Spiders are, to this day, one of the most common phobias that people have (technical term: arachnophobia). Even normally fearless individuals can be reduced to quivering wrecks by the sight of a tiny house spider lurking in the bathtub, and… Read More ›
1950s 
Terror in the Midnight Sun
Terror in the Midnight Sun (Rymdinvasion i Lappland / Space Invasion of Lapland) is a Swedish/American black-and-white science fiction/horror movie from 1959 by the American director Virgil W. Vogel and starring Barbara Wilson, Sten Gester and Robert Burton. John Carradine narrated… Read More ›
The Giant Claw
The Giant Claw is a 1957 science fiction monster film about a giant bird that terrorizes the world. Produced by Clover Productions under the working title “Mark of the Claw” and released through Columbia Pictures, it stars Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday and was directed by Fred F. Sears (The… Read More ›
The Tingler
The Tingler is a 1959 horror-thriller film by American producer/director William Castle. It is the third of five collaborations with writer Robb White and stars Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts, Pamela Lincoln, Philip Coolidge and Judith Evelyn. Dr. Warren… Read More ›
The Thing from Another World
The Thing from Another World (often referred to as The Thing before its 1982 remake), is a 1951 science fiction/horror film based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell (under the pseudonym of “Don A. Stuart”). There… Read More ›
The Blob (1958)
The Blob is an independently made 1958 American horror/science-fiction film that depicts a giant amoeba-like alien from outer space terrorizing the small community of Downingtown, Pennsylvania. In the style of American International Pictures (AIP), Paramount Pictures released the film as a… Read More ›
20 Million Miles to Earth
20 Million Miles to Earth is a 1957 American science fiction film written by Bob Williams and Christopher Knopf from an original treatment by Charlott Knight. The film was produced by Charles H. Schneer‘s Morningside Productions for Columbia Pictures and… Read More ›
Caltiki - The Immortal Monster
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (Italian: Caltiki – il mostro immortale) is a 1959 Italian science fiction horror film directed by Riccardo Freda. The plot concerns a team of archaeologists investigating Mayan ruins who come across a blob-like monster. They… Read More ›
Womaneater (aka The Woman Eater)
Womaneater (promoted as The Woman Eater) is a 1957 British horror film directed by Charles Saunders from a screenplay by Brandon Fleming. It was produced by Fortress Film Productions, their only horror film. The film stars George Coulouris (Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb), Vera Day (Quatermass 2),… Read More ›
Tarantula
Tarantula is a 1955 science fiction/horror film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Leo G. Carroll, John Agar (Revenge of the Creature, The Mole People, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll), and Mara Corday (The Giant Claw, The Black Scorpion). Somewhere in the Arizona desert, a scientist is frantically trying to… Read More ›
