Decades ago I was a member of an SF society and learnt not to refer to sf as 'sci-fi' but it doesn't upset me too much anymore. Destination Inner Space could have been a long episode of season 2 of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Please keep the videos coming Terry, one of the highlights of the week.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
My pleasure. The production values on VTTBOTS were a lot better than DIS.
@timeliebe4 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies- well,VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA did have a generous boost of A-movie miniatures from the feature that predated it.... Those season two and beyond incredibly cool flying submarine didn't appear anywhere in the movie!
@ClutchCargo0014 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies I respectfully suggest hereafter we just acronym 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,' as VBS. (And, yes, I know that's a misuse of the word 'acronym.') Hey, I'm old. I don't have all that many keystrokes to spare.
@Deathingerman4 ай бұрын
i first watched Destination Inner Space on TV during the early 80's. This movie proved to be an enigma for most of my life and a mystery I was only able to solve in the early 2000's when I managed to find a copy after many diligent vague (I didnt know the name of the movie) google searches. For that reason I will always have a soft spot for it.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
I can see how that might happen but it's still ordinary at the worst times.
@peterkarargiris41104 ай бұрын
The creature in Destination Inner Space always reminds me of one of those designer goldfish you could get in Hong Kong in the 80s. I think this movie was going for a Fantastic Voyage vibe - cringy but still lots of fun. I've never heard of The Unknown Terror - adding it to the (ever lengthening) list. Cheers Terry. As always, you are our cine-sensei.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
My pleasure, Peter. Have a great weekend.
@creech544 ай бұрын
I got 37 seconds into this before I realized it was Science Fiction Saturday, again! My favorite day of the week! 🙂 Haven't seen either of these movies and I was a bit miffed that "The Colossus of New York" wasn't paired with "The Space Children" (both prod, by Wm Alland and dir. by Jack Arnold). DIS almost sounds inspired by "The Thing" more than CFTBL. Good monster suit.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
The monster suit works and making it flexible enough to cover an aqualung was a great idea.
@captlazer55094 ай бұрын
Forrest J Ackerman, who published his magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland and rescued hundreds of geek movie props from movie studio dumpsters, is credited with the term "sci-fi." Taken from the term hi-fi for high fidelity sound systems. Loved that magazine as a kid as it opened a world of monsters and science fiction films, like the lesser known films you are talking about here. So guilty as charged for smiling at the nostalgic yet hokey term sci-fi. Great B picture picks even thou DIS is hot trash in chunks. Liked the creature more than writing. Thanks, Terry!
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Also, Ackerman was a sleazebag, so the better he's forgotten the better.
@captlazer55094 ай бұрын
@terrytalksmovies Ackerman, I've read one accusion of him being like Pepe Le Pue, which doesn't fly today. If there is worse, do tell or better yet compile a solid fact based episode. There are interviews with Harlon Ellison admitting he was "rough" with his ex-wives. That is code for spouse abuse today. Was he a dirt bag? Yes, he was. Was Ellison talented? Very much so.
@jamescooper9444 ай бұрын
Having good will towards a movie and becoming saddened by the script is exactly how I felt about the last attempt at “The Lone Ranger “.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
I had no hopes for The Lone Ranger. It had Johnny Depp playing a first nations guy so...
@pamelaflanigan59354 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies There was a movie equal to or worse than Johnny Depp's version. his one was from the late '70s early '80s, This one starred Martin Spillsbury. This had yhe Lone Ranger killing the bd guys.
@imaginationaryman79954 ай бұрын
When I was growing up we had a late night horror show host called SAMMY TERRY. On this show they would play old horror movies I remember one movie that was about fungus or mushrooms or something similar that would infest and take over humans and animals. I think it was Japanese movie with English dubbing. I have tried to do a search for the movie however I was unable to find what i was looking for. Due to the low vision issues I deal with I have trouble seeing images and video clearly, so I may have come across the movie and not been able to identify the visuals. Maybe you have already covered it in the past. Thank you for your content and your ability to describe the movies in a way that those of us who deal with vision issues and enjoy the memories of these films of the past.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
The Japanese film was probably Matango. You can find it on disk fairly easily.
