memorable mini-reviews of forgettable films
For any of our readers who might want to catch some of the films mentioned in this article, consider the following first:
THE CREEPING UNKNOWN – Spacemen turns into space beast and demonstrates his resentment by trying to destroy London.
MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE – Escaped con is exposed to radiation and turns into iron man. Impressed by his new powers, he returns to lean on the Italian gangsters who framed him. Tense scene transpires when Debra Paget attempts to seduce him even though he has no feelings.
THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN – Army officer Turns into deranged giant and demonstrates his resentment by trying to destroy Las Vegas. Unsuccessfully, alas.
CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN – Deadmen are turned into violence-crazed robots who demonstrate their resentment by trying to destroy Richard Denning… also unsuccessfully.
FIRST MAN INTO SPACE – Test pilot is exposed to radiation and tries 10 destroy everybody.
HAND OF DEATH – John Agar exposes himself 10 radiation and becomes bloated, ugly, and anti-social. This takes place before the popularization of computer dating so the monster grows despondent and dies.
BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS – Tor Johnson is exposed to radiation and loses what’s left of his mind, much to the dismay of everyone around him.
a list of mutation “Turn-To” films to turn-to
THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN – AIP – 1957. Director: Bert 1. Gordon. Screenplay: Mark Hanna, Bert 1. Gordon. With: Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson.
THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN – AIP – 1960. Director: Edgar G. Ulmer. Screenplay: Jack Lewis. With: Douglas Kennedy, Marguerite Chap. man, James Griffith, Ivan Triesault, Red Morgan.
THE ATOMIC BRAIN (MONSTROSITY) – Emerson – 1964. Director: Joseph Mascelli. With: Frank Gerstle, Erica Peters, Judy Bamber, Frank Fowler.
THE ATOMIC KID – 1954. Director: Leslie H. Martinson. With: Mickey Rooney, Robert Strauss, Elaine Davis, Bill Goodwin.
THE ATOMIC MAN – 1956. Director: Kenneth Hughes. With: Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Peter Arne.
BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS – 1961. Director: Coleman Francis. Screenplay: Coleman Francis. With: Douglas Mellor, Tor Johnson, Larry Aten, Barbara Francis.
CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN — 1955. Director: Edward L. Cahn. With: Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, Gregory Gaye. Tristram Coffin.
THE CREEPING UNKNOWN (in Britain THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT) – 1956. Director: Val Guest. With: Brian Donlevy, Margia Dean, Jack Warner.
CYCLOPS – Allied Artists – 1957. Director: Bertl. Gordon. With: James Craig, Gloria Talbot.
FIRST MAN INTO SPACE – 1959. Director: Robert Day. Screenplay: John C. Cooper, Lance Z. Har. greaves. With: Marshall Tompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards.
4D MAN – Universal – 1959. Director: Irwin Yea. worth. Screenplay: Theodore Simonson, Cy Chermak. With: Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, James Congdon, Robert Strauss.
HAND OF DEATH – Fox – 1962. Director: Gene Nelson. Screenplay: Eugene Ling. With: John Agar Paul Raymond, Steve Dunne, Roy Gordon.
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN – Universal – 1957. Director: Jack Arnold. Screenplay: Richard Matheson. With: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton.
MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE – Columbia 1961. Director: Allen Dwan, Screenplay: James Leicester, Phillip Rock. With: Ron Randell, Debra Paget, Elaine Stewart, Anthony Caruso, Gregg Pal.
WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST – AIP – 1958. Director: Bert l. Gordon, Screenplay: George W. Yates. With: Dean Parkin, Sally Fraser, Roger Pace, Russ Bender.