Thread 213670455

As far as 50's B-Movies go, this is actually pretty damn good, the characters are fairly well written both in terms of being distinct and having dynamics with each other, the acting from the main cast is solid, the story holds together fairly well. The miniature work isn't terrible, the only thing that I take issue with is the god awful song during the party scene, terrible inclusion.

>>213670455 (OP)
I Married A Monster From Outer Space is a pretty underrated one. Very well shot and acted for what it is, and a cool creature design.

Rather enjoyed this one

>>213670455 (OP)
It Came From Outer Space is one of my favorites. The desert scenes are creepier than a lot of what you see today though the theremin is doig plenty of the work.

Based Thread!

> The Deadly Mantis
Very Good

> The Black Scorpion
Good to Very Good

> Them
Very Good

> Tarantula
Decent

> The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Near Great

> The Giant Behemoth
Very Good

> The Thing from Another World
Good

> It Came from Beneath the Sea
Decent

> 20 Million Miles to Earth
Good to Very Good

> Creature from the Black Lagoon
Great (tied with Gojira as the 2 best monster movies of the 50s)

> Revenge of the Creature
Decent

> The Creature Walks Among Us
Good

> The Monster of Piedras Blancas
Good

> Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Good to Very Good (genuinely disturbing at times)

> The Beginning of the End (1957)
Ok / Meh to Decent

> The Monster that Challenged the World (1957)
Decent

> The Giant Claw (1957)
Poor to Weak

> The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Good

> The Crawling Eye (1958)
Good

> Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Decent

> The Killer Shrews (1959)
Good to Very Good (has the feel of & house under siege scenario close to night of the living dead)

> The Angry Red Planet (1959)
Decent

> The Quatermass Experiment
Decent to Good

> Quatermass 2
Very Good

> Quatermass & The Pit
Very Good

> X-The Unknown
Good

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (50s)
Great

> Invasion of the Body Snatchers (70s)
Great to Strongly Great

> Body Snatchers (90s)
Decent

> Forbidden Planet
Good

> The Land Unknown
Good

> Night/Curse of the Demon
Very Good

> Fiend Without a Face
Good

>>213672253
>> The Deadly Mantis
>Very Good

Really underrated.
> Good build up with mystery & mood without overdoing it.
> The Mantis gets a lot of screentime.
> The Mantis looks solid & fairly realistic, they thankfully did not give him a humanized silly face like the close up models for BlackScorpion or Crab Monsters.
> Snowy artic setting is unique & a nice change of pace from the Deserts most of the 50s B-movies had.
> Great score.
> Lots of retro military porn & Jet footage.
> They don't waste too much time on romance like It Came from Beneath the Sea did.

I'd put it as about equal with Them and both just a bit above The Black Scoprion.
Tarantula is decent but notably lesser than those 3.

>>213670455 (OP)
The Incredible Shrinking Man

it's kinda mid but that ending is simply too good

>>213670941
>and a cool creature design.
Oh shit, that thing looks like a straight-up live-action Hanna-Barbera Scooby-Doo monster. Wicked.

>>213670455 (OP)
Surprised we never got a remake of Them

50's WoTW mogs every other version that's been made even Spielberg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDnim_yyLug

Who was in the wrong here?

>>213672593
>5'11 vs 6'0

>>213672253
>The Thing from Another World
Love this shit as much as Carpenter's version. Very Hawksian, though direction is credited to Christian Nyby. Very comfy like most Hawks movies.

>>213672576
Close enough

>>213670455 (OP)
The Man With X Ray eyes is amazing. I highly recommend everyone watch it

>>213672253
>Tarantula ranked that low
No kino for you. You get Teenagers From Outer Space and you'll like it.

>>213673022
>The Last Man On Earth
I've been a huge I Am Legend fan ever since I first read it in highschool, and to this day the Vincent Price movie is still the most faithful adaptation. It's like they get further away from the book every time they adapt it.

I think I'm the only one on this board who really likes World Without End (1956).

>>213673340
>IF THINE EYE OFFENDS THEE, PLUCK IT OUT!

>>213673719
So kino.

>>213670455 (OP)
>I sing whenever I sing whenever I sing...

>>213674086
>>213674086
>>213674086
Bump

>>213670455 (OP)
The Last Man on Earth (the one with Vincent Price)

Them!

The War of the Worlds

>>213670455 (OP)
The Time Travelers (1964)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058659/
overlooked gem

Lots of good ones mentioned already, but I'd like to single out my favorites:

The Crawling Eye
The Killer Shrews
Them
The Man With X Ray eyes

Also, Lee Van Cleef oddly delivers one of his best performances in It Conquered the World.

>>213671439
I liked it, but it got a little boring in the middle.

>>213676484
Perfect list thank you, anything placed on the same level as X Ray Eyes must be great

>>213672330
I first saw this on VHS when I was a little kid in the '90s and it definitely made an impression on me. It's one of my favorite American giant monster movies.

For me, its Mara Corday of Tarantula fame.

>>213678327
>>213678327
>>213678327
Bump

>>213678327
segs

>>213672593
Japan ran circles around Hollywood when it comes to genre cinema I wouldn't even call it "B."Compare Battle in Outer Space to Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. It's easier to just focus on Western films then.
Them!, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The War of the Worlds and so on.

>>213678327
very nice

Queen of Blood is especially interesting if you like Alien. Even more interesting is watching the original Soviet movie Corman took footage from. That one doesn't even have an alien!