Greatest 1950´s Horror Titles
The Best scary moments in Film during the 1950´s (incl Science Fiction)!
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- DirectorChristian NybyHoward HawksStarsKenneth TobeyMargaret SheridanJames ArnessScientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.Iconic sci fi horror which paved the way to a paranoia using aliens as the ultimate fiend! 8/10
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRichard DerrBarbara RushPeter HansenAs a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.Greater-than-Life disaster movie which dared to describe something that has not been shown since! Producer: George Pal 7/10
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRichard CarlsonBarbara RushCharles DrakeA spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.Atmospheric and poetic masterpiece about horror from outer space and humans´ vulnerability to fear and suspicion! Director: Jack Arnold 9/10
- DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsHelena CarterArthur FranzJimmy HuntA young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.A child nightmare about what would happen if you could not trust all grown ups, not even your parents! 9/10
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsGene BarryAnn RobinsonLes TremayneA small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.First big time alien invasion based on HG Well´s archetypical novel with great effects! Producer: George Pal 8/10
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAfter a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.The very first eco horror film where the Japanese dinosaur strikes back with atomic power to teach humanity a lesson! 8/10
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRichard CarlsonJulie AdamsRichard DenningA strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.Sensous look under the surface of an enchanting lagoon to find a human like fish creature. While the men wants to hunt and exploit it, the woman prefers to swim and take pleasure in its´ waters! Director: Jack Arnold 8/10
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames WhitmoreEdmund GwennJoan WeldonThe earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.First big bug movie is a tight thriller, with a classic terrifying intro! 8/10
- DirectorJohn ParkerBruno VeSotaStarsAdrienne BarrettBruno VeSotaBen RosemanThis film, with no dialogue at all, follows a psychotic young woman's nightmarish experiences through one skid-row night.A maniac woman in the shadowy world of nightmarish city streets and bars. Not well known, still a timeless dreamy masterpiece and lazed with wild jazz music! 9/10
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.French classic thriller which borders to terror! Masterpiece! 9/10
- DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJack WarnerRichard WordsworthProfessor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.Hammers first journey into fear is a study of shapeless horror from space! 7/10
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJohn AgarMara CordayLeo G. CarrollA spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in gigantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.Director Jack Arnold responds to "Them!" with this amazing spider creeper that still offers some of the most convincing effects! 8/10
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsKevin McCarthyDana WynterLarry GatesA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.Iconic Paranoia classic about the seed pods from "space?" and the duplicas they create. Super tight thriller, sci fi and terror! 10/10
- DirectorRiccardo FredaMario BavaStarsGianna Maria CanaleCarlo D'AngeloDario MichaelisParis. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.Groundbreaking step for Horror films, a vampire theme with elements from criminal thriller to supernatural fantasy! Italians Freda´s and Bava´s earliest genre collaboration. 7/10
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsPaul BirchBeverly GarlandMorgan JonesAn alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to Earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There, he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war.After three cheap sci fi thrillers, Roger Corman manages to make a timeless little terror tale about an alien vampire! 7/10
- DirectorAlfred ShaughnessyStarsBarbara ShelleyRobert AyresKay CallardLeonora Johnson is a woman who returns to her ancestral home and is told she will inherit money, but also that there is a family curse: being possessed by the spirit of a leopard in spite of her disbelieving psychiatrist Dr. Brian Marlowe.Not well known british take on the "Cat People" myth with dashing Barbara Shelley! ?
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingHazel CourtRobert UrquhartWhile awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.Groundbreaking Hammer Bloody Horror´s first gothic monster tale is a tightly told story of a psychopathic doctor of horrible experiments! Director: Terence Fisher 8/10
- DirectorGene Fowler Jr.StarsMichael LandonYvonne LimeWhit BissellA hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf.The 1950´s gave us the teenagers for the first time, and identification with monsters was a cool metaphor, and this is the best teenage horror flick!
7/10 - DirectorJacques TourneurStarsDana AndrewsPeggy CumminsNiall MacGinnisAmerican professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.Classic British supernatural horror film with touch of Film Noir and with Dana Andrews! Director: Jacques "Cat People" Tourneur
- DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJohn LongdenSidney JamesProfessor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up.Fantastic gritty paranoia from Hammer again, with an accelerating rate of an invasion, nobody seem to know about! 8/10
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsRichard DenningMara CordayCarlos RivasVolcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.Big Bug Movie fest again! From a nightmarish cave world comes a wave of gigantic flesh hungry fast moving black scorpions! "King Kong" stop motion specialist O´Brien made these horrors! 7/10
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsDavid HedisonPatricia OwensVincent PriceA scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.Scientist experiments with matter transmission but happen to mix himself up with a normal house fly with horrifying result! A science fiction thriller with the logic of a nightmare! 7/10
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingChristopher LeeMichael GoughWhen Jonathan Harker rouses the ire of Count Dracula for accepting a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses, his friend Dr. Van Helsing pursues the predatory villain.Coulour Hammer is back with the sexiest Dracula tale where women transforms into sexual desirable predators and Christopher Lee hits the big times! Director: Terence Fisher 8/10
- DirectorArthur CrabtreeStarsMarshall ThompsonTerry KilburnMichael BalfourA scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters (complete with spinal-cord tails!) who terrorize an American military base in this nightmarish chiller.US/ British thriller about unknown invisible attackers on a military base!
7/10 - DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsMarshall ThompsonShirley PattersonKim SpaldingThe first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.Space thriller that predates "Alien 79" with an alien stowaway hidden in the air tunnels of the space ship! 6.5/10