Cheese and slackers - a decade of films - 1960
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many great films aren't on VHS or DVD. Again, I've probably missed some
and forgotten some favorites. It's not that easy to go through
approximately 40,000 films. I've included films that have no video
release, at least on amazon, because it is possible to catch them on TV
now and then.
1960
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
Paul Krenner, an ex-major with delusions of grandeur, has forced
scientist Peter Ulof to develop a radiation-based technique to turn men
invisible, with which process he plans to create an invisible army to
sell to the highest bidder. He busts safecracker Joey Faust out of
prison and forces him to undergo the invisibility treatment so he can
steal more radium to further the experimentation. Plans go awry when
Faust discovers there is a side-effect to the invisibility treatments he
didn't count on.
The Angry Red Planet (1960)
A rocket ship returns from Mars. Contact was lost since the ship arrived
on Mars. Now the crew does not answer any radio messages from mission
control. The people from mission control try to land the rocket ship by
remote control and investigate what happened on Mars.
The Barbarians (1960)
The Carthaginian army/navy? (they don't make it clear) invades a small
Celtic island. The Carthaginian forces quickly conquer and take as
hostages the son and daughter of the king. This is Revak (Jack Palance)
and his sister. On the boat going back to Carthage, the evil general
decides to humiliate his captives and has both of them brought up on
deck. The evil general growls, "Dance for me, captive!" as he grabs the
sister's dress and rips it off her. Little sister twinkletoes spirals
daintily out of her dress, to reveal that underneath she is wearing the
exact same outfit, only in a mini-skirted version. The Carthaginian
forces stand in a straight row at the back of the scene, making bad guy
noises, while Palance chews on the scenery at his end of the stage set.
Twinkletoes pulls out a huge knife out of her little outfit, and very
carrrefulllly - scratches the general's face with it. The Carthaginian
forces (all 20 of them) growl a little. Palance is swallowing whole
chunks of the scenery. Twinkletoes is disarmed by the general (thanks
for helping out here, Carthaginian army), and finally does a little
dance, reminiscent of a high schooler who has read a book about Isadora
Duncan. The evil general goes INSANE with lust. He snatches
Twinkletoes's arm, and informs her that her next dance will be in his
bed. Inexplicably, he immediately lets go of her so that she can skip to
the other side of the stage to inform Palance that she would rather die.
Palance pauses as he is sucking down the backdrops to say goodbye. She
then scampers back to stand on the railing. The Carthaginians say things
like, "Stop her! Don't let her go!" But NOBODY MOVES!!!! Twinkletoes
does a neat little pike into the water, and I have to pause the movie so
I can catch my breath from all the laughter.
Barefoot Adventure (1960)
Bruce Brown surfing movie. The big waves of the North Shore of Oahu are
among the many featured locations. Interesting twist to this one is his
old narration was lost, so he redid it and we get commentary 30 years or
so after the fact, which only adds to the fun.
Beat Girl (1960)
Teenage rampage. Paul, a divorced architect, marries Nichole, a woman
from Paris. His teen daughter Jenny has fallen in with the English
beatnik scene and likes to hang out in cave-like clubs to listen to jazz
and rudimentary rock'n'roll. Jenny takes an immediate dislike to her
mother-in-law, who is not that much older than she, and goes out of her
way to make life miserable for Nichole. When Jenny discovers that
Nichole is a friend of one of the strippers from the dance hall across
the street, she investigates and uses Nichole's sordid past to embarrass
her father. Meanwhile Jenny attracts the lecherous eye of Kenny, the
owner of the dance hall.
The Beatniks (1960)
MSWT3K was merciless. Eddie Crane is on his way to becoming a top
recording star...if he can only break away from his lawless beatnik
friends who are his only companions. Trouble ensues when his friends
kill a bartender during a botched hold-up.
The Bellboy (1960)
One of Jerry Lewis' best movies. Stanley is a bellboy at the
Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach. It is there that he performs his
duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All that he displays are
facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style. And anything that can
go wrong - does go wrong when Stanley is involved. Then one day, Jerry
Lewis, big star, arrives at the hotel and some of the staff notice the
striking resemblance. Stanley continues to do what he was hired to do
while star Lewis has more trouble with his entourage than the hotel
accommodations.
