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LOST
ZEPPELIN (1929) Ricardo
Cortez, Conway Tearle. Somewhat antiquated, but this early sci-fi
talkie has some brilliant special effects highlighting a tale about
an ill-fated expedition to the south pole aboard a huge zeppelin.
S089
F.P.1
DOESN'T ANSWER (1932) Conrad
Veidt, Jill Esmond, Leslie Fenton. A gigantic floating platform
is built in the mid-Atlantic for use as an oceanic airport. However,
its destruction seems imminent at the hands of foreign saboteurs.
A well-done, early sci-fi adventure. S090
NON
STOP NEW YORK (1937) Anna
Lee, John Loder. A minor classic. A young woman gets in the middle
of a murder plot as she travels from London to New York aboard a
futuristic airliner. Recommended! S008
THE
FLYING SAUCER MYSTERY (1950)
Documentary about the mysteries of UFOs. Very campy and sensationalistic.
We've tacked on about 30-minutes of flying saucer-oriented sci-fi
trailers for your added enjoyment. S018
UNKNOWN
WORLD (1951) Marilyn Nash,
Victor Kilian. Underrated film about a group of scientists who use
a gigantic drilling machine for an expedition hundreds of miles
inside the Earth. Pure science fiction fare with an intelligent
cast. S020
GEISHA
GIRL (1952) William Andrews,
Martha Hyer. A forgotten sci-fi film! A scientist develops ex- plosive
pills more powerful than nuclear bombs. When they fall into the
hands of two wacky G.I.s, the Japanese police send in a super hypnotist
to help. Oddball farce. S168
INVASION
U.S.A. (1952) Peggie Castle,
Gerald Mohr. The U.S. is invaded by unknown enemy troops. Bombs
are dropping on major cities everywhere! Stock footage galore! A
gem of hysterical propaganda. From 35mm. S167
MESA
OF LOST WOMEN (1952) Allan
Nixon, Jackie Coogan. A group of people crash land on a desert mesa
where a mad scientist is experimenting with giant spiders and strange
women. Numbingly awful. S022
UNNATURAL
(1952) Erich von Stroheim,
Hildegarde Neff. A strange scientist creates a beautiful femme fatale
via artificial insemination. Because her heritage is artificial,
she appears to have no soul or inborn sense of morality. A Gothic
sci-fi melodrama. S131
FOUR
SIDED TRIANGLE (1953) Barbara
Payton, James Hayter. A scientist invents a duplicating machine
and reproduces the woman he loves because she's fallen for another
man. After creating a look-alike android, the duplicate also falls
in love with the other man. S024
EEGAH
(1962) Arch Hall, Jr., Richard Kiel, Marilyn Manning, Arch
Hall, Sr. Hilarious schlock about three people who discover an actual
caveman living out in the desert. From 35mm. S162
INVASION
OF THE ANIMAL PEOPLE (1962)
John Carradine, Robert Burton. Aliens land in Lapland and deposit
a giant, furry monster that creates havoc with the local natives.
Shot on location in Lapland by an American crew and English-speaking
cast. Pretty good if you can get by the Jerry Warren inserts that
were added later. S154
PHANTOM
FROM SPACE (1953) Ted Cooper,
Noreen Nash. No classic, but an underrated sci-fi opus about a group
of people who find themselves pitted against an invisible alien
in a lonely observatory. S023
GIRL
IN HIS POCKET (1957) Jean
Marais, Genevieve Page, Jean Claude Brialy. An eccentric scientist
discovers a method for shrinking people, and uses his girlfriend
as a guinea pig. A rare French sci-fi comedy. S160
TERROR
IS A MAN (1959) Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen. Excellent sci-fi/horror
opus shot in the Philippines and starring an all-English speaking
cast. A scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature
that goes on a rampage. S055
JUDEX
(1963) Channing Pollock, Francine Berge, Edith Scob. A marvelous
masked superhero film about Judex, master of disguises, who seeks
to avenge his father's death. Lots of action and fun. In French,
subtitled in English. S135
INVISIBLE
AVENGER (1958) Richard Derr,
Mark Daniels. This was thought to be a lost film. Lamont Cranston--"The
Shadow"--uses invisibility in his investigation of a murdered
New Orleans jazz band leader. S049
NIGHT
OF THE BLOOD BEAST (1958)
Michael Emmet, Ed Nelson, Angela Greene. A spaceship returns to
Earth carrying an astronaut who's been impregnated by alien embryos.
Also on board is an alien monster that terrorizes a group of research
scientists in their mountain laboratory. Great fun! S140
PLANETA
BURG (aka PLANET OF STORMS, 1962)
Vladimir Temelianov, Gennadi Vernov. A sci-fi master- piece! Cosmonauts
land on Venus to find themselves in peril by various alien monstrosities.
This appears to be the actual print that Roger Corman used to make
parts of the negatives to Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet and Voyage
to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (the film cans were addressed
to Roger). The print was later embossed with subtitles. In Russian,
subtitled in English. From a beautiful 35mm print.
