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Good Gawd A'mihgty! Another trio of movies whose titles all start with the same damn letter!

I swear in the name of Kahless the Unforgettable (which is the strange name Wikipedia gives the most famous Klingon), that I simply used the next three posts from the list I made from some of All Sci-Fi's oldest threads, working backwards from 2015 toward the present.

I looked at my iist just now, and tomorrow's posts do NOT begin with the same letter!
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Neanderthal Man (1953)

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Scientist Robert Shayne developes a serum that reverses evolution.

He uses it on his housekeeper and regresses her to a cavewoman state, then he tries it on himself and ends up stalking the area as an ugley, hairy-faced monster. Several transformation scenes are shown, but they aren't very well done, and the makeup consists of a stiff mask, completely without mobility. In the end, Shayne is killed by the sabre-toothed tiger he creates from a house cat.

Co-starring Richard Crane (TV's "Rocky Jones - Space Rangers").

Directed by E. A. Dupont. Not well done -- but suppose Shayne had used the serum on a few lizards, a squirrel, and an elephant in the local zoo. Persto! A herd of stop-motion dinosaurs, a giant tree sloth, and a wooly mammoth!

Just a thought.
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Night of the Big Heat (1967 England)

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[Also released as: "Island of the Burning Doomed" and "Island of the Burning Damned"]

Protoplasmic alien invaders establish an Earth base on a remote Scottish island.

They raise the temperature considerably to suit their unearthly climatic needs. This interesting sci-fi entry is greatly helped by the presence of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Also starring Patrick Allen, Sarah Lawson, Jane Merrow, William Lucas.

Directed by Terence Fisher (best known for his work on Hammer horror films such as "Curse of Frankenstein"). ____________________________________________________________________

The Night the World Exploded (1957)

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As we've often seen, a wonderful poster promises excitement the movie just doesn't deliver. But the story is imaginative, with good concepts that will interest true fans of science fiction.

Scientist William Leslie invents a device that predicts earthquakes, which he uses to examine a disturbing rise in seismic activity. Assisted by colleagues Tristram Coffin ("King of the Rocket Men") and Kathryn Grant ("The 7th Voyage of Sinbad"), Leslie accurately predicts a major quake.

Afterwards, scientists discover a new mineral element which has been expelled at the quake site: E112, a black stone that explodes after absorbing nitrogen from the air around it. Immersing the black stones in water stabilizes the dangerous element, rendering it harmless.

The scientists urge a world-wide project to dump water into the Earth's crust to negate the threat.

As usual, director Fred F. Sears ("Earth versus the Flying Saucers" plus many Columbia Westerns) does a pretty good job despite a restricted budget and a talky script. Special effects fans will be disappointed by this one, because . . . well, there aren't any.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)