Category: Atomic Age
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Four Sided Triangle (1953)
Written by Terence Fisher Directed by Terence Fisher Starring Barbara Payton, James Hayter, Stephen Murray, John Van Eyssen US Release June 15, 1953 RT 81 min. Home Video Starz/Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Until it completely squanders its opportunity for an amazing twist ending, I…
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Written by Edmund H. North Directed by Robert Wise Starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe US Release Sept. 28, 1951 RT 92 min. Home Video 20th Century Fox Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of movie revealed… Although it’s undoubtedly a classic, the plot of The…
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Tales of Tomorrow: “Frankenstein” (1952)
Written by Henry Myers Starring John Newland, Lon Chaney Jr., Mary Alice Moore First Aired Jan. 18, 1952 RT 24 min. Watch On YouTube Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of episode revealed. For a 30-minute live television show from 1952 that now resides in the public…
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The Neanderthal Man (1958)
Written by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen Directed by Ewald Andre Dupont Starring Robert Shayne, Richard Crane, Robert Long, Joyce Terry, Jeannette Quinn US Release June 19, 1953 RT 78 min. Home Video Shout! Factory Classic Horrors rating = 3 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. At risk of ruining any credibility I’ve…
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The Outer Limits: “I, Robot” (1964)
Written by Robert C. Dennis Directed by Leon Benson Starring Howard Da Silva, Marianna Hill, Leonard Nimoy, Peter Brocco, Ford Rainey First Aired Nov. 14, 1964 RT 51 min. Watch On iTunes Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of episode revealed. Though not a literal “Frankenstein” story,…
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Written by Mark Hanna Directed by Nathan Juran Starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers US Release May 19, 1958 RT 65 min. Home Video Warner Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. You don’t have to be overly optimistic to say there’s a nugget of a…
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Abbott & Costello Meet the Monsters
The role that Abbott & Costello played during the last hurrah of the Universal Monsters is indisputable. If the movies offend you because of their silly tone, remember that your lasting memory of Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and the Wolf Man could have been from House of Dracula (1945). You don’t get much sillier than that.…
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It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Written by Jerome Bixby Directed by Edward L. Cahn Starring Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson (as Shawn Smith) US Release ex: Aug. 1958 RT 69 Home Video MGM (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. I don’t know that It! The Terror from Beyond Space has been compared to…
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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Written by Richard Matheson Based on The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson Directed by Jack Arnold Starring Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, Paul Langton US Release April, 1957 RT 81 Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: the following contains plot spoilers. What I remember from first…
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Remake Rewind: The Blob
From time to time, Classic Horrors will feature movies released after 1978 when they have a direct connection to those released before 1978. Beginning in May, 2010, until it expanded its content to include more than just the horror genre as Boom Howdy.com, I wrote a column for Downright Creepy.com called “Remake Rewind.” With permission of Boom Howdy, we present an…
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