Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Target Earth (1954)- Dir. Sherman Rose
Feat. Richard Denning, Virginia Grey, Kathleen Crowley… - Invading alien robots trap people in an eerie deserted city. For all the 50s cliches this is mostly on–target.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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