The Boy and the Pirates (1960)
Cute 12 year old Charles Herbert stars in this kiddie movie about a boy
who dreams of being a pirate. To get him away from his hum-drum life of
school, chores, and nagging parents. O to be free like the pirates, and
do what a boy wants! Walking on the Massachusetts shore, little Jimmy
(Herbert) finds a genie in a bottle. The genie makes his dream come
true. But the boy finds out to his dismay that the life of a pirate is
not what he thought it would be. And he longs for home.
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young
man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she
innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the
populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr
Van Helsing is already on his way.
Carry On, Constable (1960)
With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are
assigned to Inspector Mills' police station. With help from Special
Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck the operations of the
police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they
arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll
be out of a job and Sergeant Wilkins will be transferred. Sub-plots
include romances between Wilkins and Moon, Constable and Passworthy.
Circus of Horrors (1960)
In 1947 England, a plastic surgeon must beat a hasty retreat to France
when one of his patients has ghastly problems with her surgery. Once
there, he operates on a circus owner's daughter, deformed by bombs from
the war. Later he becomes the owner of the circus, and continues
transforming disfigured women into the beautiful stars of his show. The
police and a nosy reporter (as well as Scotland Yard) become interested
when the women who want out of the circus begin dying in freak
accidents, and they begin suspecting the good doctor is responsible.
Dinosaurus! (1960)
A favorite cheese fest. After undersea explosions near a Caribbean
island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting
population. Freed from his watery tomb, as well, is a very friendly
Neanderthal man who proceeds to befriend a local orphan boy. The boy,
Neanderthal and irritated dinosaur make for an interesting dramatic climax.
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1960)
Sadly, there's never been a DVD or VHS release for this. Jonathan Drake,
while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of
the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a
locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his
grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in
effect and that he himself is the probable next victim. That night he is
awakened by the approach of an Indian, his lips sewed together with
string, and wielding a curare-tipped bamboo knife.
The Hand (1960)
During World War II, a group of British soldiers are captured by the
Japanese, tortured and their hands are cut off. Years later, a mad
killer terrorizes London by cutting off the hands of his victims.
Hell Is a City (1960)
Committed but seen-it-all police inspector Martineau rightly guesses
that after a violent jailbreak a local criminal will head home to
Manchester to pick up the spoils from his last job. Martineau is soon
investigating a murder during a street robbery which seems to lead back
to the same villain. Concentrating on the case and using his local
contacts to try and track the gang down, he is aware he is not keeping
his own personal life together as well as he might.
High School Caesar (1960)
Matt Stevens is the big man at high school. He sweats the students for
protection money, acquires copies of tests for a fee, and has rigged the
votes so he can beat Kelly in the election for student president. Aside
from his anointed acolytes, Matt is almost universally despised. His
parents are obscenely rich and spend their time travelling in Europe
rather than giving him the parental guidance he needs. Things begin to
get ugly when some of the teens resist his power and show Matt up at the
drag race.
House of Usher (1960)
The only movie that EVER scared me when I was a kid. After a long
journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one,
Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her
brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady:
Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become
catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family
curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the
siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on,
the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
Jigoku (1960)
I don't know where this movie is available, but it is classic Japanese
horror. A high school student has a friend who is pure evil. Him and his
friend are outdriving one night when they hit a drunkard and the friend
leaves him to die. The student's life then goes down hill from there.
The late 50s and early 60s were a major time for Japanese horror. Those
early films deserve to be seen with all the interest in Asian horror
these days.
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Underappreciated Corman movie. Ev; her husband, Harold; and their lawyer
friend, Martin, are skindiving while on vacation in Puerto Rico. When
they resurface, they gradually conclude that an unexplained, temporary
interruption of oxygen has killed everyone on the island - maybe in the
world!
The Leech Woman (1960)
A faded beauty leaves a trail of murder from Africa to the United States
when she discovers a compound that will restore her lost youth--when
consumed with fluid from the pineal gland of the newly dead.
