1950s Sci Fi/Creature B Movie Flicks HoF

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1950s Sci Fi/Creature B Movie Flicks Hall of Fun!

Super easy, no commitments, anyone can participate and you don't even have to join. So here's how this works:

*Nominate any 1950s Sci Fi B movie under 100 minutes, no obligations to watch. If you choose to watch one or more of the nominations, just post a short write up with your thoughts and rate the movie using MoFo's popcorn scale 1-5.

*If you chose to watch all the nominations you'll still do the same as above. I will pro-rate the movie rating scores so that people who only watch a few of these will still have the same amount of vote power.

*I'll post the nominations as they come in and as soon as you see a movie posted you can watch it if you want. This will be over at the end of February and that's when I will post the movie winner which is the movie with the most points.
The Movies:


The Tingler (1959)
Director: William Castle
Length: 1h 22m
Nominated by: Thief



The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Director: Nathan Juran
Length: 1h 19m
Nominated by: Death Proof



The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Director: Eugène Lourié
Length: 1h 20m
Nominated by: SpelingError



Creature With the Atom Brain (1955)

Director: Edward Cahn
Length: 1h 9m
Nominated by: Allaby



Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Director: Roger Corman
Length: 1h 3m
Nominated by: Citizen Rules



The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Director: Nathan Juran
Length: 1h 28m
Nominate by: Torgo



The Blob (1958)
Director: Irvin S Yeaworth Jr
Length: 1h 26min
Nominated by: Mesmerized



Destination Moon (1950)
Director: Irving Pichel
Length: 1h 32m
Nominated by: Captain Steel



The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Director: Val Guest
Length: 1h 25m
Nominated by: Siddon



Gog (1954)
Director: Herbert Strock
Length: 1h 23m
Nominated by: Beelzebubble


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Ratings for the noms, these are linked to the write ups:

Attack of the Crab Monsters
Allaby

Citizen

Siddon

Thief

Torgo


Creature With The Atom Brain
Citizen

Siddon

Thief

Torgo


Destination Moon
Allaby

Citizen

Siddon


Gog
Allaby

Citizen

Siddon

Torgo


The Abominable Snowman
Allaby

Citizen

Siddon


The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
Citizen

Siddon

Thief

Torgo


The Blob
Citizen

Siddon

Thief

Torgo


The Deadly Mantis
Citizen

Kaplan

Siddon

Thief

Torgo


The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Citizen

Siddon

Torgo


The Tingler
Allaby

Citizen

Siddon

Torgo



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Well, I can throw something out and see if I can watch a couple.



The Tingler is a fun watch, especially if you watch it with the context of when and how it was marketed and released. Even if you can't fully get the theater experience, you can put yourself in the audience's shoes at the time and try to imagine how it was. Plus, it stars the always deliciously wicked Vincent Price.

Rating:
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Well, I can throw something out and see if I can watch a couple.



The Tingler is a fun watch, especially if you watch it with the context of when and how it was marketed and released. Even if you can't fully get the theater experience, you can put yourself in the audience's shoes at the time and try to imagine how it was. Plus, it stars the always deliciously wicked Vincent Price.

Rating:
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That's perfect! And yup you don't have to watch anything, cool if you can watch some These movies are short! usually just over an hour so easy to watch.



Yes, I'm in. I'm not letting those nasty monsters keep me away!
Ha, I swear every creature that could be mutated or grow giant did so in the 50s!

Not sure if I'll watch every nomination, but I'll join.
Perfect. I wanted to try something different to hopefully get more people involved.



The trick is not minding
Cool!

I'll post all the movies we got so far tomorrow.
It will be a few hours before I get home from work and decide what to nominate. Will probably go with a blind watch



It will be a few hours before I get home from work and decide what to nominate. Will probably go with a blind watch
I might go with a blind watch too for my nom, I'm not sure...soooo many good choices.



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One of my favorite genres. Here's my pick:












The Deadly Mantis is one of my all-time favs. The creature effects are remarkably good for a 50's B-movie, especially the shot in the tunnel at the end. The only downside is a mostly "generic" cast who sleepwalk their way through the movie. They should have gotten a bigger name to carry the movie. James Whitmore comes to mind.
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AMT models made three giant monster kits - spider, scorpion and mantis... so I HAD to build the mantis one:




https://imgur.com/a/MiHJoBc



OK so the Noms are up on the 1st post and if we get more I'll add them there. Also on the 1st post I'll link the write-ups/ratings for each movie. So keep an eye on the 1st post.

Right now we have a neat collection:
The Tingler (1959)
Director: William Castle
Length: 1h 22m
Nominated by: Thief

The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Director: Nathan Juran
Length: 1h 19m
Nominated by: Death Proof

Creature With the Atom Brain (1955)
Director: Edward Cahn
Length: 1h 9m
Nominated by: Allaby


The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

Director: Eugène Lourié
Length: 1h 20m
Nominated by: SpelingError


Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)

Director: Roger Corman
Length: 1h 3m
Nominated by: Citizen Rules

These are so short I think I'll watch a couple tonight



I mainline Windex and horse tranquilizer
Damn! That is wickedly cool, love it. Did you build the town set too?



Thanks - it's mostly a cardboard base and backdrop that comes with the set, but the one building, dock, and caboose are models. I wasn't happy with the way the window frames came out but I thought the dock came out very good.



I'm in! These days, if a movie is over 100 minutes, I probably won't watch it, so this is (Ric Ocasek voice) just what I needed.



I'm in! These days, if a movie is over 100 minutes, I probably won't watch it, so this is (Ric Ocasek voice) just what I needed.
Torgo just PMed his nom:

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Director: Nathan Juran
Length: 1h 28m
Nominate by: Torgo

That's two movies directed by Nathan Juran, someone I never heard of until this morning