Funny remake of The Blob with Larry Hagman
"Can your heart stand the shocking facts about Graverobbers from Outer Space?" That's the question on the lips of the narrator of this tale about flying saucers, zombies and cardboard tombstones. A pair of aliens, angered by the "stupid minds" of planet Earth, set up shop in a California cemetery. Their plan: to animate an army of the dead to march on the capitals of the world. Is Plan 9 from Outer Space the worst film ever made? Comments?
Nuclear tests in the desert result in the growth of gigantic mutant ants who menace cities in the American south-west as a team of investigators and the army search for a way to control their spread in this Cold War-era monster film.
From the book by H.G. Wells, a scientist and tinkerer builds a time machine and uses it to explore the distant future where there are two races, a mild gentle race, and a cannibalistic one living underground. His machine is stolen by the underground race and he must risk being captured (and eaten) to return to his own time.
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Killers from Space - Classic Movie - www.nostalgiamerchant.biz
Killers From Space stars Peter Graves (Mission Impossible) before he became a major star. Atomic scientist Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes while on a reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Showing up at the base later, he is given sodium pentathol after being caught in espionage activities. Authorities are skeptical, to say the least, as he relates his story of being captured by aliens who plan on capturing Earth by using giant animals and insects. Classic Scifi. (1954) Available on DVD from The Nostalgia Merchant.
An alien (Klaatu) with his mighty robot (Gort) land their spacecraft on Cold War-era Earth just after the end of World War II. They bring an important message to the planet that Klaatu wishes to tell to representatives of all nations. However, communication turns out to be difficult, so, after learning something about the natives, Klaatu decides on an alternative approach.
A missile, launched by the team led by Prof. Quatermass, lands in the English countryside. Of the three members of the crew, two have mysteriously disappeared. The third one, barely alive, undergoes an horrible metamorphosis turning into a monstrous "thing". When he breaks out and, chased in vain by inspector Lomax, starts killing humans and animals to feed his transformation, Quatermass realizes that this is the way chosen by an alien form of life to invade the Earth.
Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out!
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Unknown World - Classic Movie www.nostalgiamerchant.biz
Dr. Jeremiah Morley is convinced that a global nuclear holocaust is imminent and decides to organize a team of scientist to search for a subterranean environment. Sort of a Journey to the Center of the Earth. I wonder if this was the original idea for that movie. (1951) Available on DVD from The Nostalgia Merchant.
Commander Kit Draper and Colonel Dan McReady are orbiting Mars in an exploratory surveyor. A malfunction forces them to eject with only Draper and a monkey named Mona surviving. Draper must learn to survive in this hostile environment fighting thirst, hunger and even hostile aliens if he expects to see home again.
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