@terryloh85834 ай бұрын
Thanks for the reviews! I'm in exactly the same boat. I think I've seen just about every classic sci-fi horror movie made, but then something like this comes along and surprises me! I'll have to check these out. Keep up the great work. :)
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Thanks! It isn't easy finding obscurities but it's a really fun way to approach these old movies.
@d.bcooper78194 ай бұрын
You’re a class act Terry. I knew that 37 seconds in the first time I tuned in your channel.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
As a working class tatterdemalion, I am class with a capital K. 😉😉😀
@richardhart92044 ай бұрын
… recently binge watched Severance. It’s superb, and I can’t get that piano motif out of my head.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Okay. I hear good things about it.
@rafaelrosario53314 ай бұрын
Love the content....always so informative.....even some things I have missed.... Thanks for the heads up on Kalki!!
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
My pleasure. Kalki's on Netflix at the moment.
@Cameroo4 ай бұрын
Really love your channel. Your breadth of knowledge on movies is really amazing and I always enjoy your reviews
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Thanks, @Cameroo I really appreciate it. 😀
@williamblakehall55664 ай бұрын
Your discussion of The Unknown Terror got me to wondering "Where have I heard of fungus taking possession of people before?" There is of course Attack of the Mushroom People, but in particular there was a Stephen King short story stuck in my head. Imagine my surprise when I found that the story, Gray Matter, got turned into a 23-minute vignette on a show called Creepshow. It's a decent quick chiller, but I recall the original story ending with a nice ambiguity -- and that takes me back to The Unknown Terror. I would like to compare the show to Terror and see just how superior Terror may be. As for the other one -- wow! Robin, host and narrator for Dark Corners Reviews, already looked at it and I had to laugh when he called the monster "the Creature from the Black Lagoon -- on Mardi Gras!" That rather brilliantly sums up its wild colorful look for me. I have also come across self-professed Wende Wagner fans, who I guess simply like her look. This movie, honestly -- the miniatures are so obviously miniature, and the costuming is so obviously a costume, it looks ready to be sold in a Halloween store. (Not that I wouldn't love to buy it!) Apart from misogyny and the wasting of James Hong, the movie is also a bit disappointing, as I recall, in internal logic. What could the aliens possibly be up to? Their "Here, Earthlings, go ahead and take our metal egg" plan feels almost as insidious as the design of the Xenomorph in Alien. Wild stuff. Thanks, Ter.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Yeah, I did get Matango vibes from The Unknown Terror, but Matango had better songs. 😀
@dougm91574 ай бұрын
You do great work Terry. I enjoy your channel. You can't please all of the people all of the time. It's a rule. And some folks just _want_ to be rude. I'll never understand that. Meanwhile, I have seen Destination Inner Space -- and I agree with you on that one 100%. I'll have to check out Unknown Terror.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
The Unknown Terror is worth watching, with your expectations dialled in to cheap 1950s movie format.
@dlee8274 ай бұрын
Some people live in a permanent state of supressed anger and the internet gives them the opportunity to vent this without the consequences that doing so in person would bring.
@mrlondellsgroovymovies4 ай бұрын
Unknown Terror and Destination Inner Space are definitely late night Groovy Movies. They've been in my collection for years. I guess it's time to dust them off and give them a nostalgic watch.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
There are a lot worse things you could do. Have fun!
@BoinkBot57294 ай бұрын
'Love ya, Terry! Thanks for another great recommendation and thoughtful review.😺
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Thanks! These two were fun to review, even though DIS disappointed.
@B.B.Digital_Forest4 ай бұрын
That is one bright incandescent bulb, Terry! 💡
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
It is. 😀
@dlee8274 ай бұрын
Thanks for the reviews. I haven't enountered either of thse films before. In my experience, though, there's always another 1950s American SF film that I hadn't heard of previously. They seemed to be churning them out in garden sheds in Peoria back in those days.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
The drive-in movie market needed product so lots of small companies pumped out whatever they could make.