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VOYAGE
TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1968)
Mamie Van Doren, Mary Mark. This Roger Corman hodge-podge features
Mamie as the leader of a tribe of alien women who hang out on the
beaches of Venus. They're visited by Russian cosmonauts who face
many perils, including a pterodactyl. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich,
under the pseudonym Derek Thomas. Contains footage from Planeta
Burg.
THE
KILLER SHREWS (1959) James
Best, Ken Curtis, Ingrid Goude. This is what low-budget '50s sci-fi
is all about. Scientists develop a breed of giant, carnivorous shrews
that terrorize a group of people on a small island. Great fun. Highly
recommended! S058
THE
GIANT GILA MONSTER (1959)
Don Sullivan, Lisa Simone. Much of the same low-budget charm as
its companion film, The Killer Shrews. A gigantic
lizard terrorizes a small Texas community. S059
THE
AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN (1959)
Douglas Kennedy, Marguerite Chapman. An escaped bank robber is subjected
to an atomic ray machine that renders him invisible. He then breaks
into a military installation to steal radioactive materials. A likable
low-budget schlocker directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. S056
BEAST
OF YUCCA FLATS (1961) Tor
Johnson, Tony Cardoza. Tor plays a Russian scientist who's caught
in a nuclear blast. The radiation transforms him into a rampaging
desert monster. The film was shot shot silent, and narration was
dubbed in later. A truly awful movie. Some brief topless nudity
is featured in the opening rape scene. S141
JUNGLE
HELL (aka JUNGLE BOY, 1955)
Sabu, David Bruce, George E. Stone. A real; rarity as an Indian
jungle tribe is threatened by a flying saucer, mysterious rays,
and radioactive rocks. S040
RETURN
OF DR. MABUSE (aka THE PHANTOM
MEETS THE RETURN OF DR. MABUSE, 1961) Lex Barker, Gert
Frobe, Wolfgang Preiss. Sequel to The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse.
Detectives are again on the trail of the maniacal Mabuse, who plans
to overrun a giant metropolis with an army of zombies. S143
THE
BRAIN (1962) Peter Van Eyck,
Bernard Lee. The brain of a dead man is kept alive scientifically.
It develops a terrific mental force that allows it to take control
of the scientist responsible for keeping it alive. S074
TESTAMENT
OF DR. MABUSE (aka TERROR OF
THE MAD DOCTOR, 1962) Gert Frobe, Wolfgang Preiss,
Senta Berger. Well done remake of Fritz Lang's 1933 classic. The
head of an asylum is controlled by the spirit of the dead evil genius
Dr. Mabuse, who had hypnotized him. S155
THIS
IS NOT A TEST (1962) Seamon
Glass, Mary Morlas. Social science fiction at its best. A state
trooper stops people along a highway after hearing news of an impending
nuclear attack. Good drama as cast members fight and quarrel over
what to do before the bombs hit. S075
THE
BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1963)
Herb Evers, Virginia Leith. Sleazy schlock at its finest. A crazed
scientist keeps his decapitated fiancee's head alive in a pan, then
goes hanging around strip joints to look for a replacement body.
Look out for the coneheaded monster in the closet. This is the totally
uncut version! Disturbing, gross, and incredible. Highly recommended!
S122
THE
YESTERDAY MACHINE (1963)
Tim Holt, James Britton. Here's a real rarity. Produced in Texas
for the local drive-in circuit, this schlocker is about a fugitive
Nazi scientist hiding out in a old house in the wilds of the Texas
prairie. He invents a time machine so he can go back to 1945 and
save Hitler from suicide. A truly bizarre oddity. S078
ALPHAVILLE
(1965) Eddie Constantine.
Classic sci-fi! A detective is sent into a strange, futuristic city
to find and rescue a missing scientist. Dubbed in English. Directed
by Jean-Luc Goddard. S087
THE
WAR GAME (1965) Michael
Aspel, Peter Graham. Beware! This is a tremendously powerful semi-documentary
about a worldwide nuclear attack and its affect on a small English
town. Brutal and shocking in its depiction. Not for the squeamish.
Highly recommended! S127
WILD
WORLD OF BATWOMAN (aka SHE WAS
A HIPPIE VAMPIRE, 1966) Katherine Victor, Lloyd Nelson,
Bruno Ve Sota. Batwoman and her busty cohorts battle the evil Rat
Fink and his idiotic companions. A landmark in the history of bad
films. Your mouth will hang open in amazement. S114
THE
LOVE FACTOR (aka ZETA ONE,
1969) Robin Hawdon, James Robertson Justice, Yutte
Stensgaard. A soft core British sci-fi film. A secret agent tries
to foil the plans of a race of topless female aliens. S146
FANTASTIC
PUPPET PEOPLE (1958) John
Agar, June Kenney, John Hoyt. A mad doll-maker has a shrinking machine
that reduces people to a tenth of their size. Agar, who's been miniaturized
himself, rallies the other victims against their giant captor.
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PLAN
9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959)
Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Vampira. The
film that made Ed Wood a legend. Aliens use the bodies of the dead
to become their murdering zombie slaves. The best of the worst!
