Tag: James Anderson

• Aliens Body Snatchers Cloning Monsters Shape-shifting

  

  I Married a Monster from Outer Space

  Aliens body-snatch the men of a small town so they can mate with Earth women and save their dying race. Despite it’s silly title and premise, this 1958 Paramount production is a surprisingly intelligent, well-filmed and atmospheric alien invasion thriller with a risqué sociological subtext. 7/10

  April 17, 2025
• Dystopia Empty World Futurism Post-Apocalypse

  

  Five

  Arch Oboler’s indie film from 1951 was the first to portray the aftermath of nuclear war. Heavy on biblical reference and weighed down with pompous monologues and slow pacing, the film nonetheless boasts striking cinematography and a gritty, bleak vision of the future. 6/10

  July 29, 2020