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Bud Brewster · Last edited by Bud Brewster on Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:58 pm; edited 3 times in total

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Nice creepy little sci-fi yarn about a scientist who creates robot-men by sawing open the heads of corpses and installing "atomic brains".

No grisly operations are shown, just the Frankenstein-like results, complete with a gruesome line of stitches running 'round their heads. Gangsters put the super-strong automatons to work as hit men. The atomic zombies can bend steel bars and walk through a hail of bullets.

A very low budget film, but not entirely without action. In the climax, a half-dozen zombies march against a group of policemen and army personnel.

The cast includes Richard Denning ("The Creature from the Black Lagoon") and Tristram Coffin ("King of the Rocket Men"). Directed by Edward L. Cahn from a screenplay by Curt Siodmak.

Cahn followed this one with several low-budget (but enjoyable) horror and sci-fi films, including "Curse of the Faceless Man" and "It! The Terror from Beyond Space".
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:40 am Post subject:

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I missed this one when I was a kid, but a friend told me about it when we saw pictures in Famous Monsters of Filmland. Naturally his description of it, seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old and related to a monster-lovin' buddy several years later, made it sound pretty damn good.

Sadly I was less impressed a few decades later when I finally saw it on television. But the trailer below makes the movie seem like the one my friend described, and the picture quality of the trailer is very good.

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If you're familiar with VeeHD and you know how to download movies from them, they offer an 849 MB version. The trailer put me in the mood to see this one again, so I'm downloading it now.

Creature With the Atom Brain

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:20 pm Post subject:

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I'm attempting to put my VeeHD download of this movie (which took four hours to get!) on YouTube so it will be available to everybody. It's currently uploading now, and if this works, I might be able to give All Sci-Fi's Friday Live Chat a real shot in the arm.

Damn, I don't know why I didn't think of this before. Shocked

If I can upload some of the movies I have (the less well-guarded ones, copyright-wise), then we'll have that "central source, available to everybody" that I mentioned in another post.

Update: It uploaded just fine . . . but Youtube determined that it was a copyright violation, so I had to delete it. Sorry, guys. I was sure hoping I could provide lots of movies for us on Youtuble Sad

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:01 pm Post subject:

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IMDB has seven trivia items for this movie. Here’s a few of the ones I found the most interesting, in the blue text. Very Happy

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~ One of the first films to use squibs to simulate gunshot wounds

Note from me: "Mr. Director, we want to put these small explosives on the actors' chest to blow holes in their clothes when they get shot. We're sure it's safe. Is that okay?" Confused

~ Columbia booked this across the United States as a standard double bill with It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

Note from me: "Well, kids, that first movie about the guys with atom brains was kinda dull. You're mom is sleepy, so let's go home and skip the drive-in's second feature. I'm mean. come on . . . a giant octopus? Sounds prettydumb, right?" Rolling Eyes

~ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on DVD in October 2007 as part of the two-disc, four-film set Icons of Horror Collection: Sam Katzman, along with three other films produced by Katzman (The Werewolf, The Giant Claw and Zombies of Mora Tau).

Note from me: The Werewolf was double-billed with Earth vs the Flying Saucers in 1956, and I saw them together at the Roosevelt Drive-in. The picture below was allegedly taken earlier that afternoon, but the government covered it up! Shocked

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Hey, I know what you folks are thinking! Sad

Yes, this really IS the Roosevelt Drive-in in College Park, GA, where I grew up!

Yes, those really ARE flying saucers! Shocked

Yes, this photo DOES look like something I might have created with Paint.net! But would I lie to you guys?__

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:38 am Post subject:

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Here's a great double feature for fans of Mr. Richard Denning!

"So, get comfortable, folks! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!" Very Happy

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Creature with the Atom Brain with Richard Denning (1955)

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TARGET EARTH 1954 Classic 50s Sci Fi Full Movie, in color Richard Denning, Virginia Grey, sci-fi

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2024 4:20 pm Post subject:

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Here's a great double feature for fans of Mr. Richard Denning!

"So, get comfortable, folks! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!" Very Happy

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Creature with the Atom Brain ~ Richard Denning (1955)

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TARGET EARTH 1954 Classic 50s Sci Fi Full Movie, in color Richard Denning, Virginia Grey, sci-fi

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)