Posted on 03/05/2015 2:29:45 PM PST by dynachrome
MASTERS OF SCHLOCK The sci-fi and horror movies of the 1950s sparked a trend that continues even today of downright silly titles, ranging from 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!' to 'The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?' to 'Big Ass Spider!' (Yes, there also is a love affair with unnecessary punctuation.) Here, THR breaks down 50 of the best (and funniest) titles of all time.
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Is the whole song on YouTube anywhere?
I used to watch Creature Features with my best friend, Karen, when we were little girls. We’d have sleepovers and our moms would get us a pizza, a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper, Jiffy Pop, and we’d make a batch of brownies or cookies. Except for Lent, then it was fish sticks and frozen french fries cooked on the same cookie sheet.
At 11 pm, we’d be in our pajamas, awaiting the horror flicks and within no time, we’d have our arms wrapped around each other in sheet terror, screaming at the top of our lungs.
I sure miss her. :*(
Same here. I still have the signed copy I bought from him somewhere downstairs in the Rocko Archives.
Jimmy Carter’s favorite movie, Night of the Lepus, was on just a couple nights ago.
Even if it's still on ... it can't compare to the first couple of seasons
No .. go ahead ... I think youo SHOULD go into that abandoned mine
Superman and the Mole Men (1951)
Untamed Women (1952)
The Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
The Twonky (1953)
It Came From Outer Space (1953)
Cat Women of the Moon (1953)
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Them! (1954)
Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954)
The Creature With the Atom Brain (1955)
The Beast With a Million Eyes (1956)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
The Cosmic Man Appears in Tokyo (1956)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1956)
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1956)
The Mole People (1956)
Fire Maidens From Outer Space (1956)
Invasion of the Saucermen (1957)
The Viking Woman and the Sea Serpent (1957)
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
The Blob (1958)
Terror From the Year 5,000 (1958)
Beautiful Women and the Hydrogen Man (1958)
The Brain Eaters (1958)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1958)
I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958)
Monster on the Campus (1958)
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1959)
Revenge of the Virgins (1959)
The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)
The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Teenagers From Outer Space (1959)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls (1959)
Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)
The Adventures of Rat Pfink and Boo Boo (1966)
Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
Frankenhooker (1990)
Attack of the 50ft Woman (1993)
Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)
The Wizard of Gore (2007)
The Killer Robots and the Battle for the Cosmic Potato (2009)
Big Ass Spider! (2013)
Bimbo Movie Bash (2013)
Jack Nicholson did at least one Corman film.
That was "The Creature from the Black Lagoon", 1954. He had a brief scene early in the film as a lab technician.
They shouldn’t have included It Came From Outer Space, because it is actually a pretty good movie. Based on a short story by Ray Bradbury, it had a pretty giant budget for the time of $800,000, and grossed at least double that within a year. It was pretty groundbreaking also in that the aliens, while completely inhuman, were not malevolent, and managed to get away at the end.
Technically, it was released as dual strip 3-D, and it aspect ratio of 1.37:1 was such that it could be remastered in 1.85:1, widescreen.
It still makes the rounds as midnight movie fare, and holds up pretty well over time.
I saw “Invasion of the Saucermen” when I was around 11 or 12. I thought it was a great.
Probably would not be as good as I thought but I would still like to see it again.
Ya! Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! Now we’re talking! That there is some real funny stuff.
At least it was when I was 15 heh.
i did the same thing with my friend Brenda, who lived next door... her mother still lives next door to my parents... :)
What great memories!
I grew up in the ‘60s watching “Chiller Theater” with Bill “Chilly Billy” Cardille. He had lots of these movies!
He even had a small part in the original “Night of the Living Dead”.
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