Lost Continent (1951)
Jan 20, 2022Prehistoric Lost World
Low-budget film with scientists in search of a downed rocket who encounter a prehistoric lost world of dinosaurs on an island plateau
Whit Bissell
The Atomic Kid (1954)
Mar 6, 2001Radioactive Man Comedy
Perhaps the strangest film Mickey Rooney ever made, a comedy in which he is a prospector caught in an atomic explosion and afterwards gains the ability to cause things to explode
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Jan 5, 2000Prehistoric Monster
A classic 1950s monster movie where an expedition up the Amazon discovers a Gill Man. Here an average story is propelled into the memorable by Jack Arnold's moody direction. Two sequels followed.
Target Earth (1954)
Jun 6, 2009Alien Invasion
An entry from the 1950s alien invader film fad. This starts well with survivors finding themselves in a deserted city but takes a nosedive with the introduction of a clunky robot
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Jan 19, 2000Teenage Werewolf
This was a hit in its dayo by tapping the burgeoning teenage market who had just realised they were misunderstood thanks to James Dean. Not a particularly great film but it is one that carries a great deal of primal ferocity
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
Apr 19, 2001Teenage Frankenstein Monster
Producer Herman Cohen had a huge hit with I Was a Teenage Werewolf and quick on its tail released this companion piece, an enjoyably tongue-in-cheek film concerning a Frankenstein descendant turning a teen into a monster
Monster on the Campus (1958)
Mar 9, 2003Scientist Reverts to a Caveman
One of Jack Arnold's lesser films, a Jekyll and Hyde story where a scientist finds himself reveting to a caveman after scraping his hand on a prehistoric coelacanth
The Time Machine (1960)
Jan 19, 2001Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation
This adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic novel was one of the best films from 1950s SF producer/director George Pal. The time travel is depicted with considerable wondrousness and standout effects for the era
The Time Machine (1978)
Apr 1, 2016Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation
Largely forgotten adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel made for tv. While other versions place the story in Victorian England, this has been Americanised – where the time traveller is a weapons designer and journeys back to the Wild West. What kills the film is a painful cheapness