@fje69024 ай бұрын
I remember Sheree North well from a lot of TV in the '70's. I last remember her in the 90's in "Seinfeld" as Kramer's mother.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
She was a better actress than a lot of the roles she got.
@joseluisherreralepron99874 ай бұрын
I saw "Destination Inner Space" about 40 years ago on TV. I don't remember it being very good, but as a kid I liked and science fiction and the creature suit was great. "The Unknown Terror" sounds interesting, and I really enjoy "Colossus of New York". I'll likely pick up this set. Thanks, Terry!
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
My pleasure, mate. I think you won't be disappointed.
@Nedski42YT4 ай бұрын
Thank you for reminding me that boutique outfits are releasing movies. I borrow lots of movies from the local library system and I now search for Kino Lorber or Imprint or Criterion and I actually find more movies that way. BTW, I found "Destination Inner Space" on KZbin. At least they had an Asian person play the cliche cook character rather than being played by Jerry Lewis or Mickey Rooney. Baby steps. Just to think, James Hong was a cook on an underwater lab and went on to be the maitre d on Seinfeld. "SEINFELD! TABLE FOR FOUR!" P.S. My favorite James Hong line from Blade Runner "I just do eyes, I make your eyes!"
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Hong was also a computer scientist in Colossus The Forbin Project, which was heartening.
@JohnMinehan-lx9ts4 ай бұрын
Sir Lancelot also worked with Robert Mitchum on his Calypso album (which was notable for its willingness to pay the original writers and performers of the original songs, which Mitchum insisted on). Calypso was an interesting phenomenon, that effected both the US and Great Britain in interesting ways.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Mitchum's Calypso album is a banger.
@keithwright16214 ай бұрын
I love Destination Inner Space. It's a laugh a minute. Highlight is watching over weight Scott Brady trying to fit the belt of his aqua lung over his bloated belly. I really enjoyed the first time I saw it.
@dietmarkrah53194 ай бұрын
Nice. Never heard of any of these movies and "Unknown Terror" sounds really interesting. Someone should make a sequel. Although I guess the Walking Dead fungus might be regarded as such.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
The Last of Us fungus? Yeah, I can see the parallels.
@dietmarkrah53194 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies My bad, I'm not into the zombie genre and somehow get these two confused all the time. But the "cave of the dead" and the "god of the dead"...looks like the fungus did get out eventually (and learn to blend in better).
@ActionPanda-g5n4 ай бұрын
Rampaging Fungus, I thought you were going talk about your beard!
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
That's unkind. My beard hasn't rampaged since the 90s! 😉
@palmercolson70374 ай бұрын
I may have seen the Unknown Terror decades ago. I remember several scenes from movies that I haven't seen again although I've tried to find them. One that I did find was the Flame Barrier from 1958. It sounds like the Unknown Terror to some degree, but it isn't. The Flame Barrier is about a woman who hire two men (great while hunters) to lead her into the jungles of south Mexico to find her husband who went into the jungle after a space capsule that de-orbitied unexpectedly. So, the first part of the movie is a standard jungle movie with a budding romance between the woman and one of the guides. The second half is science fiction in that the capsule has brought back a giant blob which is growing and is surrounded by an electrical field that ignites things that get close to it. The woman's dead husband is now part of the blob. The ending is about them trying to destroy it before it expands and kills everything on Earth. I don't think much of the jungle part. The science fiction part might have been interesting in the 1950s, but I've seen so much similar stories that it doesn't really stand out. I'll probably find the Unknown Terror to see if that is another movie that I remember from so long ago.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
There are so many old SF movies that borrow heavily from one another for plot points. A shame, really. Potential was there.
@steve4films4 ай бұрын
My favourite comment on my own small channel was a someone saying they had better things to be doing than watching my channel. I was checking the filmography of Sheree North 2 days ago but I couldn't see anything that looked as good as Charley Varrick. It's a shame she has such a small role in that one. I could have watched a whole film all about that character. Thanks for another interesting recommendation (and a recommendation for one to avoid).
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
My pleasure, Steve. Keep it up with the channel, too.
