Skip to content
Rotating Banner

Moria

The Science Fiction Horror and Fantasy Film Review

  • Home
  • All Titles – A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z
  • Film Themes
  • Annual Best and Worst Lists
  • Directors
  • Actors

Theme: Films of 1953

The 5000 Fingers of Dr T (1953)

17 August 20025 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dr Seuss Film

Director: Roy Rowland
Actors: Hans Conreid
Category: Fantasy

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

6 June 200011 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Two Idiots Go to Venus

Director: Charles Lamont
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard, Jack Kruschen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1953)

3 December 199911 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Two Idiots Meet Dr Jekyll

Director: Charles Lamont
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens, …
Category: Horror

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

26 May 199928 June 2022

Rating: ★★½

Atomically-Revived Dinosaur

Director: Eugene Lourie
Actors: Paul Christian, Cecil Kellaway, Paula Raymond, Kenneth Tobey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)

1 November 200228 September 2023

Rating: ★

All-Female Lunar Society/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Arthur Hilton
Actors: Sonny Tufts, Marie Windsor, Victor Jory, Douglas Fowley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Donovan’s Brain (1953)

21 May 200020 August 2020

Rating: ★

Evil Disembodied Brain

Director: Felix Feist
Actors: Lew Ayres, Nancy Davis, Gene Evans, Steve Brodie
Category: Science Fiction

Four Sided Triangle (1953)

23 January 202020 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Matter Duplication Device

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Barbara Payton, James Hayter, John Van Eyssen
Category: Science Fiction

House of Wax (1953)

18 January 20102 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Mad Waxworks Curator

Director: Andre de Toth
Actors: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Phyllis Kirk, Paul Cavanagh
Category: Horror

Invaders from Mars (1953)

28 May 200116 November 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Alien Body Snatchers

Director: William Cameron Menzies
Actors: Jimmy Hunt, Arthur Franz, Morris Ankrum, Leif Erickson
Category: Science Fiction

It Came from Outer Space (1953)

28 July 200217 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Body Snatchers

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Russell Johnson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Killers from Space (1953)

3 June 200320 December 2024

Rating: ★

Alien Invasion

Director: W. Lee Wilder
Actors: Peter Graves, John Merrick, James Seay
Category: Science Fiction

The Magnetic Monster (1953)

6 February 201428 June 2023

Rating: ★★★

Radioactive Isotope Amok

Director: Curt Siodmak
Actors: Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron, Harry Ellerbe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Man in the Attic (1953)

6 June 200118 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Thriller

Director: Hugo Fregonese
Actors: Jack Palance
Category: Horror

The Maze (1953)

7 May 20208 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Sinister Scottish Castle

Director: William Cameron Menzies
Actors: Richard Carlson, Veronica Hurst, Katherine Emery, Michael Pate, …
Category: Horror

Meet Mr Lucifer (1953)

12 July 201029 August 2023

Rating: ★★

The Devil Stirs Mischief Via TV

Director: Anton Pelissier
Actors: Stanley Holloway, Gordon Jackson, Joseph Tomelty, Peggy Cummins, …
Category: Fantasy

The Oracle (1953)

27 February 200327 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Greek Oracle/Predicting the Future

Director: Pennington Richards
Actors: Michael Medwin, Joseph Tomelty, Virginia McKenna, Mervyn Johns, …
Category: Fantasy

Project Moon Base (1953)

26 December 200221 November 2022

Rating: ★★

Expedition to the Moon

Director: Richard Talmadge
Actors: Ross Ford, Donna Martell, Hayden Rorke
Category: Science Fiction

Robot Monster (1953)

14 September 20024 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Invasion/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Phil Tucker
Actors: George Nader, Claudia Barrett, John Mylong, Selena Royle, …
Category: Science Fiction

Scared Stiff (1953)

31 May 201020 September 2021

Rating: ★★½

Haunted House Comedy

Director: George Marshall
Actors: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, George Dolenz, Carmen Miranda, …
Category: Horror

Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)

27 April 202227 April 2022

Rating: ★★

Jungle Adventure

Director: Kurt Neumann
Actors: Lex Barker, Raymond Burr, Tom Conway, Monique Van Vooren, …
Category: Fantasy

The Twonky (1953)

23 May 201718 July 2023

Rating: ★★½

Possessed TV Set from the Future Comedy

Director: Arch Oboler
Actors: Hans Conreid, Billy Lynn
Category: Science Fiction

Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)

19 April 200214 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ikio Sawamura
Category: Fantasy

The War of the Worlds (1953)

8 June 20123 June 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne
Category: Science Fiction

Recent Posts

  • Planetquake (2024)
  • Earthtastrophe (2016)
  • It Lives Inside (2023)
  • Subservience (2024)
  • Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
  • The Assessment (2024)
  • The Mighty Gorga (1969)
  • Empire of the Apes (2013)
  • The Holy Virgin Versus the Evil Dead (1991)
  • Swarmed (2005)
  • Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977)
  • Incantation (2022)
  • Dick Dynamite: 1944 (2023)
  • The Shrouds (2024)
  • Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
  • Incoming (2018)
  • Box: Metaphor (2023)
  • The House That Vanished (1973)
  • Skinwalker Ranch (2013)
  • A Werewolf in England (2020)
  • Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
  • Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
  • Until Dawn (2025)
  • Alpha Girls (2013)
  • Tentacles (1977)

Contact Moria

  • Send Email
  • Facebook Follow Moria on Facebook

Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
∧

Copyright Richard Scheib 1999-2025

Jump to top Moria