Want to help support the channel? I've had some very kind folks ask about this very topic. So I've started an Amazon list containing all things related to the Snack Bar. Whether it be stuff I want to cover, need for research, or just to dress up the Snack Bar itself, any bit is very appreciated, though by no means required. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/374C1K1AC0HGR?ref_=wl_share
@@AtomicSnackBar Before V5 of those Universal/Shout Factory Blu-ray sets came out, I was discussing/speculating what should be included. I suggested putting on all 3 "Paula the Ape Woman" movies and that they could use "The Monster and the Girl" (another ape movie) for the 4th movie. I was happy when I got my wish! 🙂
INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN (1957) was based on a short story called “The Cosmic Frame,” and it was written by Paul W. Fairman (1908-1977) who was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He started his literary career by submitting short stories to various magazines, and graduated to editing science fiction magazines in the late 1940s. Fairman became a full time paperback novelist in the late 1950s, and was so prolific that he published his novels under his own name and under various pseudonyms. He had his first bestselling historical novel “Forbidden Destiny” issued as by Paula Fairman in 1977, but passed away that same year. INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN was remade as THE EYE CREATURES (1965), directed and produced by Texas-based moviemaker Larry Buchanan. EARTH VS. THR FLYING SAUCERS was my first science fiction movie as a kid, and it spoiled me for other 1950s sci-fi sagas. Great commentary!
That's really interesting. I did a standalone episode about the film and touched on Fairman a bit, but not nearly the amount of good information you gave here. I've heard a bit about "The Eye Creatures." People don't seem overly fond of it, but I think the monster looks really neat. So I still want to give it a shot. Thanks for sharing and for watching, Thomas. Always a pleasure to hear from you.
Agreed. And that is particularly evident in The Atomic Submarine. They did such a good job of making that really unique alien come to life. His massive eye and the size, really neat.
Great episode! As usual most of everything you mentioned is in my personal collection. Several of them are in my regular watch cycles coming up at least once a month. Of those you covered or mentioned all of the following are part of that viewing cycle: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Atomic Submarine, Kronos, The Giant Behemoth and IT! The Terror from Beyond Space.
Yeah, I managed to squeeze some real heavy hitters in this one. A part of why I didn't label it Part 2. It's probably a better place to start than the actual first part of the series. Now Kronos is one I've been meaning to cover in full for a long while now and it actually will be appearing in an upcoming episode. The Giant Behemoth I should probably squeeze in there as well one of these days. Thanks, Kal.
@@AtomicSnackBar Look forward to those. Kronos is a fairly simple but great story with some great effects for the time plus I have always liked Jeff Morrow as an actor. A couple of his other movies (This Island Earth and The Giant Claw) are also part of my regular viewing cycle. And of course, The Giant Behemoth co-stared Andre Morell, another great actor, that did a ton of really good stuff.
Thank you kindly, Sir Grognard. I thought it was neat when I ran across that Paul Frees commercial. I would have really loved to use some footage of him in the studio doing voiceover work. But I couldn't find a darn thing.
Excellent choices. Some honorable meentions: The Martians in Invaders From Mars (especially the leader) and the things in This Island Earth. Oh, and the Blob. Always, The blob.
All fine honorable mentions. The Metaluna Mutant and the Blob both appeared in part one of the series. Invaders from Mars, though, I have yet to cover. I really like the remake of it as well. Always good to hear from you, Robert.
The needle fingers from Invasion of the Saucer Men brought me back once again… another elusive memory from way way back, I love finding out what I long ago forgot. And the D&D influences from these 1950s movies is unmistakable. Thr Roper and Shambling Mound feom the 1970s and 1980s… yep.
Talk about bringing back memories. I remember both the Roper and the Shambling mound well. The Roper was one of the few LJN bendy figures I didn't have. Not sure why, because I had a bunch from the line. But good ol' Shambling Mound was a favorite.
Very entertaining, sir☺️!! Keep up the good style, of presenting the classic sci-fi/horror movies, we love💕. Liked how you took your time, to pronounce 'fathom' (@08:26), correctly😉.
Thanks, Roger. That's pretty darn spiffy to hear. I don't think I've ever been complimented on pronouncing something correctly. But boy oh boy, when I say something incorrectly or accenty the pronunciation police will sure let me know about it.
A few of them are right here on YT. Others(I Married a Monster from Outer Space and It! The Terror Beyond Space) you'd have to track down the DVD or bluray. Thanks for watching, Andy.
@andymoody8363 - R. Sterling finds them in the 1950s : the quintessentially 'Greatest Decade in Science Fiction Films!'. 1957 being the pinnacle. Also my birth year. Just sayin'.
Well, that was a wild ride, especially the ending. Can we quote you as saying "Good evening, barflies and lounge lizards?" I seem to recall having either those erasers or something very similar.
No, siree. That is trademarked in 56 states. You have to have a Wacky World license to practice proper barflies and lounge lizarding. But since I get such a kick out pretty much every post I see from you, I'll grandfather you in.
