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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Cecil Kellaway played the benign and grandfatherly scientific expert on dinosaurs in the movie 'Beast From 20,000 Fathoms'. His shocking death in the submerged bathoshpere while searching for the beast is something I've never fully recovered from even after 50+ years.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Cecil Kellaway played the benign and grandfatherly scientific expert on dinosaurs in the movie 'Beast From 20,000 Fathoms'. His shocking death in the submerged bathoshpere while searching for the beast is something I've never fully recovered from even after 50+ years.

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Tell me about it. That scene is etched in my memory. I think it traumatized me as a kid. Just being so deep underwater and seeing this huge thing coming at you and.....well, you know the rest.

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Originally posted by THESOMNAMBULIST:
Jongs.

I had no idea that Peter Graves and James Arness where brothers!!! How did I get this far in my 50's sci-fi loving years without coming upon this sooner. Thanks for that nugget of information.

Well this in my favourite genre. Not just Sci-fi but 50's Sci-fi. I totally love it!

My favourite is Creature From the Black Lagoon, just by virtue that it was the first 50's Sci-fi flick I saw as a kid and then later when I was at college we saw the 3D print of it at the university. It was part of a double feature with "It Came From Outer Space"

But you make a valid point about imagery that sticks with you no matter what. I still think the underwater shots of the creature are some of the most enduring I've ever seen in cinema.

Beast is awesome too. There's something dark and menacing about the whole production of that film. Sort of Godzilla-esque but with the charm and brilliance of Harryhausen...

....Harryhausen - what a master! I was only this afternoon watching Mysterious Island. It's my "go to" flick when I just want to be caught up in the fantasy of cinema. I love the Giant Crab animation! Still very convincing and appealing. I have a few friends who do computer animation and while I do understand the hard work they put in, it just cannot compete with the charm of stop motion for me. It's impossible to quantify I guess, but to my eyes, it feels more a part of the scene than CGI.

Nice post J!



°...Well here I am.°

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

It, The Terror From Beyond Space

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Thanks for your response and kind words. It's very encouraging for me to see someone who appreciates the old sci fi classics from the 50's and 60's. Like you, I love those movies, and I watch the dvds all the time.

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You really hit one of my hot buttons hard when you used the word "charm"! Yes their charm is what makes me love them all to this day. The best example of that was something I wrote about years ago; a comparison of the 2002 Time Machine versus the 1960 Time Machine. The original drips with charm and sweetness, and while the remake wasn't too bad, it couldn't hold Mrs. Watchett's candle to it.

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Creature From The Black Lagoon is a favorite of mine. And Mysterious Island is one of the coolest movies ever made. It Came From Outer Space is one of the classic originals. I'm a big Barbara Rush fan and she was as breathtaking in that as she was in When Worlds Collide.

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Some of my other personal favorites of that era are...

World Without End
It, The Terror From Beyond Space
Killers From Space
Brain From Planet Arous
Angry Red Planet
Creation of the Humanoids
The Crawling Eye
...and hundreds more!

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It, The Terror From Beyond Space

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Oh, the pre-remake of Alien. Yeah, it was cool!

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18) When World's Collide

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18) When World's Collide

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Another one that sticks in your mind. Who gets to go, and who has to stay behind. Good stuff.

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The Forbidden Planet!! How the hell did I forget that one!

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12) The Quatermass films: III, II, I

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And two more: Destination Moon and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.

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Hmm I've not seen Killers From Space, Angry Red Planet or Creation of the Humanoid so will have to seek those out.

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While we're on favourites:
1) Creature from the Black Lagoon.
2) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original cut)
3) The Thing (1951)
4) Mysterious Island
5) War Of The Worlds
6) Day the Earth Stood Still...
7) the 7th Voyage of Sinbad
8) Time Machine
9) Jason and the Argonauts
10) The Incredible Shrinking Man (Best ending along with Planet of the Apes)
11) The Beast from 20,000 fathoms
12) The Quatermass films: III, II, I
13) Journey to the Centre of the Earth (James Mason)
14) This Island Earth
15) First Men on the Moon
16) 20 million miles to earth
17) Destination Moon
18) When World's Collide
19) Dr Cyclops
20) Invaders from Mars.

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And two more: Destination Moon and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.

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I assume that is the way you are ranking them, but for me it would be III, I and then II. I've always wanted to see the original BBC productions too.

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Not Of This Earth... w/ Beverly(My Three Sons)Garland; remade w/ Traci Lords

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The Blob...w/ Mayberry's favorite teacher Helen Krump and The King Of Cool

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Atlantis, The Lost Continent...just adore every minute of this Pal treasure

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The Lost World... w/ Michael(Klaatu)Rennie and David(Voyage To Bottom of The Sea)Hedison

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First Spaceship On Venus...the lovely Yoko Tani covered in space goo!

