Tag: retro sci-fi weekend
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Retro Sci-Fi Weekend: ‘Unknown World’
A virtually unknown sci-fi flick about an “Unknown World” reflects 1952 Cold War Era with gratuitous mushroom cloud in an opening scene. The plot also reflects nuclear pessimism: “Dr. Jeremiah Morley (Victor Kilian) is concerned about an imminent nuclear war. He organizes an expedition of scientists and has them use an atomic-powered machine, capable of…
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Retro Sci-Fi Weekend: ‘This Is Not A Test’
1962 sci-fi flick ‘This Is Not A Test’ reminds viewers of Cold War paranoia of that year.
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Retro Sci-Fi Weekend: ‘Devil Girl From Mars’
A 1954 British Sci-Fi B-flick, “Devil Girl From Mars,” Patricia Laffan stars as Princess Nyah. BADMOVIES.ORG review pans plot: “She [Nyah} is on a mission to collect specimens of men for her barren world, because Mars endured a violent race war which climaxed in the destruction of the male species. The females killed every single…
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Retro Sci-Fi Weekend: ‘The Strange World Of Planet X’
‘The Strange World of Planet X’ (aka ‘Cosmic Monsters’) is a cautionary tale about scientific experimentation.
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Retro Sci-Fi Weekend: ‘Beyond The Time Barrier’
What lies logically beyond the sound barrier? It’s, of course, the time barrier and year 2024!
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Retro Sci-Fi Weekend: ‘Teenagers From Outer Space’
A 1959 low budget Sci-Fi production by filmmaker Tom Graeff, “Teenagers From Outer Space,” found its place in drive-ins as lower billing to a Godzilla sequel.
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Retro Sci-Fi Weekend: ‘Invasion of the Saucer Men’
Do you ever wonder how you came into the world? Or how your parents, or even your grandparents, came about? It may be due to “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” “the film was released as a double feature with “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” in 1957, according to Wikipedia.
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Retro Sci-Fi Weekend: ‘Invaders From Mars’
A film gem, “Invaders From Mars,” is a 1953 sci-fi flick, where young boy David MacLean, played by Jimmy Hunt, is the star and hero! David, already a keen astronomer, is awakened one night by a flying saucer, viewed outside his bedroom window as it descends just over a hill in nearby sandpits. The young…