Thomk
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Anything involving Ray Harryhausen 
1950's Sci-Fi Films.
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mick1836
Über Member
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- Costa Blanca Spain
The Trollenberg Terror, The Day of the Triffids BOTH had me and my young brother hiding behind the sofa
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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- ...on the slake
Day the Earth Stood Still, Village of the Damned, The Fly, Incredible Shinking Man, etc...
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Mireystock
SIip-slidin' down Big Pig...
Great stuff, keep them coming !
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Godzilla 1954 , forbidden planet 1956, war of the world's, Invaders from space from the 60's
mick1836
Über Member
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- Costa Blanca Spain
The 1953 version of War of the Worlds.
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Mireystock
SIip-slidin' down Big Pig...
Yep, a nine foot tall robot with a disintegrator ray, women with conical bra's...what's not to like ?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
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- The hills of Accrington
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
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- The hills of Accrington
guitarpete247
Just about surviving
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- Leicestershire
"It The Terror from beyond Space".
You won't believe that the super intelligent women aboard this spaceship are willing to wait hand and foot on he men. Was the inspiration for " Alien".
accountantpete
OAP
The Time Machine - 1960 but still a great sci-fi
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
Forbidden Planet 1956
Fantastic movie, hopefully will never get remade as its perfect. Hugely influential, was the inspiration for Star Trek (ten years later!). SW fans take note – first mention of the word ‘blaster’. Leslie Nielsen is brilliant in it, much more to him than comedy roles. Great twist near the end, lovely visuals and impressive sets without any CGI!. I watch this one on an annual basis. It also has an amazing electronic score, almost unheard of for a 50’s movie. Only Vangelis could get away with it today and this was 1956!!. The miniatures of the Krell underground base are stunningly good. This movie should be compulsory viewing for anyone who claims to be an SF fan.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954
James Mason’s iconic role, that moment when he rams the ship and the lighting catches the hatred on his face always terrifies me. Everyone is brilliant in this adaptation which is pretty faithful to Vern’s novel, albeit with a cute seal in it and the Nautilus is nuclear powered. The SFX guru, Bob Mattey, who did the animatronic giant squid also did the original shark for Jaws. This scene was shot originally at a tropical sunset, but wasn’t dramatic enough and you cans see the wires on the tentacles so they re-shot it in storm. The sunset version of the scene is somewhere on YouTube.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth 1959
James Mason again, back in perhaps the most faithful of Hollywood’s adaptation of this book (the 2008 Brendan Fraser 3D one is just awful). Played a bit tongue in cheek, some great one-liners (“One minute’s silence in memory of a great scientist, even if he was a blasted thief”) has fine performances and a stunning score by Bernard Hermann. The SFX are pretty good too and the gigantic sets are simply fab.
War of the Worlds 1953
Like Spielberg’s effort, this is set in contemporary America, but is far, far better and perfectly captures the cold war/ nuclear weapon paranoia of the era. Wonderful effects and miniatures too for the 50’s.
Fantastic movie, hopefully will never get remade as its perfect. Hugely influential, was the inspiration for Star Trek (ten years later!). SW fans take note – first mention of the word ‘blaster’. Leslie Nielsen is brilliant in it, much more to him than comedy roles. Great twist near the end, lovely visuals and impressive sets without any CGI!. I watch this one on an annual basis. It also has an amazing electronic score, almost unheard of for a 50’s movie. Only Vangelis could get away with it today and this was 1956!!. The miniatures of the Krell underground base are stunningly good. This movie should be compulsory viewing for anyone who claims to be an SF fan.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954
James Mason’s iconic role, that moment when he rams the ship and the lighting catches the hatred on his face always terrifies me. Everyone is brilliant in this adaptation which is pretty faithful to Vern’s novel, albeit with a cute seal in it and the Nautilus is nuclear powered. The SFX guru, Bob Mattey, who did the animatronic giant squid also did the original shark for Jaws. This scene was shot originally at a tropical sunset, but wasn’t dramatic enough and you cans see the wires on the tentacles so they re-shot it in storm. The sunset version of the scene is somewhere on YouTube.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth 1959
James Mason again, back in perhaps the most faithful of Hollywood’s adaptation of this book (the 2008 Brendan Fraser 3D one is just awful). Played a bit tongue in cheek, some great one-liners (“One minute’s silence in memory of a great scientist, even if he was a blasted thief”) has fine performances and a stunning score by Bernard Hermann. The SFX are pretty good too and the gigantic sets are simply fab.
War of the Worlds 1953
Like Spielberg’s effort, this is set in contemporary America, but is far, far better and perfectly captures the cold war/ nuclear weapon paranoia of the era. Wonderful effects and miniatures too for the 50’s.
AndyRM
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- North Shields
Anything involving Ray Harryhausen
Legend. I've got Jason and the Argonaut's saved to watch - I doubt it will be deleted.
Another favourite is 'It Came from Beneath the Sea', which was 1955 I think.