Peeping Tom (1960)
A classic. As a boy, Mark Lewis was subjected to bizarre experiments by
his scientist-father, who wanted to study and record the effects of fear
on the nervous system. Now grown up, both of his parents dead, Mark
works by day as a focus-puller for a London movie studio. He moonlights
by taking girlie pictures above a news agent's shop. But Mark has also
taken up a horrifying hobby: He murders women while using a movie camera
to film their dying expressions of terror. One evening, Mark meets and
befriends Helen Stephens, a young woman who rents one of the rooms in
his house. Does Helen represent some kind of possible redemption for
Mark - or is she unknowingly running the risk of becoming one of his
victims?
Pepe (1960)
A star studded Cantinflas classic, and pretty much the inspiration for
Pee Wee's Big Adventure. The young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold
to Hollywood star Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to
get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the stars working in
Hollywood at the time.
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960)
I loved the St Trinians films when i was a kid. They were the
quintessential british comedy for me. This is the fourth and last of the
original series. St Trinians was a girls school, and the girls were NOT
normal. When the school burns to the ground there's clearly been some
arson around. The pupils are found guilty and the judge hands them into
the care of a pretty dubious child psychiatrist. The sixth form are soon
kidnapped and on their way to Arabia with the Ministry of Education,
Barchester police, and an Army Bath Unit after them. But real rescue
fourth form.
Rat (1960) aka Atomic War Bride
Double feature DVD with This is Not a Test at Something Weird. Once upon
a time, the Big Bad Bomb was #1 on everyone's Paranoid Hit Parade.
Atom-bomb movies were made to scare us; atom-bomb short subjects were
meant to calm us down. Now you can relive some of that Mushroom-Cloud
Mania with this Nuclear Collection of Atomic-Age Kulture. Just hope you
don't end up glowing in the dark... "Atomic War Bride" (1960, 75 min.) -
At a church in the country, eternally optimistic John marries Maria, his
Atomic War Bride, as planes buzz overhead and bombs start dropping.
Though John is "mobilized" by the military seconds after the ceremony,
he and Maria are reunited just in time for the Big Bang. "This Is Not a
Test" (1961, 72 min.) - When the police radio blares, "Air Raid!
Condition Red! This is Not a Test," Deputy Sheriff Dan Colter sets up a
roadblock on a lonely section of mountain road in the middle of the
night as he and a microcosm of American society wait for the bomb by
engaging in various end-of-the-world activities.
The Savage Eye (1960)
This drama takes the form of a story told using documentary material as
an intrinsic part of the narrative. In this journey through the dark
side of 1950s urban life, the camera follows Judith - a newly divorced
woman looking for a fresh start - through the streets of Los Angeles as
she encounters the strange denizens of the city, ranging from
trendsetters to religious fanatics. All the tawdry and desperate faces
of this world become a mirror for Judith's personal failures and
struggles to claim her new life.
Space Men (1960) aka Assignment Outer Space
In the 21st century Ray Peterson, reporter for the Interplanetary News,
is assigned to write a story aboard a space station. Tension mounts
between Peterson and the station commander, who believes he is in the
way, but has orders to leave him alone. Errant spaceship Alpha Two
enters the solar system and its photon generators are radiating enough
heat to destroy Earth as it approaches. It falls to Peterson to try to
figure out a way to enter the spaceship, disarm the generators, and
escape before suffocating.
The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
A murderous religious cult is way-laying travellers and stealing goods
in nineteenth century India. As the disappearances mount and trade
becomes difficult, the British East India Company is forced to act. But
they give the job to an upper-class officer completely out-of-touch with
the country rather than the obvious candidate who has been in India for
years and well understands the people and culture.
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
A life long favorite. A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on
a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island
because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the
islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge
treehouse) and explore the island and it's wildlife. Plenty of adventure
ensues as the family deals with issues of survival, pirates, and the
brothers must learn how to live on the island with an uncertain future.
The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)
NOT by Corman. When Edgar sees his girlfriend Betty getting up close and
personal with his best friend Carl, he murders Carl in a jealous rage
and hides the corpse under the floor of his piano room. Comes the night,
and Edgar begins to hear strange sounds coming from under the floor...
