Must watch 50's sci fi/horror B-movies?????

[Weequay]

Hey guys, Ive never got into these old films until now, but the other night I sat down and made myself watch the thing from another world.

Turns out I really enjoyed it!!!

Dont get me wrong, its all a little awkward compared to the 'modern' films im used to (im an 80's kid), but for atmosphere it was great.

So guys, what are some of the best of this genre?

 

[Forsaken]

Check these movies Out.
Some of the best from the 50's

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
Them! (1954)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

Al

 

[Mola Rob]

Great list Al.
Here are a few more.

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
This Island Earth
Godzilla (Gojira)

 

[division 6]

Creature from the Black Lagoon, on a lesser note: Revenge of the Creature and Creature walks among Us.
Attack of the Saucer Men
Body Snatchers (original)
Attack of the 50' Woman

Tons of films made in the 50's

 

[Wes R]

There is so many good ones back there and a lot of them have flown under the radar. Everyone's mentioned most of them. It isn't 60s but this is a good one:
Five Million Years to Earth (1967) - IMDb
I have a copy of this and use it to slowly look for movies. Amazon.com: Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition (9780786442300): Bill Warren, Howard Waldrop, Bill Thomas: Books

 

[robn1]

Earth Vs The Flying Saucers
War Of The Worlds
House Of Wax
House on Haunted Hill
I Married A Monster From Outer Space
It Came From Outer Space
It! The Terror From Beyond Space
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
The Time Machine
The Tingler
20 Million Miles To Earth

 

[Mr_Creepy]

The Thing (From Another World) :thumbsup

 

[Wes R]

Oh if you like vincent price he has a ton out about this time including: The Tingler, The last man on earth (the first I am legend movie), the pit and the pendulum, the raven, and a few others like that. The incredible shrinking man is another good one, Invaders from mars is so so. George Pal's When Worlds Collide is another good one.

 

[Shadow345]

Horror of Dracula
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Mummy (1959)

It's neither horror or sci-fi but if you watch a bunch of the Ray Harryhausen movies that people have suggested you will definitely be interested in seeing The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

 

[Blaxmyth]

Kronos (1957) - on YouTube

 

[SSgt Burton]

Can't believe I'm going to be the first to mention...

"The Blob" (1958)



Kevin

 

[Feraud]

Excellent list so far!
I'm glad to see a new convert to the world of classic film! I tend to recommend everyone watch the classics to see what informs modern film and unfortunately what is sadly lacking from it.

Back to topic, check out Five Million Years to Earth, a.k.a. Quartermass and the Pit. A very interesting sci-fi film!! The film is from 1967 but once you've seen the 50's stuff this one is worth watching.

 

[Probe Droid]

The Thing (From Another World)

:thumbsup x 1000. One of my all-time favorite films. It's truly one of the premier SF films and a great movie, period.

This film also proves that the ingredients for a superb sf film are a solid story and interesting characters, not million-dollar FX.

 

[weaselflinger]

Oh if you like vincent price... The last man on earth (the first I am legend movie).

Great movie!

 

[Wes R]

I never knew it existed until i found one of those 30 horror movie bundles at the store and it was in it. Another underrated one is Panic in Year zero. Not sure if it's on dvd but it's on youtube. It's surprisingly frank about things for a 1962 film. Henry Fonda in Fail-safe is another must watch and has a great performance from Larry Hagman. On the Beach with is a scifi drama with Gregory Peck and Fred Astaire of all people.
An interesting one that's not as good is This Is Not A Test, it's another post apocalyptic one. It's another that might only be on youtube at the moment. If you type in 1960s and 50s scifi there's a ton of films on there. A lot of them seem to have gone public domain because nobody wanted to admit to them lol.
We also can't forget Rocketship X-M which wasn't bad.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Earth Vs The Flying Saucers

I just saw that for the first time last week. I don't think it holds up as well as some of the other movies.

 

[dbuck]

It came from beneath the sea.

Ray Harryhausen. Nuff said.

 

[dascoyne]

How about some obscure gems ...

The 27th Day - Space Aliens pick five random people on earth and grant them the power to destroy millions of people to test the human race.

Eyes Without a Face - A truly original horror classic French film. A plastic surgeon kidnaps women and surgically removes their faces in an effort to transplant the tissue to the face of his disfigured daughter. Scared the bezeesus out of me as a kid.

I Walked With A Zombie - directed by Jaques Tourneur -

Suddenly Last Summer - not so much horror but but more of a morbid mystery

The Innocents - a classic macabre story

Carnival of Souls - more than a few popular movies were inspired by this great classic film

Bucket of Blood - Roger Corman classic horror about a sculptor looking for inspiration

 

[Jannix Quinn]

 

[Shadow345]

That's definitely the perfect colorization for The Giant Claw.