@@AtomicSnackBar That certainly would be a Tragedy! (See what I did there???) Also... I always felt bad for the Aliens in IMaMFOS! Sordid as their plan was... they were just trying to save their People from extinction!
Just FYI; Ray Harryhausen joked about in order to save costs, he not only did the stop motion SFX on Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, but also designed the alien suits as well as doing all the production design. His prodigious pre-production paintings were almost literally reproduced on celluloid. It's amazing that he didn't run the camera. It was as close to a totally Ray Harryhausen visually designed movie as he ever did.
That very well could be. I did the notes for this one some time ago and actually don't recall where I got the info about Russ Kelley and his work on the film. I may have made it up in order to sound cool. Cause the cool kids like Russ Kelley.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Well, I'm quoting the Great Man himself from one of those 'extras' you are so dubious about. Actually, it's possible that this Kelly fellow ( any relation to Emmet?) may have been responsible for the Alien creatures inside. Perhaps he was a makeup artist who created the heads inside. We really only see a dead one laying on the ground for just a moment. Ray didn't actually build the spacesuits I'm sure. That's a totally different skill set. More up the alley of a say... Paul Blaisdell!
@@tonysantiago255 I put my top people on the matter. And I just went back and listened to what I said. What I meant to say, but said it poorly, was that Kelly did the actual physical effects for the aliens. They were, like you said, Harryhausen's designs and looked darn near exact to his sketches.
If you like eye creatures you need to see "The Crawling Eye" (The Trollenberg Terror" in Europe) with Forrest Tucker. It's a British film derived from a TV show with more suspense than usual.
That's a darn fine example of eyeball creatures. I did a standalone video about the Crawling Eye in my Glow in the Dark Cinema series, I dig it so much. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
I swear, that Astounding Atomic Monster. I don't know if he's the greatest for adding to the episode or a scoundrel for hijacking the channel. Or is he both? I'm not sure man was meant to know.
Earth vs the Flying Saucers is probably the quintessential 1950’s alien invasion movie, in my opinion. Not seen The Atomic Submarine, but as soon as I heard ‘cyclops squid’, I was sold. I Married a Monster From Outer Space is excellent, a surprisingly dark film despite its goofy title. Invasion of the Saucer Men is at the top of my ‘to watch’ list, I wish it would get a nice release. I need to check out Killers From Space too - thanks, Atomic Monster. I seem to say this every week, but this may be your best video yet!
The Atomic Submarine does fall into the unfortunate category of "Barely shows the creature." But when that fine fellow is on screen, ohhhhh doggie. That's some fine alien squid action right there. When I did the Saucer Men review, some folks let me know that there is a rights issue with the film. So chances of a nice release are pretty slim at the moment. May just have to go bootleg on that one for now. And thank you much, good sir. I did put quite a lot into this one. And boy are my arms tired.
OK... that was my favorite segment yet, for so many reasons: ONE, the phrase ALIEN EYEBALL SQUID... wow... however, might I suggest.... CYCLOPTIPUS? TWO, the SAUCERMEN are unstoppable; you can shine all the headlights you want on my boys, but they'll always bounce back once your batteries die! They're even hotter today then they were when you reviewed them just recently. There's something about their scrunched-up faces, isn't there just? Like Pepe the Frog had his nose stolen right off of his face! THREE, the Jim Henson Coffee commercial. Those will live forever. FOUR, catching the bit about the actor's chin in the 'open' mouth of the 'IT' from IT; wow. I see why the DP went with the Vittorio Storraro 'APOCOLYPSE NOW' Brando-lighting on the closeups. FIVE, I love your atomic monster... but the crank-call alien at the end stole it for me. Absolutely looks like the arch villain from a KAKAIDER style Japanese TV show. Or an evil Tiki. Or both. Great bit.
Cycloptipus considered and accepted. You do have a way with words, Mr. Douglas. And a good eye. Those Wilkins Coffee commercials were totally new to me until just recently. And I would definitely consider myself a Jim Henson fan. As to the Martian's chin, I always just thought it was his tongue. I never would have guessed it was Corrigan's chin. Still quite effective, even knowing that. But the Astounding Atomic Monster belongs to no man. He is his own alien invader. Do check out his channel if you have a moment. He has some good stuff on there. The Monster in a Minute series in particular.
I will! You know, I just always figured that Martians had all choked on their own tongues. It's why their world is so desolate. Maybe he was just trying to get someone to pull on his tongue? Oh, and no GILL-MEN this week? Seriously? Don't overfeed them; they'll eat themselves to death, and you'll have a pool full of dead Gill-Men, and let me tell you, jest... NO.
@@DavidDouglas-q7v A valid theory. Considered and accepted. And no, Gill Men this week. I did start the notes for that one, but being how I work, it could be anywhere from 6 months or more from now. I'm not what one would call ... timely.
