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Category Archives: Science fiction
High Treason (1929)
“Secret forces are driving the great continents into war as surely as they did in 1914…” Director: Maurice Elvey Starring: Benita Hume, Jameson Thomas, Humberston Wright, Basil Gill Screenplay: L’Estrange Fawcett, based upon the play by Noel Pemberton Billing … Continue reading
Snowbeast (1977)
“I saw—something. It was monstrous. It wasn’t human. It wasn’t an animal, either…” Director: Herb Wallerstein Starring: Bo Svenson, Robert Logan, Yvette Mimieux, Sylvia Sidney, Clint Walker, Thomas Babson, Jacquie Botts, Annie McEnroe, Kathy Christopher, Michael J. London Screenplay: … Continue reading
Rodan (1956)
“The Pteranodon is the largest flying species recorded in our history. According to the computer calculation from its egg-shell, this one – we named it ‘Rodan’ – has a 270-foot wing-span…” [Original title: Sora No Daikaiju Radon (Giant Sky … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Hirata Akihiko, Honda Ishirō, Imaizumi Ren, Japanese, kaiju eiga, Kimura Takeshi, Kisaragi Kanta, Kobori Akio, Kuronuma Ken, Matsuo Fumihito, Mizunoya Kiyomi, monster, Murata Takeo, Ogata Rinsaku, Sahara Kenji, science fiction, Shirakawa Yumi, Suzukawa Jirô, Tajima Yoshifumi, Takagi Kiyoshi, Toho, Yamada Tatsunosuke
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Them! (1954)
“We haven’t seen the end of them. We’ve only had a close view of the beginning of what may be the end of us…” Director: Gordon Douglas Starring: Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Whitmore, James Arness, Sandy Descher, Onslow … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction
Tagged 1950s, an animal dies, big bugs, Don Shelton, Edmund Gwenn, female scientist, Fess Parker, George Worthington Yates, Gordon Douglas, James Arness, James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, John Close, John Maxwell, Leonard Nimoy, Mary Alan Hokanson, Olin Howlin, Onslow Stevens, radiation, Russell S. Hughes, Sandy Descher, science fiction, Sean McClory, Ted Sherdeman, Warners, William Schallert
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Woman In The Moon (1929)
“At moonrise the rocketship will ascend into space. And, God willing, we will land – thirty-six hours later – on the far side of the moon…” [Original title: Frau im Mond] [aka By Rocket To The Moon, Girl In The … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction
Tagged 1920s, female scientist, Fritz Lang, Fritz Rasp, Gerda Maurus, German, Gustav von Wangenheim, Gustl Stark-Gstettenbaur, Hermann Oberth, Karl Platen, Klaus Pohl, rockets, science fiction, silent, space, space travel, the moon, Thea von Harbou, Willie Fritsch
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The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
“I shall show you strange things about the mind of man…” [aka The Man Who Lived Again aka The Brainsnatcher aka Body Switch aka Dr Maniac] Director: Robert Stevenson Starring: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, John Loder, Frank Cellier, Donald … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction
Tagged 1930s, Anna Lee, Boris Karloff, British, Cecil Parker, Donald Calthrop, female scientist, Frank Cellier, humour, John L. Balderston, John Loder, L. du Garde Peach, Lynn Harding, mad science, mind manipulation, prove the fools wrong, Robert Stevenson, science fiction, Sidney Gilliat
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Island Of Lost Souls (1933)
“Do you know what it means to feel like God?” Director: Erle C. Kenton Starring: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, Arthur Hohl, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Fields, Paul Hurst, Tetsu Komai, Hans Steinke Screenplay: Waldemar Young and … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction
Tagged 1930s, Arthur Hohl, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, Erle C. Kenton, H. G. Wells, Hans Steinke, Horror, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, Paramount, Paul Hurst, Philip Wylie, pre-Code, prove the fools wrong, Richard Arlen, science fiction, sex, Stanley Fields, surgery, Tetsu Komai, transformation, Waldemar Young
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The Snake Woman (1961)
“Life is such a miraculous, delicate thing. What if this poison were to upset the balance? – and instead of a normal, healthy child, ours were to be born a—a—“ [Also known as: Terror Of The Snake Woman] Director: … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction
Tagged 1960s, Arnold Marlé, British, Dorothy Frere, Elsie Wagstaff, Frances Bennett, Geoffrey Denton, Hugh Moxey, Jack Cunningham, John Cazabon, John McCarthy, mad science, Michael Logan, Orville H. Hampton, science fiction, Sidney J. Furie, snakes, Stevenson Lang, Susan Travers, transformation
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Destination Moon (1950)
“We are not the only ones who know that the moon can be reached. We are not the only ones planning to go there. The race is on—and we had better win it!” Director: Irving Pichel Starring: John Archer, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Alford “Rip” Van Ronkel, Chesley Bonestell, Cold War, Dick Wesson, Erin O’Brien-Moore, Irving Pichel, James O'Hanlon, John Archer, Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction, space travel, Ted Warde, the moon, Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, Woody Woodpecker
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Rocketship X-M (1950)
“Tonight you are invited here to witness an important event. You are all familiar with our previous work in sending robot missiles into space. That phase is at an end. Tonight we will launch the first manned spaceship, the RXM: … Continue reading