@rsacchi1003 ай бұрын
I saw the Life magazine where they had Sheree North on the cover and did the billing as the next Marilyn Monroe. For modern audiences she's probably best remembered as Kramer's mother in Sinefeld.
@terrytalksmovies3 ай бұрын
A much better actress than she was often given credit for.
@rsacchi1003 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies Those are the breaks with acting.
@cultofj37774 ай бұрын
I was just listening to Paleo Cinema for the first time in a few years. I absolutely love the all music episodes. Do you think you would ever do an equivalent of something like those episodes for your youtube videos? Regardless, this was a great video. I'll continue to watch!
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
No, I can't do it on YT because my channel would be destroyed for copyright violations. I have to be more careful on this platform but I'm glad someone's still listening to the old stuff. 😀
@cultofj37774 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies I understand. Well, there are still plenty of episodes I haven't heard yet. Plus I got your YT videos to look forward to. Thanks.
@timmadone89304 ай бұрын
I'll be getting this Blu-ray set. I already have these movies on DVD but I want the commentary plus better picture quality especially on "Destination Inner Space". I currently only have the Cheezy Flicks version which was taken off a TV broadcast. Speaking of that movie, I'm surprised you didn't mention William (The Creeping Terror) Thourlby having a small role in the film. Also from what I remember it sounds like some of the music in "Destination Inner Space" was borrowed from "Angry Red Planet".
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Not sure about the music being borrowed but it's entirely possible.
@ClutchCargo0014 ай бұрын
Upon seeing DIS as a kid, I was just happy Race Bannon got another job after Dr. Quest finally figured out Race was Jonny's dad, I mean, get real! Look at 'em!
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
I thought Dr Quest and Race were an item...
@ClutchCargo0014 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies Could be. And Jade East as the dom?
@erictupper85284 ай бұрын
Hi Terry. I just happened to see dest.inner space on Prime recently. You nailed it. I tried to like it. It should have been better than it was. I got James Hong's autograph at the la comicon a few years ago. On a photo of him as Lo Pan. (Big trbl in little china). He was super nice!
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
James Hong has lived and seen it all in cinema since the 1950s. Good to hear he's a nice guy.
@B.B.Digital_Forest4 ай бұрын
It's so odd that an older film did the deadly fungus threat long before "The Last of Us". And there's an older take at the 'deepsea monster attacks an underwater facility' long before the 1990s flicks.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
There's little new in some kinds of cinema.
@B.B.Digital_Forest4 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies I sort of miss the 'kids go on vacation' genre these days. Much of today's youth isn't reflected in how they want to have fun. It's more fantasy or horror nowadays. I don't miss the horny teenager genre - because it's not hard to watch the old stuff. (Phoebe Cates!) But can't we have at least one Spring Break or Beach Party film with a fun soundtrack?
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Zombeavers is in that genre.
@tobyhines75874 ай бұрын
Hi Terry, watched both movies they're OK Wendy Wagner very pretty. I have not seen these movies in decades. The first one very good quality on KZbin , second one color at least. Another good science fiction Saturday / Friday for me.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Thanks, Toby. I'm glad you enjoyed this week's effort. 😀
@alphawoolf59814 ай бұрын
Discovered DIS about 10 years ago; lovely little film that features a veteran of Mysterious Island, Gary Merrill. The racism against orientals has only recently been abated honestly despite the best efforts of James Hong and George Takei. I'll have to check out The Unknown Terror. Also a recommendation for another little movie, The Woman Eater, about a doctor feeding a person-eating plant.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
The Woman Eater is a mad movie. George Colouris does great work there.
@Gazebo484 ай бұрын
I’m with you on both movies, Terry. The Unknown Terror is competent in its craft and offers up an unconventional monster. Imaginative creations like Kronos and the Magnetic Monster are always more intriguing. Destination Inner Space squandered its strengths with a dreadful script and stereotypes that were already offensive to many when it came out
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Yeah, with just tweaks in the script, DIS could have been so much better.
@KarlBunker4 ай бұрын
A tick mark in my copy of John Stanley's Creature Features Movie Guide says that I've seen _The Unknown Terror,_ but it doesn't look familiar. I'll have to check it out.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Go for it. It's an honest piece of work.