The Time Machine (1960)
Can't be beat. After scoring popular hits with When Worlds Collide and
The War of the Worlds, special-effects pioneer George Pal returned to
the visionary fiction of H.G. Wells to produce and direct this
science-fiction classic from 1960. Wells's imaginative tale of time
travel was published in 1895 and the movie is set in approximately the
same period with Rod Taylor as a scientist whose magnificent time
machine allows him to leap backward and forward in the annals of
history. His adventures take him far into the future, where a meek and
ineffectual race known as the Eloi have been forced to hide from the
brutally monstrous Morlocks. As Taylor tests his daring invention,
Oscar-winning special effects show us what the scientist sees: a
cavalcade of sights and sounds as he races through time at varying
speeds, from lava flows of ancient earth to the rise and fall of a
towering future metropolis.
Tormented (1960)
On an island community off of New England, Tom Stewart is preparing to
marry the woman he loves. His plans are threatened by his old
girlfriend, Vi, who shows up secretly. During a confrontation at the top
of the island's lighthouse, the railing breaks and Vi falls. Tom has a
chance to save her but doesn't. Tom's relief at Vi's accident soon fades
when her vengeful spirit begins showing up wherever he goes...
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) aka House of Fright
Hammer. Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing
the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Village of the Damned (1960)
Classic. In the small English village of Midwich everybody and
everything falls into a deep, mysterious sleep for several hours in the
middle of the day. Some months later every woman capable of
child-bearing is pregnant and the children that are born out of these
pregnancies seem to grow very fast and they all have the same blond hair
and strange, penetrating eyes that make people do things they don't want
to do.
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
An old favorite. Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking
command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" - a real garbage scow with a
crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them
knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important
top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese
fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives - if only they
can get there in one piece.
The Wasp Woman (1960)
A cosmetics queen develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen
wasps. She fails to anticipate the typical hoary side- effects.
The Wild Ride (1960)
A rebellious punk of the beat generation, who spends his days as an
amateur dirt track driver in-between partying and troublemaking. He
eventually kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, kills a few police officers
and finally sees his own life end in tregedy.
13 Ghosts (1960)
The original, with which the remake had nothing but the title in common.
Reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his eerie mansion to his penniless
nephew Cyrus Zorba and his family. Along with the house, the Zorba
family has also inherited the occultist's collection of 12 ghosts, who
can only be seen through Zorba's special goggles. The family members,
their lives at risk upon the discovery that Dr. Zorba's fortune lies
hidden somewhere in the house, receive aid from unexpected quarters as
the threat to their lives is revealed.
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
Live cation version with Kerwin Matthews, the Cameron Mitchell of the
60s fantasy film. Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his
charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on
to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up
on an island, which is inhibitated by very tiny people. After he managed
to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their citizens,
their king wants to use him in war against a people of giants. Compared
to them, even Gulliver is a gnome.
--
When your young children cry too much, show them their birth video in
reverse and tell them that's what happens to kids who don't stop crying.
ShakaNui
The Angry Red Planet (1960)
A rocket ship returns from Mars. Contact was lost since the ship arrived
on Mars. Now the crew does not answer any radio messages from mission
control. The people from mission control try to land the rocket ship by
remote control and investigate what happened on Mars.
Barefoot Adventure (1960)
Bruce Brown surfing movie. The big waves of the North Shore of Oahu are
among the many featured locations. Interesting twist to this one is his
old narration was lost, so he redid it and we get commentary 30 years or
so after the fact, which only adds to the fun.
The Bellboy (1960)
One of Jerry Lewis' best movies. Stanley is a bellboy at the
Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach. It is there that he performs his
duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All that he displays are
facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style. And anything that can
go wrong - does go wrong when Stanley is involved. Then one day, Jerry
Lewis, big star, arrives at the hotel and some of the staff notice the
striking resemblance. Stanley continues to do what he was hired to do
while star Lewis has more trouble with his entourage than the hotel
accommodations.
