Alien invasions have been a staple of science fiction since H.G. Wells first penned his classic novel War of the Worlds but bringing such tales to the big screen comes at a cost, and not all studios can provide the budget to properly depict such events, enter Premium Pictures and their budgetary solution of “What…
Tag: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) – Review
Considered by many to be “The worst film ever made” Ed Wood’s B-movie classic wouldn’t even crack the top ten if you took into account the thousands of crap films that have come out over the intervening years – looking at you Tommy Wiseau – but what is it that made this particular “bad film”…
The 27th Day (1957) – Review
Science fiction films with invading aliens are easily one of the more popular entries throughout the 1950s but in William Asher’s The 27th Day we get aliens who take an interesting tactic when it comes to teaching Earthlings a lesson or two and setting up a “benevolent” colonization.
Target Earth (1954) – Review
The 1950s was the peak era for cinema’s exploration of extraterrestrial threats and one of the greatest threats depicted in sci-fi movies would be the robot, and while the likes of Gort from 20th Century Fox’s The Day the Earth Stood Still may be the most notable example of this, Allied Artists did their best…
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) – Review
What can you do if your science fiction film doesn’t quite have the budget to pull off a proper alien invasion? Easy, just shift the tone into the arena of comedy so that the audience is laughing “with you” instead of at the cheesy special effects on display. This is exactly what happened with Edward…