Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
May 1, 1999Two Idiots Meet the Invisible Man
The second of Abbott and Costello's outings with Universal's Famous Monsters. The usual numbskullery is boosted by some excellent invisibility effects
Arthur Franz
Flight to Mars (1951)
Mar 9, 2001Mission to Mars
One of the earliest 1950s SF film about an expedition to Mars. This fails to find anything interesting to happen once there with the astronauts involved in romance with Martian women
The Sniper (1952)
Jan 12, 2001Psycho Sniper
An interesting early psycho film with an unbalanced Arthur Franz driven to jealousy and picking up a rifle and shooting women whenever he sees couples together
Invaders from Mars (1953)
May 28, 2001Alien Body Snatchers
Classic of the 1950s alien invader genre in which a young boy discovers that the adults around him are being taken over by Martian invaders. Director William Cameron Menzies makes striking use of sets to further a sense of alienation
The Flame Barrier (1958)
Jul 23, 2025Alien Monster
An odd mix of 1950s alien invasion film and low-budget jungle adventure as explorers in the wilds of Mexico encounter a glowing amorphous blob in the jungle
Monster on the Campus (1958)
Mar 9, 2003Scientist Reverts to a Caveman
One of Jack Arnold's lesser films, a Jekyll and Hyde story where a scientist finds himself reveting to a caveman after scraping his hand on a prehistoric coelacanth
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
Aug 2, 2001Submarine Encounters Flying Saucer
A low-budget but surprisingly reasonable mix of submarine drama and 1950s alien invader film with a submarine crew tracking a flying saucer