S106
THE
FLESH EATERS (1962) Martin
Kosleck, Byron Sanders. One of the greatest low- budget black &
white shock- ers of all time. A mad ex- Nazi scientist breeds a
strain of flesh-devouring bacteria on a desert island, using victims
of a shipwreck as guinea pigs. Amazing, grue- some special effects.
An astonishing climax still packs a jolt. Color sequence intact.
Completely uncut! Not to be missed! S152
HORRORS
OF SPIDER ISLAND (1959)
Alex D'Arcy, Barbara Valentine. Hilarious schlock about a plane
load of models that crash lands on a jungle island. Their manager
is bitten by a giant spider and turns into a hairy monster. Help!
S166
TEENAGERS
FROM OUTER SPACE (1959) David
Love, Dawn Anderson. Teenage aliens plan to use Earth as the breeding
ground for a species of lobster monsters. However, one of the invaders
turns on his comrades when he falls in love with an Earth girl.
One of those "it's so bad, it's good" kind of movies.
S052
THE
WASP WOMAN (1959) Susan
Cabot, Fred Eisley, Michael Mark. The head of a cosmetics firm finds
herself changing into a wasp-like monster after using a youth-restoring
beauty cream. Good fun! S051
ATTACK
OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959)
Yvette Vickers, Ken Clarke, Bruno Ve Sota. A top of the line drive-in
classic. Radiation turns ordinary leeches into giant, bloodthirsty
monsters. An unforgettable performance by the sexy Vickers. Highly
recommended! S053
THE
1000 EYES OF DR. MABUSE (1960)
Gert Frobe, Peter Van Eyck, Wolfgang Preiss. The final directorial
effort from the great Fritz Lang. An evil genius uses a luxury hotel,
filled with scientific devices, as his headquarters. Well done,
with a terrific climax. S126
INDESTRUCTIBLE
MAN (1956) Lon Chaney, Casey
Adams. Another old '50s sci-fi standard we all grew up with. Chaney
is "The Butcher," an executed killer who is brought back
to life and seeks revenge against those who sent him to the electric
chair. S043
JOURNEY
BENEATH THE DESERT (aka L'ATLANTIDE,
1961) George Riviere, Jean Louis Tritigant. The next-to-last
film for cult director Edgar G. Ulmer. Three lost aviators discover
the entrance to the lost city of Atlantis at a nuclear blast site.
The face many perils and find themselves pitted against an evil
queen. S142
GIANT
OF METROPOLIS (1961) Gordon
Mitchell, Bella Cortez. A weird, atmospheric sci-fi adventure. An
ancient supercity is the setting for strange experiments, torture
and intrigue. An "Atlantis" style climax. S064
THE
PHANTOM PLANET (1961) Dean
Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Francis X. Bushman. An enjoyable and underrated
sci-fi opus about an astronaut stranded on an invisible planetoid.
There he finds a race of miniature people menaced by a fleet of
alien monsters. Wonderful stock sci-fi music score. S065
ATOM
AGE VAMPIRE (1962) Susanne
Loret, Alberto Lupo. A mad scientist uses weird glandular transplants
to restore beauty to the horribly scarred face of the woman he loves.
While he's doing all this, he has occasion to turn into a hideous
monster and vent his wrath on some of the locals. S072
THE
ATOMIC BRAIN (aka MONSTROSITY,
1963) Frank Gerstle, Judy Bamber. A mad scientist is hired
by a millionaire spinster to transplant her brain into the body
of a young girl. He gets ticked off at her and transplants it into
the skull of a cat instead. One of the biggest turkeys ever made.
S079
FIRST
SPACESHIP ON VENUS (1963)
Gunther Simon, Yoko Tani. An international expedition is launched
to the planet Venus. There they find its former inhabitants completely
destroyed by atomic war. S080
SANTA
CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS (1964)
John Call, Leonard Hicks, Pia Zadora. Santa is captured by Martians
so he can be taken back to Mars and help teach those little Martian
brats the real meaning of Christmas. Yikes! S084
VOYAGE
TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET (1965)
Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue. Although he's not listed in the
credits, this is one of Roger Corman's 'Russian' films with footage
from the Soviet space epic Planeta Burg. The story
deals with man's first expedition to Venus. S086
SUPERARGO
(aka SUPERARGO AND THE FACELESS
GIANTS, 1966) Ken Wood, Guy Madison. For all students
of Santo and Neutron movies, here's something you won't want to
miss: a European, superhero, masked wrestler. Campy. S116
BRIDE
OF THE MONSTER (1955) Bela
Lugosi, Tor Johnson. A "bad" classic from Ed Wood. Lugosi
is quite good as a mad scientist conducting strange atomic experiments
in an old dark house next to a lake containing a monster octopus.
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ASSIGNMENT
OUTER SPACE (1962) Rick
Von Nutter, Archie Savage. The massive force field on a runaway
space station threatens to destroy the Earth. Very atmospheric,
with excellent cinematography. S073
HIDEOUS
SUN DEMON (1959) Robert
Clarke, Patricia Manning. After exposure to radiation, an atomic
research scientist finds himself changing into a murderous, lizard-like
monster every time he's exposed top the rays of the sun. Cheap but
lovable. S060
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