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A list of science fiction films released in the 1950s. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics. This period is sometimes described as the 'classic' or 'golden ...
Kronos (a.k.a. Kronos, Destroyer of the Universe or Kronos, Ravager of Planets) is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film from Regal Films, a division of 20th Century-Fox. It was produced by Irving Block, Louis DeWitt, Kurt Neumann, and Jack Rabin, directed by Kurt Neumann, and stars Jeff Morrow and Barbara Lawrence.
Scenes from The Monolith Monsters appear briefly in John Carpenter's 1988 science fiction action horror film They Live, and in Roland Emmerich's 1996 science fiction movie Independence Day. The concept of the self-replicating mineral used in The Monolith Monsters became the basis for Tiberium in the Command and Conquer video game series.
The film was one of many early Japanese monster films quickly produced after the success of Toho's Godzilla in 1954. After release, the film was met with negative reviews, with critics calling it "bizarre" and accusing it of using science fiction clichés. Warning from Space influenced many other Japanese science fiction films, such as Gorath.
The snow creature itself is an unconvincing monster, and the manner in which it repeatedly moves a few steps forward, followed by a few steps backward (always in the dark), becomes irritating. Later scenes are better contrived than the Himalayan episodes, though the finale in the sewers is hackneyed and unenterprisingly managed.
The Magnetic Monster is a 1953 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Ivan Tors and George Van Marter, directed by Curt Siodmak and (uncredited) Herbert L. Strock. The film stars Richard Carlson, King Donovan, and Jean Byron. Strother Martin appears briefly in one scene as an airliner co-pilot.
Invasion of the Saucer Men (U.K. title: Invasion of the Hell Creatures; working title: Spacemen Saturday Night), is a 1957 black-and-white comic science fiction/comedy horror film produced by James H. Nicholson for release by American International Pictures.
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