@brewstergallery4 ай бұрын
Ned from Spain saying Hola from España ! Hey Terry and thanks for some gloppy sci fi fun ! Mala Powers and Sheree North are always a major help to any flick. I know what you mean about these moronic smart asses and am glad you gave one a good cuffing about. Made me think of David " 7 legged spider " Thorne. Are you a fan of his ???
@stephendsullivan4 ай бұрын
I LOVE Destination Inner Space. It's one of my favorite cheap monster movies -- and it's my 2nd favorite amphibian monster, after Creature from the Black Lagoon. The cast is good, though the script is rudimentary, and the male-female relationships... Well, I just want to rewrite them. Wende Wagner, BTW, was a professional stunt diver and worked on Sea Hunt among others. She also played Brit Reed's secretary/girlfriend in the Green Hornet. Definitely easier to avoid the 60s sexism and stuff if you first saw it in the 60s or 70s.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
I'm surprised that any of those cheapo screenwriters in the 60s ever got laid unless money was exchanged.
@pamelaflanigan59354 ай бұрын
I saw both and out of the 2 (The Unknown Terror and Destination Inner Space) I enjoyed The Unknown Terror much more than Destination Inner Space. I remember seeing this Dracula Film on one of my local UHF channels back in the 1970s. Which followed Bram Stoker's novel to the letter. each segment had the journals of the characters in the novel. Heck it had the ending where Dracula died at the Borgo Pass with the Kukri knife through the throat and the Bowie knife to the heart., dissolving Dracula to ashes. if you can find the name of the movie i'd appreciate it. It's a rarely seen film of Dracula.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Kukris are a great knife for cinematic use. They look vicious and scary in the best way.
@davidhealey31384 ай бұрын
Fungus is kind of a precursor to the black goo of the Alien franchise
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
The Alien franchise jumped the shark once Ridley Scott came back into the series.
@kenriddell4 ай бұрын
Did the creature from the black lagoon ever have a sequel ?
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Two of them.
@EdMorbius464 ай бұрын
Revenge of the Creature; and The Creature Walks Among Us. Not a patch on the original, but reasonably watchable. BTW, thanks Terry and I'm glad you blew a raspberry at the troll.
@taker684 ай бұрын
Never heard of these 2, nice review. 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Thanks! I love finding obscurities.
@latenightdoublefeaturepict20484 ай бұрын
Watching a classic made(or at least set) on your continent- Rogue
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Rogue works. It also has that metaphor of slaying a dragon. Very underrated.
@latenightdoublefeaturepict20484 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies agreed 😀
@noffham4 ай бұрын
As far as slime movies go, I prefer Caltiki- the immortal monster.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Caltiki and Matango both rock.
@JohnMinehan-lx9ts4 ай бұрын
So, Mike Rhodes had that kind of "Jeff Chandler-vibe? That had to be odd about 5 years after Chadler's early death in an accident. I thought Bonanza made an effort to make Hop Sing and his fellow members of the Chinese Ex Pat community in Virginia City decent and able people trying to improve their lives and adopt to a new country. It is handled in a clunky but sincere way . . . . Bonanza did suspect but well-intentioned things a lot (Marlo Thomas as a stubborn, but likable Chinese woman who has a brief marriage of convenience with Hoss to stay in the US, for example).
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
That Girl?
@JohnMinehan-lx9ts4 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies About two years before that (about 1964) she did a lot of guest shots in comedies like McHale's Navy (as CAPT Binghamton's anthropologist niece) and in "quirky" or comic roles in dramas like Ben Casy) when she was started out as an actress after leaving teaching.
@TimChuma4 ай бұрын
Some of the public domain stuff from the 1950s is not great. Got the "50 movies" DVD box set and never actually finished it
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Yeah the quality is criminally low.
@grantman71814 ай бұрын
Terry in your opinion is thx 1138 is mostly style over substance and soylent green substance over style that is what I think just curious if you agree if not I respect your answer
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
THX1138 was the best movie Lucas made. Soylent Green was a big studio adaptation of a solid science fiction novel and MGM just didn't understand how the genre worked.
