THE BEAST WITH 1,000,000 EYES (David Kramarsky, USA, 1955)
CONQUEST OF SPACE (Byron Haskin, USA, 1955)
CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (Edward L. Cahn, USA, 1955)
KING DINOSAUR (Bert I. Gordon, USA, 1955)
REVENGE OF THE CREATURE (Jack Arnold, USA, 1955)
TARANTULA! (Jack Arnold, USA, 1955)
THIS ISLAND EARTH (Joseph Newman, USA, 1955)
THE BLACK SLEEP (Reginald Le Borg, USA, 1956)
THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN (Edward Nassour and Ismael Rodriguez, USA, 1956)
THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (John Sherwood, USA, 1956)
FIRE MAIDENS FROM OUTER SPACE (Cy Roth, USA, 1956)
FORBIDDEN PLANET (Fred Wilcox, USA, 1956)
GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS (Ishiro Honda and Terry O Morse, USA/Japan, 1956)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Don Siegel, USA, 1956)
THE MAN WHO TURNED TO STONE (Laszlo Kardos, USA, 1956)
THE PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES (Dan Milner, USA, 1956)
WORLD WITHOUT END (Edward Bernds, USA, 1956)
THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN (Bert I. Gordon, USA, 1957)
THE ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER (Ronald V. Ashcroft, USA, 1957)
THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS (Nathan Juran, USA, 1957)
THE DEADLY MANTIS (Nathan Juran, USA, 1957)
FROM HELL IT CAME (Dan Milner, USA, 1957)
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (Jack Arnold, USA, 1957)
THE INVISIBLE BOY (Herman Hoffman, USA, 1957)
KRONOS (Kurt Neumann, USA, 1957)
THE LAND UNKNOWN (Virgil W. Vogel, USA, 1957)
THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (John Sherwood, USA, 1957)
THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED! (Fred F. Sears, USA, 1957)
THE UNEARTHLY (Boris Petroff, USA, 1957)
THE UNKNOWN TERROR (Charles Marquis Warren, USA, 1957)
An incredible and eclectic selection, Shaun! Some of these here I had totally forgotten about and others were images I hadn't seen before. I've always liked the BLACK LAGOON movies and even though the third one gets sidetracked a lot, it's the most FRANKENSTEIN of the three and I think it holds its own with the other two. TARANTULA I've always thought was a bit overrated. I like it, but I've never thought it was as good as critics have made it out to be. Amazing poster artwork for it, though!
ReplyDeleteYes I've tried my best to mix in some real obscurities with the more famous ones. I think the weakness of the third LAGOON film lies in Jack Arnold leaving the series. Arnold is probably the closest thing 50's American sci-fi had too an auteur. Though John Sherwood is no slouch either, and directed THE MONOLITH MONSTERS as well, which is one of my favourite films of the decade. I think the most notable thing about TARANTULA is the brief appearance from a young Clint Eastwood...but even Arnold's minor movies like that one are worthy of serious attention.
ReplyDeleteAnd Eastwood had a bit more screen time in REVENGE OF THE CREATURE as a scientist carrying a mouse in his pocket, lol. Interesting, too, that Lee Van Cleef appeared in a few of these movie, also. It was funny seeing him (Van Cleef) play a crook in an old ANDY GRIFFITH episode.
ReplyDeleteCorrect me if I'm wrong, but isn't it Mr. Van Cleef who fires the shot that fells the eponymous monstrosity of THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS?
ReplyDeleteYep, that's him. I also think he kills the beast in IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, too and ends up being killed by it in the process? Haven't seen that one in years.
ReplyDeleteAgreed on the poster art for TARANTULA; it's a thing of beauty. Also nice to see someone else who enjoys THE MONOLITH MONSTERS. I think that particular film is the perfect example of that whole period, incorporating pretty much all of the beloved conventions of the sci-fi monster genre.
ReplyDeleteCreature with the atom brain is absolutely my fave!!! An astounding cool design and an awesome movie...Edward L. Cahn and Curt Siodmak together are terrific!! Cahn is one of my fave directors of all the times especially for his taste for zombie-like creatures, I definitively love Invisible invaders - as Michael Weldon quotes on his Psychotronic Encyclopedia "Night of the living father"!!!!
ReplyDelete@ J. Astro; I love THE MONOLITH MONSTERS, one of the few genuinely inventive sci-fi flicks of the decade. The sheer oddness of the alien invaders should have ensured it a prominence it doesn't get. Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDelete@ Dottor Sinema; I haven't actually seen CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN, but I'll take your word for it.