Circus of Horrors (1960)
In 1947 England, a plastic surgeon must beat a hasty retreat to France
when one of his patients has ghastly problems with her surgery. Once
there, he operates on a circus owner's daughter, deformed by bombs from
the war. Later he becomes the owner of the circus, and continues
transforming disfigured women into the beautiful stars of his show. The
police and a nosy reporter (as well as Scotland Yard) become interested
when the women who want out of the circus begin dying in freak
accidents, and they begin suspecting the good doctor is responsible.
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
A life long favorite. A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on
a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island
because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the
islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge
treehouse) and explore the island and it's wildlife. Plenty of adventure
ensues as the family deals with issues of survival, pirates, and the
brothers must learn how to live on the island with an uncertain future.
The Time Machine (1960)
Can't be beat. After scoring popular hits with When Worlds Collide and
The War of the Worlds, special-effects pioneer George Pal returned to
the visionary fiction of H.G. Wells to produce and direct this
science-fiction classic from 1960. Wells's imaginative tale of time
travel was published in 1895 and the movie is set in approximately the
same period with Rod Taylor as a scientist whose magnificent time
machine allows him to leap backward and forward in the annals of
history. His adventures take him far into the future, where a meek and
ineffectual race known as the Eloi have been forced to hide from the
brutally monstrous Morlocks. As Taylor tests his daring invention,
Oscar-winning special effects show us what the scientist sees: a
cavalcade of sights and sounds as he races through time at varying
speeds, from lava flows of ancient earth to the rise and fall of a
towering future metropolis.
Village of the Damned (1960)
Classic. In the small English village of Midwich everybody and
everything falls into a deep, mysterious sleep for several hours in the
middle of the day. Some months later every woman capable of
child-bearing is pregnant and the children that are born out of these
pregnancies seem to grow very fast and they all have the same blond hair
and strange, penetrating eyes that make people do things they don't want
to do.
13 Ghosts (1960)
The original, with which the remake had nothing but the title in common.
Reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his eerie mansion to his penniless
nephew Cyrus Zorba and his family. Along with the house, the Zorba
family has also inherited the occultist's collection of 12 ghosts, who
can only be seen through Zorba's special goggles. The family members,
their lives at risk upon the discovery that Dr. Zorba's fortune lies
hidden somewhere in the house, receive aid from unexpected quarters as
the threat to their lives is revealed.
CapnHollis
charming fianc�e Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on
Lynn, Maurice and Cham
A rocket ship returns from Mars. Contact was lost since the ship arrived
on Mars. Now the crew does not answer any radio messages from mission
control. The people from mission control try to land the rocket ship by
remote control and investigate what happened on Mars.
***A classic for me. I just love the look of it. And the giant rat-spider.
The Beatniks (1960)
MSWT3K was merciless. Eddie Crane is on his way to becoming a top
recording star...if he can only break away from his lawless beatnik
friends who are his only companions. Trouble ensues when his friends
kill a bartender during a botched hold-up.
***I saw this on MST3K back in the day. Have the uncut version in my que.
The Bellboy (1960)
One of Jerry Lewis' best movies. Stanley is a bellboy at the
Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach. It is there that he performs his
duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All that he displays are
facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style. And anything that can
go wrong - does go wrong when Stanley is involved. Then one day, Jerry
Lewis, big star, arrives at the hotel and some of the staff notice the
striking resemblance. Stanley continues to do what he was hired to do
while star Lewis has more trouble with his entourage than the hotel
accommodations.
***I taped this off TCM a while back and have been meaning to watch it.
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young
man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she
innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the
populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr
Van Helsing is already on his way.
***I like all the Hammer vampire flicks.
Dinosaurus! (1960)
A favorite cheese fest. After undersea explosions near a Caribbean
island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting
population. Freed from his watery tomb, as well, is a very friendly
Neanderthal man who proceeds to befriend a local orphan boy. The boy,
Neanderthal and irritated dinosaur make for an interesting dramatic climax.