@grantman71814 ай бұрын
thank you Terry have a good weekend grant
@dogzdad1234 ай бұрын
The Unknown Terror: Deadly Fungus and Capitalism....Yikes! Destination Inner Space: Low budget TV underwater movie without Lloyd Bridges...but you have "Race Bannon"! The Colossus of New York: Enough said. All great popcorn movies on a lazy Saturday afternoon.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
Yep, popcorn movies covers it but Colossus and The Unknown Terror are totally worthwhile.
@timeliebe4 ай бұрын
Were you feeling a little salty that day, Terry? 😁 As somebody whose channel has 30 subscribers and a handful of videos, mostly of my ex-wife Tammy talking in public, I resemble that remark...!
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
You don't, Tim. You don't speak with people the way this guy did. It's about disagreement with respect.
@JohnMinehan-lx9ts4 ай бұрын
I'm not absolutely against "Sci-Fi" as a term. It's a shorthand term and a like all such things it only hints at the under-lying truth.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
For me, it's derogatory. We can agree to disagree.
@Randall10014 ай бұрын
Come now. You never heard "good things" about "Destination Inner Space." LOL. I never liked that movie, even as a kid, and still don't. Never did it for me. I didn't like Scott Brady's character and found the whole thing to be a clunker. "The Unknown Terror" though... that's a different story. So, I first saw that movie sometime in the early/mid 70s (on TV of course) as it was part of the second or third tier of "Chiller Theater" type movies that were sold to local TV stations en masse. At any rate, it showed up a couple times on one of our local stations out of Syracuse NY on their Saturday afternoon "Monster Movie Matinee" which was a hosted show like all the other local TV stations that ran these films at that time. (Only in this case, the guys hosting the movies played it more or less straight rather than going for laughs. So the main host was Dr. E. Nik Witty [get it?] who you never saw; you only heard his sonorous/patrician voice, and... coolest of all, one of his hands--which was festooned with rings and had long black fingernails. It was hinted that he was an undead, you see... he spoke sometimes from his coffin, with only the hand visible sticking out of it. And his assistant was a Frankenstein Monster's analog called "Epaul." Who was also a well-spoken gentlemen who was, I think, one of the station's weathermen or something... but who also played another Saturday morning character called "Salty Sam" who hosted a kids show that showed cartoons. Those were the days). ANYWAY, I first saw The Unknown Terror back then on that show. And it creeped me out and I still have a fondness for it. Paul Richards was a very good actor who showed up on TV quite often in the 70s. Mala Powers was beautiful. I think with a bigger budget this could have been a kickass picture, but even as a small B picture, it works. For me it resides in that lower grade of good or decent scary little movies from the 50s like "Monster of Piedras Blancas" and "The Blob" and "The Alligator People" and so on. I am proud to say that I think I've seen (and own) a huge percentage of the 50s and 60s sci-fi/horror films... but there's still a few I haven't managed to check out. One of which is "Invasion" from 1966. It's got Yoko Tani in it. Apparently she's an alien, and I think it takes place in a hospital. All I can remember. Not sure if it's on KZbin, I should check. I read about it years ago in a film book I still have somewhere. And the term "sci-fi" no longer bothers me. It was, yes, once a pejorative, but I think it's come around again to just being an easy and hip way to say "science fiction." John Howard, by the way, had fallen a bit by the time he took on this role; he was in The Philadelphia Story and several other major films in the 30s/40s.
@terrytalksmovies4 ай бұрын
John Howard never seemed to be an actor who really made an effort in his roles. That low-energy approach doesn't work on the big, or even the small, screen.
@Randall10014 ай бұрын
@@terrytalksmovies Cast well in the Philadelphia Story for that very reason, a low-energy snake-like vibe... it's easy to dislike his character right from the get-go.
@SneakyNinjaDog4 ай бұрын
I love detective movies, so at one point I tried some of the old Charlie Chan movies. Ugh. On one hand, Chan is the smartest man in the thing, so I guess that is good. But he talks so terribly stereotypical and with lots of idioms or whatever they are called. And naturally Chan was played by white actors.