Sci-Fi
Mesa of Lost Women (1953) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Sci-Fi Horror Cult Classic
Hoyt Curtin would go on to write the theme songs for The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo and roughly 250 other animated series that basically defined Saturday morning television for three decades. But before any of that, fresh out of a…
Horrors of Spider Island (1962) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Cult Horror Classic
The leading man here once told an interviewer that he didn't believe in great acting — that Laurence Olivier and Burt Lancaster were real actors, but Cary Grant and Clark Gable were "personality actors," full stop, no judgment implied. He…
This Is Not a Test (1962) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Cold War Sci-Fi Classic
"This is a test. This is only a test." For anyone who grew up with the Emergency Broadcast System, that phrase meant nothing was wrong — a monthly tone, a few seconds of static, then back to the regular program.…
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Sci-Fi Classic
The director of The Amazing Transparent Man apprenticed under F.W. Murnau and worked on *Sunrise* (1927). He was forced out of major studio work after a personal transgression involving the wife of a Universal executive — she became Shirley Ulmer,…
The Giant Gila Monster (1959) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Cult Creature Feature
The man who produced The Giant Gila Monster also invented Top 40 radio. Gordon McLendon — Yale-educated, Naval intelligence officer, creator of KLIF Dallas, founder of the Liberty Broadcasting System, owner of the largest drive-in theater chain in Texas —…
The Yesterday Machine (1963) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Sci-Fi Classic
Deep in rural Texas, in an underground bunker furnished with two shelves of electronic junk and a chair on a platform with blinking lights, a former Nazi scientist named Professor Ernst Von Hauser is building a time machine to bring…
The Incredible Petrified World (1957) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Sci-Fi Classic
A 1.89 on IMDb is a specific kind of achievement. Most movies that get started, never actually see daylight. The Incredible Petrified World was shot in 1957, sat unreleased for three years, and then it finally slid into theaters on…