***Wow, I'd forgotten about this one. This is some major cheese. I love it.
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1960)
Sadly, there's never been a DVD or VHS release for this. Jonathan Drake,
while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of
the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a
locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his
grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in
effect and that he himself is the probable next victim. That night he is
awakened by the approach of an Indian, his lips sewed together with
string, and wielding a curare-tipped bamboo knife.
***Actually, this is available on a double feature dvd with Voodoo Island. I
caught some of this movie late night on Joe Bob's show on TNT years ago. It
was 3 in the morning, so I don't really remember it.
High School Caesar (1960)
Matt Stevens is the big man at high school. He sweats the students for
protection money, acquires copies of tests for a fee, and has rigged the
votes so he can beat Kelly in the election for student president. Aside
from his anointed acolytes, Matt is almost universally despised. His
parents are obscenely rich and spend their time travelling in Europe
rather than giving him the parental guidance he needs. Things begin to
get ugly when some of the teens resist his power and show Matt up at the
drag race.
***I've seen this. I like these types of flicks. Juvinile delinquents. They
don't make em like this anymore.
The Leech Woman (1960)
A faded beauty leaves a trail of murder from Africa to the United States
when she discovers a compound that will restore her lost youth--when
consumed with fluid from the pineal gland of the newly dead.
***This was on MST3K in its SciFi years. Pretty bad movie. The bots kept
making jokes about how the lady looks like granny from The Beverly
Hillbillies.
The Time Machine (1960)
Can't be beat. After scoring popular hits with When Worlds Collide and
The War of the Worlds, special-effects pioneer George Pal returned to
the visionary fiction of H.G. Wells to produce and direct this
science-fiction classic from 1960. Wells's imaginative tale of time
travel was published in 1895 and the movie is set in approximately the
same period with Rod Taylor as a scientist whose magnificent time
machine allows him to leap backward and forward in the annals of
history. His adventures take him far into the future, where a meek and
ineffectual race known as the Eloi have been forced to hide from the
brutally monstrous Morlocks. As Taylor tests his daring invention,
Oscar-winning special effects show us what the scientist sees: a
cavalcade of sights and sounds as he races through time at varying
speeds, from lava flows of ancient earth to the rise and fall of a
towering future metropolis.
***Love it. Always will. Don't know if it's on dvd or not. Hated the stupid
remake.
Tormented (1960)
On an island community off of New England, Tom Stewart is preparing to
marry the woman he loves. His plans are threatened by his old
girlfriend, Vi, who shows up secretly. During a confrontation at the top
of the island's lighthouse, the railing breaks and Vi falls. Tom has a
chance to save her but doesn't. Tom's relief at Vi's accident soon fades
when her vengeful spirit begins showing up wherever he goes...
***This movie is pretty bad, but I enjoyed it. It was done on MST3K and is
directed by Bert I. Gordon.
Village of the Damned (1960)
Classic. In the small English village of Midwich everybody and
everything falls into a deep, mysterious sleep for several hours in the
middle of the day. Some months later every woman capable of
child-bearing is pregnant and the children that are born out of these
pregnancies seem to grow very fast and they all have the same blond hair
and strange, penetrating eyes that make people do things they don't want
to do.
***I think this movie is overrated; it just doesn't scare me. I'll still
take it over the remake anyday.
The Wasp Woman (1960)
A cosmetics queen develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen
wasps. She fails to anticipate the typical hoary side- effects.
***This movie is terrible. And not in a good way.
13 Ghosts (1960)
The original, with which the remake had nothing but the title in common.
Reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his eerie mansion to his penniless
nephew Cyrus Zorba and his family. Along with the house, the Zorba
family has also inherited the occultist's collection of 12 ghosts, who
can only be seen through Zorba's special goggles. The family members,
their lives at risk upon the discovery that Dr. Zorba's fortune lies
hidden somewhere in the house, receive aid from unexpected quarters as
the threat to their lives is revealed.
***I'll watch any William Castle movie, and this is one of his best. Remake
was terrible.
***Cham
Marcob...@aol.com
The Wasp Woman (1960)
A cosmetics queen develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen
wasps. She fails to anticipate the typical hoary side- effects.
***This movie is terrible. And not in a good way.
Marc