Unknown World (1951)
Jan 26, 2015Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Overlooked 1950s journey to the centre of the earth film that transcends its B-budget with an often uniquely melancholic poetry
Jack Rabin
Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)
Nov 1, 2002All-Female Lunar Society/Classic Bad Movie
Classic bad movie in which astronauts land on The Moon and encounter an all-female society. Some really datedly war of the sexes politics play out amid the laughably impoverished sets and effects
War of the Satellites (1958)
Jun 11, 2020Aliens Sabotage Space Launches
An early film from legendary B movie producer/director Roger Corman. This is an alien invasion film but has been twisted out of shape to exploit the fascination with satellites after the launch of Sputnik several months before the film came out
The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
Jun 28, 2017Giant Woman Comedy
The one and only solo outing from Lou Costello of Abbott and Costello fame made after the duo's split-up and just before Lou's death. The film is essentially a comedy remake of the previous year's Attack of the 50 Foot Woman in which Lou's newlywed wife abruptly becomes a giant
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
Aug 2, 2001Submarine Encounters Flying Saucer
A low-budget but surprisingly reasonable mix of submarine drama and 1950s alien invader film with a submarine crew tracking a flying saucer