Day the World Ended is a 1955 independently made black-and-white post-apocalyptic science fiction film, produced and directed by Roger Corman, that stars Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens, and Mike Connors. Chet Huntley of NBC, later of The Huntley-Brinkley Report, served as the film’s narrator. It was released by American Releasing Corporation (later American International […]
A dysfunctional family operating an isolated date farm in the California desert is threatened by the arrival of an extra-terrestrial. The Beast with a Million Eyes (a.k.a. The Unseen) is a 1955 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced and directed by David Kramarsky, that stars Paul Birch, Lorna Thayer, and Dona Cole. Some […]
Young member of scientific group uses new rocket-powered flying suit to thwart shadowy saboteur known only as “Dr. Vulcan”. Lost Planet Airmen was directed by Fred C. Brannon and written by Royal K. Cole and William Lively. The lead actors in Lost Planet Airmen were Tristram Coffin and Mae Clark.
A young alien and a teenage earthling fall in love, and plot to stop the alien’s race from using Earth as a food-breeding ground for giant lobsters from their planet. Teenagers from Outer Space (a.k.a. The Gargon Terror (UK title), The Boy from Outer Space, and originally titled The Ray Gun Terror) is a 1959 […]
Teenage Caveman is an independently made 1958 black-and-white science fiction adventure film drama, produced and directed by Roger Corman, and starring Robert Vaughn and Sarah Marshall. Teenage Caveman was released by American International Pictures in July 1958 as a double feature with How to Make a Monster. The film was originally filmed under the title […]
A highway patrolman stops motorists on a highway after he hears news reports of a possible nuclear attack. Director: Fredric Gadette Writers: Peter Abenheim (screenplay), Betty Laskey (screenplay) (as Betty Lasky) Stars: Seamon Glass, Thayer Roberts, Aubrey Martin This Is Not a Test is a 1962 American low-budget science fiction film directed by Fredric Gadette. […]
Battle Beyond the Sun is the English-dubbed and re-edited U.S. version of Nebo Zovyot, a 1959 Soviet science fiction film. Roger Corman acquired the Soviet film for US distribution and hired a young film-school student named Francis Ford Coppola to Americanize it. It is still a tale of the “space race”, of two nations competing […]
An atomic scientist claims he was abducted by aliens after being injured in a plane crash. Killers from Space (a.k.a. The Man Who Saved the Earth) is a 1954 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder (brother of Billy Wilder), that stars Peter Graves, Barbara Bestar, Frank Gerstle, […]
An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to Earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There, he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war. Not of This Earth is an independently made 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film produced and […]