CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (EdWainwright) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:23:47 PST

Jay, don't tell me that you didn't enjoy seeing the little girl's dolly torn to shreds. I know I did.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Jay Maggio) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:42:58 PST

don't know guys, I kind of thought it a 'snoozer' albeit for Richard Denning.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Atomic Mystery Monster) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:24:03 PST

Suddenly I have the urge to listen to Roky Erickson...

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Monsterpal) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:49:22 PST

It was on a double bill with IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA. What a great afternoon's entertainment.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Frankensteinhead) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:07:27 PST

Just watched this for the first time and I liked it. The first five minutes are truly the stuff of nightmares and unfortunately the rest of the film couldn't keep up that pace but it was still an enjoyable flick that probably influenced Romeros' living de...
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Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Monsterpal) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:52:17 PST

Dave, in the person of S. John Launer, went straight after learning a lesson from his zombie crime spree and became a judge on PERRY MASON.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (atenolol) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:56:27 PST

I want to second all the positive reviews. This is a really well made little B that delivers the goods. I remember seeing and enjoying it as a midnight movie back in 1955 and rewatching it a lifetime later it still strikes me as very good. The Dave char...
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Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (EdWainwright) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:42:49 PST

I agree. It's one of the true classics among low budget B films.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Monsterpal) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:10:16 PST

Fifties cheapies don't get much more fun than CWTAB.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (oglebee) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:06:46 PST

Director: Edward L. Cahn, this talent elevated what probably would have been a group of duds, brought suspense andaction to the films associated with his direction. Film fans familiar with Cahn's technique, were not surprised, the Sam Katzman collection i...
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Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (gef the talking mongoose) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:41:55 PST

This was, IIRC, part of the first order of gray-market VHSes (along with Equinox, Not of This Earth, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake, The Earth Dies Screaming & maybe The Frozen Dead) I ever bought back in 2004 after discovering the availability of ...
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Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:42:43 PST

Bob Furmanek wrote:This was composed for 1.85:1 and the DVD is 1.37. Use the zoom feature on your TV to replicate the original theatrical composition.I actually did this. Although it's a compromise, when you do this it's not literally the proper AR, ri...
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Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (ghoulkid) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:34:43 PST

I was reading through this thread yesterday morning and thought:"Man,I gotta see this movie! I wonder if it's on You-Tube?" Then I realized that I have the Katzman set. Why didn't I remember this? I must of been in the wrong frame of mind when I watched...
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Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Furmanek) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:40:14 PST

This was composed for 1.85:1 and the DVD is 1.37. Use the zoom feature on your TV to replicate the original theatrical composition.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:38:12 PST

Just watched this again last night. God, I love this movie -- it's everything a 1950s monster movie oughta be! One thing that struck me which I don't think anyone's mentioned yet is the likable character of 'Uncle Dave' and how sad it is when he gets ki...
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Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Monsterpal) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:27:14 PST

When it comes to rivets and squibs, it's in a league of its own.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (starhawk60) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:48:27 PST

Since seeing it again in the Katzman DVD collection, I believe that CREATURE comes closest to the feel of an old-style Republic Pictures sci fi/horror/adventure serial.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Monsterpal) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:59:40 PST

That opening sequence is beautifully done.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (skelton knaggs) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:09:31 PST

No wonder Monsterpal Likes this film so much. Besides breaking backs, there's some creepy moody photography.

Re: CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Gorilla At Large) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:06:40 PST

MikeTheMook wrote: Zombie Dad wrote: Monsterpal wrote: TomWeaver999 wrote: << Notice that atomic zombie S. John Launer is still wearing his fedora in this shot despite the rivets in his cranium. << He's out and about in pu...
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CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (MikeTheMook) — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:17:54 PST

Just saw this for the first time. I generally found it to be hoaky fun. The opening sequence showed alot more promise, though. I thought the scene with the silhouetted zombie walking stiffly towards the camera, (just before the opening titles) with the he...
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