Radiation and ’50s sci-fi go together like glowing peanut butter and jelly: the theaters and drive-ins were packed with them, some good and most not so swell; regardless of quality, they were churned out for the teenage masses to devour like a box of buttered corn. This brings us to The Hideous Sun Demon (1959), a low-budget number that has had viewers oscillating between gem and garbage since its release.
Personally, I hew closer to the former verdict than the latter; The Hideous Sun Demon is filled with uneven performances, a few slow spots, and some ludicrous dialogue. However, it also takes an earnest stab at an alcohol allegory, mixed in with a neat twist on The Wolf Man and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and pretty cool makeup. For me, ambition will always gain the upper hand.
Premiering in August of ’58 on a double bill with Roger Corman’s Attack of the Crab Monsters,...
Personally, I hew closer to the former verdict than the latter; The Hideous Sun Demon is filled with uneven performances, a few slow spots, and some ludicrous dialogue. However, it also takes an earnest stab at an alcohol allegory, mixed in with a neat twist on The Wolf Man and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and pretty cool makeup. For me, ambition will always gain the upper hand.
Premiering in August of ’58 on a double bill with Roger Corman’s Attack of the Crab Monsters,...
- 3/30/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Scarlett Johansson gives a breathtaking performance as an alien femme fatale in Jonathan Glazer's mesmerising new movie Under the Skin.
Johansson's unnamed character inhabits the body of a young woman in order to lure male hitchhikers to their deaths, as she travels around Glasgow in her white transit van.
The silver screen has a long tradition of both spine-tingling and silly sci-fi seductresses, so prepare to be charmed by a few of our favourites below:
The Astounding She-Monster (1957)
"If you're not too afraid, make a date with a woman you'll never forget... a woman impervious to bullets....The Astounding She Monster!!!" warns the trailer for this 1957 sci-fi horror.
Shirley Kilpatrick played a beautiful yet highly-radioactive alien who lands on earth after accidentally crashing her spaceship. Unbeknownst to her, she's capable of killing with the touch of her delicate, bare hands, and begins stalking and unwittingly harming humans around her.
Johansson's unnamed character inhabits the body of a young woman in order to lure male hitchhikers to their deaths, as she travels around Glasgow in her white transit van.
The silver screen has a long tradition of both spine-tingling and silly sci-fi seductresses, so prepare to be charmed by a few of our favourites below:
The Astounding She-Monster (1957)
"If you're not too afraid, make a date with a woman you'll never forget... a woman impervious to bullets....The Astounding She Monster!!!" warns the trailer for this 1957 sci-fi horror.
Shirley Kilpatrick played a beautiful yet highly-radioactive alien who lands on earth after accidentally crashing her spaceship. Unbeknownst to her, she's capable of killing with the touch of her delicate, bare hands, and begins stalking and unwittingly harming humans around her.
- 3/21/2014
- Digital Spy
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