The Black Sleep (1956)

The Black Sleep (1956)
Rating: ★★
Sep 13, 2012Mad Scientist
The very last gasp of the 1930s/40s mad scientist film, a swansong that brings together an amazing cast from the era including Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Basil Rathbone and Tor Johnson. Slightly better produced than most of the era's cheapies

The Unearthly (1957)

The Unearthly (1957)
Rating: ★★
Apr 1, 2013Mad Scientist
One of the very last gasps of the great era of mad scientist films from the 1940s. Despite assembling a great cast of genre regulars, this never does much to stir its pot – the mad scientist's scheme is vague and the film almost never ventures outside of a single house

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Rating: ★★★★
Sep 14, 2002Alien Invasion/Classic Bad Movie
This has become legendary as the Worst Film Ever Made. Maybe it is but the audience that celebrates its technical gaffes, the purple prose and bizarre bheind-the-scenes stories has contrarily made it one of cultish fascination