The Monster Squad (1987)
The Monster Squad is a delightful homage to the old Universal Monsters movies of the 1940’s and 1950s. It’s also a compelling movie in it’s own right. Here’s why.
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) starring Whit Bissel, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway
Frankenstein’s descendant tries creating a creature from teenager body part. With the predictable results, in I Was a Teenage Frankenstein.
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Bride of the Monster
Bride of the Monster (1955) starring Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, by Ed Wood
In Bride of the Monster, Dr. Varnoff captures various men for his experiment. He plans to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Newspaperwoman Lawton gets too snoopy for her own good.
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The Giant Spider Invasion
The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) starring Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, Alan Hale Jr.
A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it …. And they have an appetite for human flesh! Dr. Jenny Langer and Dr. Vance from NASA try to save the world from The Giant Spider Invasion.
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Bride of the Gorilla
Bride of the Gorilla (1951) starring Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney, Jr., Tom Conway
Deep in the South American jungle plantation manager Barney Chavez kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife. However, an old native witch witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head? Find out in Bride of the Gorilla.
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The Killer Shrews [monster movie]
The Killer Shrews (1959) starring James Best, Ken Curtis
The Killer Shrews is a B-movie about a small group of people, trapped on an island with mutated shrews. Very, very, hungry shrews, that are on the verge of starvation. Very large, hungry shrews …
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The War of the Colossal Beast
The War of the Colossal Beast (1958) starring Sally Fraser, Dean Parkin
Synopsis
In The War of the Colossal Beast, an insane and disfigured gigantic man wreaks havoc on a small town. And only one person has a chance at stopping him …
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Rodan
Rodan (1954) starring Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata
In Rodan, in the Japanese mining village of Kitamatsu, miners are starting to disappear deep inside shaft number 8. Some of the men sent to investigate are killed but one who has managed to escape brings back a tale of a giant insect.
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The Green Slime
The Green Slime (1968) starring Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel, Bud Widom, Ted Gunther
Astronauts unwittingly bring a green slime from an asteroid back to their space station. When exposed to blood, it grows into red-eyed tentacled monsters that quickly multiply and threaten to spread to Earth.
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The Strange World of Planet X
The Strange World of Planet X (1958) aka. Cosmic Monsters, starring Forrest Tucker, Gaby Andre, Martin Benson
In The Strange World of Planet X (aka. Cosmic Monsters), a small team of scientists are working on a magnetic weapon for the government. But, unwittingly, they’ve released a terror on the planet …
