of H.G. Wells frightening novel about the Martian invasion is excitingly paced with special–effects that were then…
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…
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