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This period is sometimes described as the 'classic' or 'golden' era of science fiction theate. With at least 204 sci-fi films produced, it holds the record for the largest number of science fiction produced per decade. Much of the production was in a low-budget form, targeted at a teenage audience. Many were formulaic, gimmicky, comic-book ...
Box office. $1.7 million (US) [2] It Came from Beneath the Sea is a 1955 American science fiction monster horror film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Sam Katzman and Charles Schneer, directed by Robert Gordon, that stars Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, and Donald Curtis. The screenplay by George Worthing Yates was designed to showcase the ...
The Abominable Snowman (film) The Alligator People. The Amazing Colossal Man. The Angry Red Planet. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. Attack of the Crab Monsters. Attack of the Giant Leeches. The Aztec Mummy.
Them! is a 1954 Warner Bros. black-and-white science fiction giant monster film starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. [3] Produced by David Weisbart, the picture was directed by Gordon Douglas, based on an original story by George Worthing Yates that was developed into a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman, with adaptation by Russell Hughes.
Budget. $200,000. The Monster That Challenged the World is a 1957 black-and-white science-fiction monster film from Gramercy Pictures, [a] produced by Arthur Gardner, Jules V. Levy, and Arnold Laven (who also directed), and starring Tim Holt and Audrey Dalton. [1] The film was distributed by United Artists as the top half of a double feature ...
Tarantula. (film) Tarantula is a 1955 American science-fiction monster film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. It stars John Agar, Mara Corday, and Leo G. Carroll. The film is about a scientist developing a miracle nutrient to feed a rapidly growing human population.
Budget. $290,000. Invaders from Mars[2] is a 1953 American independent science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Morris Ankrum, Leif Erickson, and Hillary Brooke. It was produced by Edward L. Alperson Jr. and released by 20th Century-Fox in SuperCinecolor. [3]
The Deadly Mantis was the first science fiction film made by director Nathan Juran, who has said that he came up with the idea for the opening sequence. [6] A massive papier mâché model of a mantis was built for the movie, fitted with a hydraulic system. It measured 200 feet (61 m) long and 40 feet (12 m) high, and had a wingspan of 150 feet ...