Beginning of the End (1957)

Beginning of the End (1957)
Rating: ★★
Jan 4, 2014Giant Atomic Grasshoppers
Giant grasshoppers invade Chicago – what's not to like? A sterling example of the 1950s atomically enlarged insect film from Bert I. Gordon who found his calling make cheap giant animals/people films during this era.

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 17, 2001Alien Nasty
Although others can be cited, this more than any other is the film that inspired Alien, which in itself seems to have been construed in terms of putting The Thing from Another World aboard a spaceship. A B movie no denying but tight and solidly constructed