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Nuclear anxieties, the red scare invasion, and spicy sexuality give The Brain from Planet Arous a better-than-average reputation for no-budget '50s sci-fi.

On the Hook It’s not that Bait applies ‘50s era morals to its story. Rather, it’s the ‘50s era judgment that causes a cringe. Poor Cleo Moore. She plays …

“Jumpin’ Jupiter!” Citizens of a small American town, out west in Arizona, wonder aloud what the scientist living 20 miles out in the desert is doing. Post-WWII paranoia of …

Keep It Buried “Gods do not favor trading human beings,” spouts an incensed John Agar to his underworld captors, an early sign The Mole People is making a case …

The Pre-Blackfish Blackfish Continuing Universal’s brand of anti-science horror, Creature from the Black Lagoon’s sequel finds the Gill Man pulled from his home in an Amazon tributary and dunked …