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What is this freeakin' world coming to!

~ A girl-chasing teenager who turns into a wolf — and not just the romantic kind!

~ A hidden world that doesn't just bore people stiff, it petrifies them!

~ A man who isn't just hard to get along with . . . he's indestructible!

Learning the full story of these remarkable developments by reading the posts below. And remember, replies are tax deductible!
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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)



Whit Bissell as a mad scientist!

He's a descendant of Dr. Frankenstein (naturally) who creates a burly, barrel-chested monster with googly eyes and a mangle face like a wrinkled wad of paper. The doctor's unsuspecting fiance is played by Phyllis Coates, the first Lois Lane on TV's Superman. He uses a captive alligator to dispose of unwanted raw material (and unwanted lab assistants).

Unsatisfied with his creation's face, the doctor sends the monster out to find a better one. The monster knows right where to look for young healthy males -- Lover's Lane, where Gary Conway ("Burke's Law") is romancing his true love. Conway looses his head, the monster gets a knew one, and the doctor makes an unsuccessful attempt to blend his masterpiece into normal society.

A lurid and predictably popular hit from the decade that explored every weird idea it could come up with. Directed by Herbert L. Strock. ____________________________________________________________________

The Incredible Petrified World (1959)



I saw this movie in 1959 and I do NOT remember the scene where a green octopus attacks a woman in a red evening gown. Dang it, I always miss the good stuff when I go for popcorn at the wrong time!

John Carradine (with a wig and a beard) develops a diving bell and sends several people down into the ocean -- down, down, down until they end up inside a . . . frozen cave (?).

The film was released by a studio called "Governor Productions", further proof that politics and Hollywood don't mix. Palatable only to big fans of Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane in the early episodes of the "Superman" TV series) and Robert Clark ("The Man from Planet X", "The Hideous Sun Demon").

Directed by Jerry Warren. ____________________________________________________________________

Indestructible Man (1956)



An unpromising concept gets an uninspired treatment. Lon Chaney, Jr. plays a butcher convicted of murder and sent to the electric chair. A scientist brings him back to life, and Chaney hunts down several of the criminal cohorts who betrayed him.

Eventually the police track the killer to his sewer hideout. A documentary-style narration is provided by Ross Elliott, the detective who pursues Chaney.

Directed by Jack Pollexfen. Chaney's 1941 sci-fi film "Man Made Monster" is much better.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)