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Red Planet Mars...another one w/ Peter Graves

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Queen Of Outer Space...same ship and snow landing as World Without End

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Beyond The Time Barrier...raping mutants set free by murderous Russian babe

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Attack Of The Crab Monster...w/ the Professor, no Maryanne

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Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman...big gal kills the smoking hot Yvette Vickers

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Rodan...worms and big egg scared me to death as a kid, final scene is epic

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War Of The Planets...Italian sci fi fun

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Kronos, The Planet Killer...w/ Jeff (This Island Earth) Morrow

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The Giant Behemoth...second cousin to Beast From 20,0000

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Gorgo...w/ Bill Travers from Born Free

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Journey To The Seventh Planet...Agar at his cheesiest w/ hot Euro babes

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Journey To The Center Of Time...cool flick

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Women Of The Prehistoric Planet...Agar even more cheesier, w/ Elvis babe Irene Tsu

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The Time Travellers...w/ sci fi legend John(When Worlds Collide)Hoyt and sexy Merry Anders

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Day Of The Triffids...Howard Keel w/o singing

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From The Earth To The Moon..w/ the lovely Debra Paget and suave George Sanders

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Village Of The Damned...another George Sanders classic

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Island Of Terror...intense and scary

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She Demons...not for the weak of heart, Nazis, young girls, radiation

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Horror Hotel...w/ beautiful Venetia Stevenson and Christopher Lee

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Missile To The Moon...giant walking rocks, killer sunburn, big spider

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Rocketship XM...w/ Lloyd (Commander Cain of the Pegasus) Bridges

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Project Moonbase...Jeannie's Dr. Bellows sends 50's sweater girl to the moon

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Originally posted by THESOMNAMBULIST:
Hmm I've not seen Killers From Space, Angry Red Planet or Creation of the Humanoid so will have to seek those out.

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Not Of This Earth... w/ Beverly(My Three Sons)Garland; remade w/ Traci Lords

Not seen

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Atlantis, The Lost Continent...just adore every minute of this Pal treasure

I just watched this this afternoon upon your recommendation. Yeah I liked it. Some of the Design was very impressive. The Atlantian Sub!

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The Lost World... w/ Michael(Klaatu)Rennie and David(Voyage To Bottom of The Sea)Hedison

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Always liked this film. I loved the set design and the saturated colours. Quite a large character list too. Brave.

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First Spaceship On Venus...the lovely Yoko Tani covered in space goo!

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Sounds interesting : Space goo eh?

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Red Planet Mars...another one w/ Peter Graves

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Looking forward to this.

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Queen Of Outer Space...same ship and snow landing as World Without End

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I think I may have seen this, but can't remember for sure....

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Beyond The Time Barrier...raping mutants set free by murderous Russian babe

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Is this a Russian Sci-Fi? I've been on the look out for those...

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Attack Of The Crab Monster...w/ the Professor, no Maryanne

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With a title like that... You gota watch it right?

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Rodan...worms and big egg scared me to death as a kid, final scene is epic

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Good sales pitch J. Will have to watch this. Cheers!

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Exploitation Sci-Fi eh?

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Journey To The Center Of Time...cool flick

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No don't know of it, but sounds awesome!

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Women Of The Prehistoric Planet...Agar even more cheesier, w/ Elvis babe Irene Tsu

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Sounds hilarious! It's a must!

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The Time Travellers...w/ sci fi legend John(When Worlds Collide)Hoyt and sexy Merry Anders

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Awesome!

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Island Of Terror...intense and scary

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Is this the one where the animals turn on the people? I think I've seen this.

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She Demons...not for the weak of heart, Nazis, young girls, radiation

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Ha,ha. Sounds like a Russ Meyer flick

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Missile To The Moon...giant walking rocks, killer sunburn, big spider

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Really! That sounds fun!

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Project Moonbase...Jeannie's Dr. Bellows sends 50's sweater girl to the moon

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Not heard of it, but I love moon based themed Sci-fi

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Originally posted by THESOMNAMBULIST:

Jongsstraw.

Thanks very much for all that breakdown. I can clearly see you're more than a match for me with 50's Sci-fi trivia and general savvy :D. This is really impressive knowledge. I will endeavour to try and see most of, if not all of these! Currently trying to find a copy of Angry Red Planet.

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(oh and I've definitely seen the Zsa Zsa Gabor flick. I remember that because I think she looks into the camera one or two times :P )

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It's a pleasant surprise to find someone as into these as I am. Can I ask what was your first exposure to 50's Sci-fi ?

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For me it was watching Joe Dante films. I was really into his stuff when I was a kid and I caught "The Explorers" You ever see that? One of the characters really likes 50's Sci-Fi and much of the film has clips of them in the background; there's even a great spoof film within the film starring Robert Picardo - and it's hilarious!! That sort of stirred my wonderings and I found myself trying to hunt them down. All of them!

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Thereafter it snowballed into what it is now, a full on preoccupation!
Thanks again J. Really very kind of you.

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I'm 59 years old. When I was six or seven I'd watch many of these movies on Saturday night's Chiller Theater which aired on Channel 9 in New York. My first memeory of any movie is Attack of the 50-Ft. Woman. I spent my childhood watching all their broadcasts which always showed cool sci fi movies. There was also Million Dollar Movie, which would show a movie at 4:00 pm and repeat it every day Monday thru Friday. I remember seeing Forbidden Planet and many others from those days. There was also a movie theater in Valley Stream, NY that showed sci fi movies early on Saturday mornings. My friends and I went almost every week, paid the .50 admission, bought a pack of banana splits candy for a dime, and sat back and enjoyed the show. I saw The Time Machine, Village of the Damned, Atlantis, and many others on the big screen. It didn't take too long for me to know that my developing passion for these types of movies was going to last all my life.

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I liked 'Explorers' when I saw it on cable in the 80's. I remember the aliens looking at a clip from It, The Terror From Beyond Space...when Marshall Thompson shoots his .45 at the creature while fleeing up the staircase to the next deck.

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If you have to have a preoccupation, 50's and 60's sci fi is a damn good one. Good luck finding them. Most of my collection was purchased from dvd sellers at sci fi cons I've been attending for over 30 years. I got a lot from Amazon also. Thanks!

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