Tag: Daniel Mainwaring

• Aliens Conquest of Space Mars Monsters

  

  Space Master X-7

  A mystery woman unwittingly spreads a flesh-eating fungus spore from Mars across the US, and G-men race to stop her. This 1958 Dragnet-styled thriller is a competent low-budget potboiler, but fails because the plot needs the smart heroes to act like idiots. Plus the relentless narration.

  August 28, 2024
• Aliens Body Snatchers Cloning Dystopia Futurism Human farming Mind Control Monsters Shape-shifting The New Man Transference of consciousness Zombies

  

  Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  This 1956 SF thriller directed by Don Siegel is a masterpiece dissecting American post-war paranoia and timeless themes of losing one’s identity and sense of belonging. One of the few fifties horror films that is still spine-chilling today. 10/10

  October 19, 2021