Decade
1950s Horror
The horror that defined the 1950s — ranked by Crypt Score, from era-defining classics to the deep cuts worth resurrecting.
151 titles
The Black Scorpion
›1957 · Science Fiction, Horror · 88m · Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas
Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.
The Alligator People
›NR1959 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 74m · Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr.
Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.
Creature with the Atom Brain
›NR1955 · Science Fiction, Horror · 69m · Richard Denning, S. John Launer, Michael Granger
Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them. A police doctor's investigation of the deaths leads to the discovery of an army of dead criminal musclemen restored to life, remotely controlled by a vengeful former crime boss and a former Nazi scientist, from the latter's laboratory hidden in the suburbs.
Blood of the Vampire
›1958 · Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Donald Wolfit, Vincent Ball, Barbara Shelley
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a vampire, conducts blood deficiency research on the inmates of a prison hospital for the criminally insane to sustain his return to life.
Target Earth
›1954 · Science Fiction, Horror · 75m · Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Richard Reeves
Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are Frank and Nora (who has recently attempted suicide). They meet a celebrating couple at a café, Vicki Harris and Jim Wilson. The quartet escape the robot patrol and take refuge in a large hotel. There, they encounter a new danger in Davis, a psychopathic killer.
Terror Is a Man
›NR1959 · Horror · 90m · Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr
A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.
Gog
›1954 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror · 85m · Richard Egan, Constance Dowling, Herbert Marshall
A mechanical brain is programmed to sabotage the government's secret lab while working on the first space station.
How to Make a Monster
›1958 · Horror, Science Fiction · 73m · Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Gary Conway
When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.
Day the World Ended
›1955 · Horror, Science Fiction · 79m · Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Paul Birch
After a nuclear attack, an unlikely group of survivors, including a geologist, a crook and his moll, and a prospector, find temporary shelter in the remote-valley home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter, but soon have to deal with the spread of radioactivity - and its effects on animal life, including humans.
First Man into Space
›NR1959 · Science Fiction, Horror, Drama · 77m · Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...
It Conquered the World
›1956 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 71m · Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland, Peter Graves
An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife try to intervene.
Invasion of the Saucer Men
›1957 · Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror · 69m · Steven Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin
Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.
Horrors of the Black Museum
›NR1959 · Horror · 81m · Michael Gough, June Cunningham, Graham Curnow
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
The Manster
›1959 · Horror, Science Fiction · 73m · Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Tetsu Nakamura
An American journalist stationed in Japan is given a mysterious injection by a mad scientist, turning him into a murderous, two-headed monster.
Zombies of Mora Tau
›1957 · Adventure, Horror · 69m · Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Autumn Russell
A fortune hunter leads a search for diamonds guarded by undead sailors off the coast of Africa.
The Monster of Piedras Blancas
›NR1959 · Science Fiction, Horror · 71m · Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, John Harmon
An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose.
Return of the Fly
›1959 · Horror, Science Fiction · 80m · Vincent Price, Brett Halsey, John Sutton
Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have disastrous results, turning Philippe into a horrible half-man, half-fly creature.
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
›1958 · Science Fiction, Drama, Horror · 66m · Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
The Crawling Eye
›1958 · Horror, Science Fiction · 84m · Forrest Tucker, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro
A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.
The Creature Walks Among Us
›1956 · Horror, Science Fiction · 79m · Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow, Leigh Snowden
Scientists surgically transform the Creature into an air-breather, but being able to live on land is not enough to make him comfortable with humans. Enraged, he turns his wrath on anyone who comes near as he desperately tries to return to the deep-water world where he truly belongs.
War of the Satellites
›1958 · Science Fiction, Horror · 66m · Dick Miller, Susan Cabot, Richard Devon
An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.
The Bat
›1959 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 80m · Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.
Attack of the Crab Monsters
›1957 · Science Fiction, Horror · 63m · Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson
A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane mysteriously explodes. The team soon discovers that the tests have given rise to crabs mutated into intelligent, impervious, telepathic giants intent on increasing their numbers by breeding, then travelling to populated areas to feed, and which do not intend to be stopped by their discoverers.
Attack of the Puppet People
›NR1958 · Horror, Science Fiction · 79m · John Hoyt, John Agar, June Kenney
A deranged scientist creates a ray that can shrink people down to doll size.
