SCIENCE FICTION
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Published 1959
A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writers: Leo Gordon (original story), Leo Gordon (screenplay)
Stars: Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard
The Giant Gila Monster
Published 1959
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A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature.
Director: Ray Kellogg
Writers: Ray Kellogg (original story), Jay Simms (screenplay)
Stars: Don Sullivan, Fred Graham, Lisa Simone
Embryo
Published 1976
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A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days. However, the "adult" fetus turns into a homicidal psycho and looks for a new formula to prevent her from aging further.
Director: Ralph Nelson
Writers: Anita Doohan (screenplay), Jack W. Thomas (screenplay)
Stars: Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd
The Ape Man
Published 1943
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A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.
Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Karl Brown (story "They Creep in the Dark"), Barney A. Sarecky (screenplay) (as Barney Sarecky)
Stars: Bela Lugosi, Louise Currie, Wallace Ford
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Published 1962
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend's head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body.
Director: Joseph Green
Writers: Joseph Green (screenplay), Rex Carlton (original story)
Stars: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Anthony La Penna
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Published 1959
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Aliens resurrect dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop humanity from creating the Solaranite (a sort of sun-driven bomb).
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Writer: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Stars: Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon