Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)
May 10, 2009Serial/Resurrected Pirate Villain
Fifteen chapter serial about a villain who transforms into a dead pirate captain. Filled with wonderfully exciting action set-pieces and cliffhangers
Spencer G. Bennet
The Black Widow (1947)
Sep 5, 1999Serial/Deadly Female Spy
A rather dull fifteen-chapter serial about the efforts a detective who sets out to stop Sombra, an Asian spy intent on stealing US atomic rocket secrets
Superman (1948)
Dec 5, 2012Comic-Book Superhero/Serial
A 15 chapter serial that marks the very first live-action screen appearance of Superman. The superheroics and effects are painfully primitive today (where Superman flying is represented by animation) but the serial gets many aspects of the comic-book down right
Batman and Robin (1949)
Sep 16, 2015Comic-Book Superhero/Serial
Not to be confused with the Joel Schumacher atrocity, this was the second Batman film ever made, a 15-chapter serial. This is mostly worth watching as a novelty in its laughable attempts to approximate the superheroics of the comic-book in comparison to modern counterparts
Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)
Mar 29, 2022Serial/Comic-Book Superhero
This fifteen chapter serial was the second ever Superman film. It is a vigorously entertaining run through the comic’s basics and features the first screen appearance of Lex Luthor
Mysterious Island (1951)
Mar 27, 2024Serial/Desert Island Survival/Alien Invaders
A serial adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic desert island survival story, which adds invading aliens from Mercury to the mix
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