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British author Barry Atkinson (You're Not Old Enough Son; Indie Horrors!) plunges us into a cinematic world dominated by the atomic bomb and presents us with a buffet of delights, from the rare to the unusual. Although the classics get a deserved mention, the author concentrates mainly on the neglected lesser titles, many not seen for decades, giving them a much-needed public airing. Readers will indulge in chapters devoted to: Key actors, companies, directors and composers! Comparisons between Japanese monster movies and their Americanized counterparts! Scarce, unseen American, British and foreign horror, sci-fi, fantasy features! Stone Age women of the "B" variety! A couple of out-and-out schlock classics! The Abominable Snowman in the 1950s! A reappraisal of much-maligned, but much-loved, guilty pleasures! Toho's forgotten monsters! Dr. Jekyll's evil offspring! British science fiction and noir thrillers of the '50s! Jungle Jim! Chaney, Karloff and Lugosi in the 1950s! Best entrant in Universal's Creature trilogy! Does colorization enhance a black-and-white favorite? How do monster special effects rate before CGI? Do Regal International's widescreen program fillers really add up to that much? Which scenes constitute the decade's most memorable fantasy moments? Does dialogue matter? What impact did New Age science have on the vampire and werewolf myths of old? All this and much, much more in a fresh evaluation of what most fans and critics now recognize as the pivotal decade for horror, sci-fi and fantasy.

ISBN-13: 9781936168446

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Midnight Marquee Press - Inc.

Publication Date: 05-30-2013

Pages: 320

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

9 Foreword

10 Chapter 1—The ’50s Reign Supreme

13 Chapter 2—An A-Z of the 1950s

17 Chapter 3—The Studios, Actors and Directors

25 Chapter 4—Soundtracks: The Composers

34 Chapter 5—Let’s Take Another Look: Part One

49 Chapter 6—Godzilla and Rodan: Japan vs. America

54 Chapter 7—Fifty Fabulous Lines of Dialogue from the 1950s

61 Chapter 8—Atomic Age Underdogs

96 Chapter 9—Chaney, Karloff and Lugosi in the 1950s

112 Chapter 10—Gill-Man Number One!

116 Chapter 11—Cahn’s Sci-Fi B-Movie Par Excellence

121 Chapter 12—Bring on the Girls!

130 Chapter 13—Let’s Take Another Look:

Part Two

145 Chapter 14—To Colorize or Not to Colorize

15 2 Chapter 15—Gigantis and Varan: Toho’s Forgotten Monsters

157 Chapter 16—Regal by Name—Not Quite by Nature!

163 Chapter 17—Monster Number One: Life Before CGI

168 Chapter 18—A Monster of Foreign Delight— and a Nod to Verne

173 Chapter 19—British Sci-Fi: From a Duck to a Dinosaur

192 Chapter 20—Two Schlock Classics!

199 Chapter 21—Let’s Take Another Look:

Part Three

213 Chapter 22—The Abominable Snowman in the 1950s

219 Chapter 23—Let’s Get Serious

224 Chapter 24—Under the Knife: Franju’s Surgical Masterpiece

228 Chapter 25—Tales of Mystery, Imagination, Noir, Horror and Suspense—British Style

253 Chapter 26—From Around the World

277 Chapter 27—A Classic Short

279 Chapter 28—A Monster Double Bill: Mexican Dinosaur Meets Outer Space Turkey

283 Chapter 29—Fifty Fabulous ’50s Scenes

289 Chapter 30—Spawn of Dr. Jekyll

293 Chapter 31—The Adventures of Jungle Jim in the Atomic Fifties

310 Chapter 32—Science vs. Folklore

314 Chapter 33—Closing Credits: A Hammer Favorite