The 13 Greatest Horror Films Of The 1950s
A follow-up to the previous lists I made, this one has proved rather difficult. The 50s was rich in science fiction and monster movies, but not as many full-blooded horror films. Several on this list...
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Who can forget The Monster of Piedras Blancas? How about The Killer Shrews?There's so many good ones it's hard to come up with a best ten.
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THE MONSTER OF PIERDAS BLANCAS had a pretty neat monster, but I don't think holds up well. I saw it on the tube as a kid, was freaked out by the decapitated head in the cave and thought it was great....
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Hoiw about Forbidden Planet, with the Krell?????
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Agreed that KILLER SHREWS is basically silly and not really what you could accurately call a good movie. But...when I was a kid, seeing monsters almost every Saturday afternoon at my local bijou, no...
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Bobtheman wrote: Hoiw about Forbidden Planet, with the Krell?????A sci-fi for sure, though the monster was effective.
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Rick wrote: Agreed that KILLER SHREWS is basically silly and not really what you could accurately call a good movie. But...when I was a kid, seeing monsters almost every Saturday afternoon at my...
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Could never quite get over the goofy-looking dogs with carpet remnants taped to their fur, but to each their own. Seems like "The Killer Shrews" has a big-time cult following. Met James Best at a...
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Gordon McLendon, one of the moving forces behind Shrews had quite a career as a baseball broadcaster. Not usually calling games from the ballpark, but rather "re-creating" them in the radio studio by...
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Aren't these baseball-horror connections interesting? Speaking of horrors... I am a Twins fan. AAAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!
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jamesenstein31 wrote: Bobtheman wrote: Fiend without a Face, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Queen of Outer Space , Attack of the Crab Monsters are coolFor my money, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, is...
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Hey, new guy here. I stumbled upon this site not too long ago and thought it'd be fun to join. Anyways, in my opinion, I think the best 13 horror films of the 50's have to be...1. House of Wax2. The...
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steelerstwin wrote:Aren't these baseball-horror connections interesting? Speaking of horrors... I am a Twins fan. AAAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!McLendon claims to haved invented the re-creation. He found that he...
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Vampire Squid wrote: Hey, new guy here. I stumbled upon this site not too long ago and thought it'd be fun to join. Anyways, in my opinion, I think the best 13 horror films of the 50's have to be...1....
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ghoulkid wrote: jamesenstein31 wrote: Bobtheman wrote: Fiend without a Face, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Queen of Outer Space , Attack of the Crab Monsters are coolFor my money, THE DAY THE EARTH...
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Thanks for the welcome jamesenstein! And yeah, I really think the Crawling Eye/Trollenberg Terror is really underrated. I remember renting it expecting a cheesy little monster movie and was...
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Reagan did "recreate" games for WHO-radio in Des Moines back in the day. I myself have a radio background and know about all sorts of tricks the industry plays... like having on "psychics" that we all...
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I was able to hear a couple of re-created games at the end of the '63 season. The Cardinals were nipping at the Dodgers' heels as the season came to a close and there was a lot of interest in my home...
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Reagan used to tell a story of how he had been re-creating a game when the teletype broke down. He had to keep his live audience attuned by having the current batter hitting endless foul balls, while...
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Here's my list for the fifties. Night of the Demon (1957) Night of the Hunter (1955) Them! (1954) Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Fiend Without a Face (1958) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)...
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