Aliens visiting Earth are rarely depicted as your typical friendly neighbours, for every E.T. the Extraterrestrial there are at least a dozen of the nasty Predators variety, but in 1955 we were treated to a group of aliens whose time on our Blue Planet was of a more complicated nature as it had a hidden…
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The Monolith Monsters (1957) – Review
When it comes to monsters Hollywood has churned out an endless variety of creatures to fill our nightmares, from vampires and werewolves to bug-eyed alien invaders from outer space and the gamut of beasties has been practically unending, but in 1957 Universal-International brought to the big screen something so staggeringly unbelievable in a film unparalleled…
It Came From Outer Space (1953) – Review
The motive behind aliens visiting the Earth in movies varies from the benevolent and often misunderstood aliens, to the outright malevolent creatures with the destruction of mankind on their evil little minds, and in 1953 Universal released their first 3D picture with extra-terrestrial beings that kind of fell in the middle of that spectrum as…