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@kevinbowen@fosstodon.orgBeen on a bit(!?) of a 50s #scifi #schlock #movie bender since early December. I've learned that Americans are terrified of:
1. folks who aren't from around here (i.e. aliens)
2. insects
3. atomic power, or anything vaguely 'radio-active', or invisible
4. scientists
5. losing precious bodily fluids
6. not being able to control nature
7. things growing abnormally large
8. things growing abnormally small
9. women
10. going to a strange place and not being welcome.
11. commies
My binge list:
Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
War of the Satellites (1958)
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks (1975)
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
It Conquered the World (1956)
Not Of This Earth (1957)
Creature With The Atom Brain (1955)
Village Of The Damned (1960)
The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963)
The Time Machine (1960)
The Brain Eaters (1958)
Evil Brain From Outer Space (1965)
The Giant Claw (1957)
Mysterious Island (1961)
The Black Scorpion (1957)
The Beast From 20000 Fathoms (1953)
The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958)
First Men In The Moon (1964)
The Day Of The Triffids (1962)
Quatermass And The Pit (1967)
Quatermass 2 (1957)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
King Kong (1933)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
The Valley Of Gwangi (1969)
The Return Of Doctor X (1939)
20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Tarantula (1955)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955)
Invasion Of The Saucer Men (1957)
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
The Cosmic Man (1959)
Fiend Without A Face (1958)
The Strange World Of Planet X (1958)
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Day The World Ended (1955)
Conquest Of Space (1955)
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
Invaders From Mars (1953)
Missile To The Moon (1958)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Queen Of Outer Space (1958)
Kronos (1957)
Terror From The Year 5000 (1958)
The Phantom Planet (1961)
Dr Cyclops (1940)
Earth Vs The Flying Saucers (1956)
The Mole People (1956)
The War Of The Worlds (1953)
@kevinbowen You'll want to check out The Green Slime.
@peterdrake That looks craptacular! Thank you. I've been slowly easing my way into the 60s.
@peterdrake I _just_ finished watching The Green Slime. Incredible! Just the Tom Jones-esque opening theme song alone was worth the price of admission. And it just keeps getting better from there. Wonderful miniture model set-pieces. Really sketchy voice dubbing. A Sigmund & the Sea-monster alien invsasion. This was supremely cheesy. Loved it! Thanks again for the recommendation.
@kevinbowen Two fun facts:
Luciana Paluzzi (Dr. Lisa Benson) was also a Bond girl (Thunderball).
The movie was the inspiration for the board game The Awful Green Things From Outer Space: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162/awful-green-things-outer-space