#50s science fiction

[thefugitivesaint]

'They blast the flesh off humans! Teenage hoodlums from another world on a horrendous ray-gun rampage!" ‘Teenagers From Outer Space‘ (1959)

[kekwcomics]

FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION Vol. 13 #4 (Fantasy House, 1957)

Art: "EMSH" (?)

Edit: thanks to @jamie-b-good who reckons EMSH is likely to be Ed Emshwiller. Dang, that one was staring me in the face lol Thanks, Jamie!

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

[fights4users]

Watched The Day the Earth stood still(1951), and yeah. This man watched it religiously as a child.

I may also be drawing connections that aren’t there but there’s some little things I can notice. Quirks, morality. Potentially just brain rot effecting how I see other movies but considering his literal connection to it- at least with a quote.

It’s also a fantastic movie in its own right, I really love thoughtful movies and metaphor and - people need to stop looking down at old movies because costumes are silly by todays standard.

[brokehorrorfan]

Super 7 is adding a glow-in-the-dark Metaluna Mutant to its Ultimates action figure line. Due out in April 2024, it's available to pre-order for $54.99.

Standing 7" tall, the This Island Earth alien comes with two interchangeable heads and four interchangeable hands. It’s packaged in a slipcase-style collector’s box.

[stuckasmain]

You seeing this shit, Gort?

[seaguns]

Inktober Day 3: Path

In the early days of Venusian exploration, the pioneers implemented the aid of the highly intelligent Venusian Occulo Bird for pathfinding and area surveying. Little did the human explorers know, the Occulo Bird is the root cause of the extinction of the only known sapient race on the planet (they were very small) as indicated by later archaeological discoveries.

One of my most beloved sub-genres is 50s Atomic Age Sci-Fi. I grew up on Them! and Beast from 20,000 Fathoms among others. For this piece I really wanted to tap into those 50s B-movie retrofuturistic sensibilities.

[schlock-luster-video]

On April 30, 1953, Destination Moon debuted in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain.

Here's some new art inspired by the sci-fi classic!

[bryan-damage]

There's a movie called The Vampire (1957) that I'm pretty sure was the inspiration for Morbius (2022)

[warholslandfill]

Today in horror sci-fi / monster movie history: on October 12, 1959 It! The Terror From Beyond Space debuted in Sweden.

[vhs-addict]

𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐈𝐦 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥

𝐔𝐒𝐀, 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟔

𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥: 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭

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#forbiddenplanet1956

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[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Biological Revolt - art by Frank R. Paul (1953)

[kekwcomics]

"WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN ATOMIC ATTACK!"

EYEFUL magazine (Eyeful Magazine Inc, 1952)

[midnighttraindemo]

astounding science fiction (british edition) issues from 1955

from my grandfather's sci fi collection :)

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the south-west.

The mod has not seen this movie, but really wants you to read the below excerpt from the Wikipedia article. Because all I want to know is how they got Janet Leigh to star in this.

"Widely panned by critics for its silly premise, poor direction, stilted acting and bad special effects, the film's biggest failure is considered to be the inability to make the rabbits seem scary."

[brokehorrorfan]

Robot Monster has invaded Fright-Rags with two T-shirts ($30) and a baseball tee ($40) all designed by Kyle Crawford.