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The Mole People – USA, 1956

‘Terrifying… monsters from a lost age!’ The Mole People is a 1956 American science fiction horror feature film directed by Virgil W. Vogel (The Land Unknown) from a screenplay by László Görög (The...

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Graveyard Groove: The Haunted History of Monster Music from “Monster Mash” to...

Graveyard Groove: The Haunted History of Monster Music from “Monster Mash” to Horror Punk is a self-published book by David Acord (Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes; When Mars Attacked: Orson Welles...

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The Giant Claw – USA, 1957

‘Flying beast out of prehistoric skies!’ The Giant Claw is a 1957 American science fiction monster feature film directed by Fred F. Sears (The Werewolf) from a screenplay by Samuel Newman and Paul...

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The Giant Behemoth – UK/USA, 1959

The Giant Behemoth is a 1959 British-American science fiction monster movie directed by Douglas Hickox (The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1983; Theatre of Blood) and Eugène Lourié (Gorgo; The Colossus of...

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The Strange Door – USA, 1951

‘Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterpiece of terror!’ The Strange Door is a 1951 American gothic thriller feature film directed by Joseph Pevney (The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries: ‘Voodoo Doll’); The...

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Legendary actor Dick Miller has died

Dick Miller, the legendary actor who most famously played would-be beatnik artist Walter Paisley in Roger Corman’s A Bucket of Blood (1959), has died aged ninety years-old. Miller is survived by his...

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Ed Gein – grave robber and serial killer

Edward Theodore “Ed” Gein (August 8, 1906 – July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety...

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It Conquered the World – USA, 1956

‘Every man its prisoner… every woman its slave!’ It Conquered the World is a 1956 American science fiction horror feature film, produced and directed by Roger Corman from a screenplay by Lou Rusoff...

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Actress Julie Adams has passed away

Actress Julie Adams has died aged ninety-two. She is best known to horror fans as the love interest of Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). Confirmation of her demise came from Ricou Browning, the...

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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla – USA, 1952

‘A horror film that will stiffen you with laughter!’ Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla is a 1952 comedy horror science fiction feature film directed by William Beaudine from a screenplay by Tim...

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Terror Is a Man aka Blood Creature – Philippines | USA, 1959

‘A unique experience in motion picture terror!’ Terror Is a Man aka Blood Creature is a 1959 Filipino-American science fiction horror feature film directed by Gerardo de Leon [as Gerry de Leon] and...

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Not of This Earth – USA, 1956

‘Somewhere in this world stalks a thing that is…’ Not of This Earth is a 1956 [released 1957] American science fiction horror feature film produced and directed by Roger Corman from a screenplay by...

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A Bucket of Blood – USA, 1959

‘Inside every artist lurks… a madman!’ A Bucket of Blood is a 1959 American comedy horror feature film directed by Roger Corman from a screenplay by Charles B. Griffith. The movie stars Dick Miller,...

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Frankenstein 1970 – USA, 1958

Frankenstein 1970 is a 1958 science fiction horror feature film directed by Howard W. Koch (producer of Pharaoh’s Curse; Voodoo Island; The Black Sleep) from a screenplay written by Richard H. Landau...

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Invasion of the Saucer Men – USA, 1957

Invasion of the Saucer Men is a 1957 American science fiction horror comedy feature film directed by Edward L. Cahn. The movie stars Steve Terrell and Gloria Castillo and personally produced by James...

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The White Reindeer – Finland, 1952

The White Reindeer – original title: Valkoinen peura – is a 1952 Finnish folk horror feature film directed by Erik Blomberg from a screenplay co-written with Mirjami Kuosmanen. The production stars...

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This Island Earth – USA, 1955

This Island Earth is a 1954 [released 1955] American science fiction feature film directed by Joseph M. Newman and Jack Arnold [uncredited] from a screenplay written by Franklin Coen and George...

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Monster on the Campus – USA, 1958

‘Co-ed beauty captive of man-monster!’ Monster on the Campus  is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man; Tarantula, Creature from the Black...

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The Monolith Monsters – USA, 1957

‘Mammoth skyscrapers of stone thundering across the Earth!’ The Monolith Monsters is a 1957 science fiction horror feature film directed by John Sherwood (The Creature Walks Among Us) from a...

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Not of This Earth – USA, 1956: reviews

‘Somewhere in this world stalks a thing that is…’ Not of This Earth is a 1956 [released 1957] American science fiction horror feature film produced and directed by Roger Corman from a screenplay by...

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