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Mesa of Lost Women

1953

Mesa of Lost Women

1953
2.4
A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.
It Came from Outer Space

1953

It Came from Outer Space

1953
6.3
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...
Phantom from Space

1953

Phantom from Space

1953
4.4
After a UFO sighting, a mysterious phantom in a bizarre outfit starts attacking people in San Fernando Valley.
Invaders from Mars

1953

Invaders from Mars

1953
5.9
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
The Magnetic Monster

1953

The Magnetic Monster

1953
5.6
The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.
Planet Outlaws

1953

Planet Outlaws

1953
4.6
A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Feature version of the film serial Buck Rogers by Universal Pictures, 1940.
Invasion, U.S.A.

1952

Invasion, U.S.A.

1952
3.1
A group of American witness the deadly invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union.
Untamed Women

1952

Untamed Women

1952
3.9
During World War II, an American bomber pilot is rescued after drifting at sea aboard a raft. After being administered truth serum, he tells the doctor a story of how he and the three survivors of his plane crash washed up on an island that was inhabited by a tribe of beautiful primitive cave-women, dinosaurs and a group of savage cavemen who are bent on abducting the women for breeding purposes.
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

1952

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

1952
3.3
The Singer Duke Mitchell meets Sammy Petrillo in this parody of Martin & Lewis. They arrive on a jungle island, where a mad scientist played by Bela Lugosi makes human experiments.
Monkey Business

1952

Monkey Business

1952
6.7
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Radar Men from the Moon

1952

Radar Men from the Moon

1952
4.5
Commando Cody, 'Sky Marshal of the Universe', works with American scientists Joan Gilbert and Ted Richards in the development of a flying suit and a rocket to the Moon. When the nation's defences are being sabotaged and destroyed, Cody learns that an atomic-gun is being used and that the men on the moon are the culprits.
The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951
7.5
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
Two Lost Worlds

1951

Two Lost Worlds

1951
3.9
Shipwreck survivors land on an uncharted island inhabited by prehistoric beasts.
The Flying Saucer

1950

The Flying Saucer

1950
3.6
The CIA sends playboy Mike Trent to Alaska with agent Vee Langley, posing as his "nurse," to investigate flying saucer sightings. At first, installed in a hunting lodge, the two play in the wilderness. But then they sight a saucer. Investigating, our heroes clash with an inept gang of Soviet spies, also after the saucer secret.
Behind the Mask

1946

Behind the Mask

1946
5
Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.
The Shadow Returns

1946

The Shadow Returns

1946
5.3
The Shadow (Kane Richmond) cracks a case of missing jewels, murder and plastics.
The Monster Maker

1944

The Monster Maker

1944
5.1
Mad scientist injects his enemies with acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed.
The Ape Man

1943

The Ape Man

1943
4.3
A scientist is turned into an ape man.
The Corpse Vanishes

1942

The Corpse Vanishes

1942
4.2
A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from virgin brides.
Adventures of Captain Marvel

1941

Adventures of Captain Marvel

1941
6.3
On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened. Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself. Back in the US, Billy Batson, as Captain Marvel, wages a battle against an evil, hooded figure, the Scorpion, who hopes to accumulate all five lenses, thereby gaining control of the super-powerful weapon