Retro Sci-Fi Movie Invasion
IT’S ATTACK OF THE RETRO DRIVE-IN CLASSICS ON
FILM MOVEMENT PLUS THIS MAY!
BEGINNING THIS FRIDAY, THE SVOD PLATFORM OPENS
THE VAULTS WIDE FOR A FULL-SCALE INVASION OF
GENRE GEMS OF YESTERYEAR WITH TWO DOZEN
SCI-TASTIC CLASSICS!
Unidentified Fears of the Unknown and Deep Space Are on Tap
This Week,
With the Premieres of 12 Films – All From the Best Available
Broadcast Elements for Optimal Viewing -- Including THE BRAIN FROM
PLANET AROUS (1958), DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS (1953), ROCKETSHIP X-M (1950) and
the Landmark THINGS TO COME (1930)
New York, NY (May 20, 2022) – This May, look to the sky, as Film Movement Plus is
invaded…by the genre gems of yesteryear! Beginning Friday, May 20, the
SVOD platform will welcome two dozen “Retro Drive-in Classics” spanning the
thematic categories of “Aliens”, “Space”, “Beasts”, “Monsters” and “Mayhem
(The Films of Ed Wood)”. Utilizing the best available elements and
transfers, these unforgettable classics hailing from the Golden Age of
Cinema have never looked better!
Spaced invaders and giant alien brains are
on tap with the first wave of the invasion featuring “Aliens” and “Space”,
and includes such unforgettable drive-in era shockers as THE BRAIN FROM
PLANET AROUS, DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS, THE COSMIC MAN, DESTINATION MOON, THE
PHANTOM PLANET, ROCKETSHIP X-M and more! Not since “War of the Worlds”
sudden terrifying Martian invasion of Grovers Mill have there been so many
aliens in one place, so grab a tub of popcorn and a vat of soda and strap
in for a trip to the outer reaches – and beyond!
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THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS (1958)
Starring John Agar, Joyce Meadows | Directed
by Nathan Juran
An evil organism resembling a giant brain
from distant planet Arous crash lands on Earth and takes over the body of a
nuclear scientist, determined to use Earth’s resources and its power of
mind control to build a galactic army. In hot pursuit is another alien
brain on a mission to capture the first and take it back to Arous to face
justice. (71 mins | B&W | USA)
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THE COSMIC MAN (1959)
Starring John Carradine, Bruce Bennett,
Angela Greene | Directed by Herbert Greene
An unidentified flying object travels to
Earth and produces a humanoid figure who appears to military personnel in
his cosmic state and displays its far superior intelligence and delivers a
message of hope. However, the Air Force Colonel in charge sees the
being as a threat and attempts to capture the cosmic man and his
spacecraft, in a display of arrogance that proves to the visitor that
humans lack the compassion to be part of a greater inter-planetary
society. (72 mins | B&W | USA)
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DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS (1953)
Starring Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott |
Directed by David MacDonald
The planet Mars needs to restock its supply
of males after they are wiped out after a battle of the sexes. Into
the Scottish Highlands of Earth comes a flying saucer piloted by Nyah, part
of the advance party to prepare the mission to round up Earth’s
suitable men and take them back to Mars. But will it succeed? .
(71 mins | B&W | UK)
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ROBOT MONSTER (1953)
Starring George Nader, Gregory Moffett |
Directed by Phil Tucker
Proudly hailed as one of the worst movies
ever made, Robot Monster is an apocalyptic scenario in which space invader
Ro-Man is sent to Earth and destroys all of humanity, except for band of
survivors. The bigfoot-like creature attempts to dispatch the remaining
survivors one at a time, but falls in love with one of the women, drawing
the ire of his superior, the Great Guidance. (62 mins |
B&W | USA)
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STRANGER FROM VENUS (1954)
Starring Patricia Neal, Helmut Dantine |
Directed by Burt Balaban
A visitor from Venus arrives in Britain to
deliver a warning to Earth: our nuclear weaponry poses a grave threat not
only to Earth itself, but to other nearby planets as well. The
Venusian being offers that Venus is willing to share its great knowledge
with Earth, but retracts the offer after witnessing the brash and foolhardy
tendencies of Earthlings. . (74 mins | B&W | UK)
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DESTINATION MOON (1950)
Starring John Archer, Warner Anderson
| Directed by Irving Pichel
When government financial support for the
first-ever trip to the moon dries up, three scientists must find a way to
finish their space rocket and get it into orbit. After overcoming
insurmountable obstacles, they finally manage to achieve their goal of spaceflight
to the moon, only to find the return trip to the Earth to be the hardest
part. (91 mins | Color | USA)
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FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS (1960)
Starring Yôko Tani, Oldrich Lukes | Directed
by Kurt Maetzig
After an alien artifact is discovered on
Earth, scientists conclude that its origin was from Venus. A team of
interstellar astronauts are sent on a mission to the distant planet, where
they find the remains of a lost civilization. (79 mins | Color |
Germany/Poland)
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MISSILE TO THE MOON (1959)
Starring Richard Travis, Cathy Downs |
Directed by Richard Cunha
A scientist-engineer and his partner have
built a rocket capable of traveling to the moon, but the military announce
they will take over the project despite the scientist’s
objections. The scientist discovers two escaped convicts hiding aboard
the rocket, and uses them as crew-members to fly to the moon, despite the
military’s order. (77 mins | Color | USA)
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THE PHANTOM PLANET (1961)
Starring Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray |
Directed by William Marshall
A two-man space crew is ordered to
investigate the disappearance of an expeditionary rocket, and are forced to
crash-land on a mysterious asteroid. Only one of the men survives, and
must contend with the civilization he finds on the asteroid. (82 mins |
B&W | USA)
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PROJECT MOONBASE (1953)
Starring Ross Ford, Donna Martell | Directed
by Richard Talmadge
In the year 1970, the US government launches
a mission into space to set up a military installation on the
moon. However, a saboteur threatens the success of the mission. (63
mins | B&W | USA)
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ROCKETSHIP X-M (1950)
Starring Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John
Emery | Directed by Kurt Neumann
A crew of revered scientists blast into
space on mankind’s first expedition to the moon. A sudden loss of power and
freak accident sends their rocket hurtling out of control, and the crew
suddenly finds themselves upon Mars. They decide to take advantage of the
opportunity to make a landing and explore the red planet, only to discover
evidence of a demolished civilization. Convinced there are no survivors, they
let their guard down just enough to learn otherwise. Rocketship X-M is
considered a defining film of the 50s space-exploration genre. (78 mins |
B&W | USA)
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THINGS TO COME (1936)
Starring Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson,
Cedric Hardwicke & Ann Todd | Directed by William Cameron Menzies
A landmark science-fiction film that
examines mankind’s capacity for peace and scientific progress and also for
tyranny and destruction. As war rages, civilizations fight endlessly
until little is left. Later, a warlord claims the remaining vestige of
civilization until he learns of a new, more advanced and peaceful
civilization elsewhere in the ruins of the world and views them as a
threat. They invade and liberate the hapless subjects of the
warlord. In the future, a technologically superior and peaceful
civilization emerges, but still there are agitators who seek to disrupt
peace. (109 mins | B&W | UK)
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