I've gotten say, I wasn't floored by The Atomic Submarine, but you always make the films, this one in particular, look better than I remember. It warrants a second look. That Octo,-alien looks quite excellent in your video. You must be able to find sharper copies than on UA-cam. Well done, Sir.
I would say too, the Octo-Eye is barely in the film. I had to loop the same footage just to fill the segment. That's the thing about these lists are that creature specific, it can get a little tough at times. And good that you noticed. I do have a new source for my footage. Two in fact. One of which I turned you on to recently.
man all five movies are epic, earth vs the flying saucer is one of my favourites, when you watch it the terror from beyond space you can tell where the alien movie idea was hatched, cheers sterling
Thank you for the work that it must take to give us the names of the people whose practical effects made these movies so memorable. How memorable? I was a science fiction loving First Grader when we went to see Earth Versus Flying Saucers. I was a military brat and base theaters received these movies when they were still fresh.
It is my pleasure, Higgs. It can be tough. Suit actors and effects guys often go uncredited, but I darn sure try my best to find out what I can to highlight these unsung heroes of classic sci-fi. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
As a five year old kid I saw It, The Terror From Beyond Space on a Saturday afternoon tv show named "Creature Feature" and it scared the bejesus out of me, and gave me nightmares for a long, long time. I Really like this Atomic Snack Bar channel, it's going to go viral, I just know it.
I can definitely see how that would have been the case. The way the Martian lurks about in the shadows and smoke, very effective. Just a really well done film all around. And thanks, Rick. I appreciate you saying so.
Howdy, "Atomic Submarine" basically did it well before "The Abyss" did. Superb video as always! Edit: Should add that cameo from Astounding Atomic Monster was a fun way to end the show.
Thank you much and howdy to you as well. And yes, that cameo by the Atomic Monster was completely planned and intentional. He definitely didn't hijack my channel using illegal alien hardware. Definitely not...
Now this is an especially awesome collection of some especially awesome 50's aliens with especially awesome trivia. 😁 Speaking of which, I love that that's actually the actor's chin poking out of the creature mouth and looking like a tongue. LOL! Also, I can't say I've ever heard of solidified alien electricity, but don't worry, I wont quote you on that. 😉I will however gladly take a Wilkon's coffee from the snack bar. ☕ Stellar work as always Rob! Another really fun deep-dive into some classics.
And this, good sir, was an especially awesome comment. So the Wilkin's coffee is on me this round. And boy does it sting. Amok Time did a really cool figure of the Martian from "It! The Terror from Beyond Space" and you can really see Corrigan's chin well. Thanks as always for watching, buddy.
(21) I got to watch "Earth vs the Flying Saucers" on TCM, and it actually had a damn good storyline. I have never seen "The Atomic Submarine". I also missed out on "It: The terror From Outer Space". But it looks like a goer. Never saw "I Married a Monster From Outer Space" but might try to get a copy. The aliens look like prototypes for the thingies from the 1st "Predator" film. The ending to this upload is quite a "WTF was THAT???" little treat. Top notch, Mr. Snack Bar!!!
All fine films worth watching, but objectively speaking, "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" may be the strongest of the bunch. And that ending came courtesy of my buddy the Astounding Atomic Monster - a hijacker of channels. You just never know what space dwelling atomic monsters will do next.
I’m sure you can imagine the smile I got as I was watching and seen the brief image of Scrooge McDuck. Of course when you factor in the conversions we have been having. And almost immediately after there’s an alien octopus eyeball. Only to follow that up by mentioning Alien from 1979 while showing images from Spaceballs. Now that’s some great stuff. And by the end of the video I was so distracted by the thought of Martian melon boobies that I’m honestly not able to even recall the order of any of the top 50’s Sci-Fi Aliens even went. I’m not even sure that’s the most important part. But I will leave off by saying entertainment was had. Keep It Snacky good buddy.
Well, you know what they say about the algorithm. It loves Scrooge McDuck, Martian Melons, and what was most definitely a scene from Alien. So being full on corrupt and making videos just for the tens of dollars, I had to take advantage. I'm sure you understand. And Snacky I shall take it.
@ jsuperawesome - Hey! You said "b***bies, which has gotten me thrown in the Tube's Comments Prison more than once. Or blocked. Which this comment probably already has been. Never mind.
Well, another fine list in what I think is one of your finest episodes! I hope this does well so you’ll do more of these. I love all these movies- except The Atomic Sub, as I’ve never seen it and until recently never even heard of it. I started watching it after your videos but as it was a bit late I fell asleep about halfway through. No worries, will queue it up on this rainy Saturday morning. I would have commented earlier but after all those Blaisdale shots I had to lay down and listen to some Caress of Steel to chill out a bit. But we got lucky this week as there was a Ro-Man reference, a Planet of the Apes reference, and what thought might be a Bugs Bunny appearance around 6:20 or so. Looking good and sounding great- thanx for sharing!
I understand. Blaisdell shots are a real menace to sobriety. Much like this channel. You should have a pretty good time with The Atomic Sub. But do be warned, the octo-eye is barely in, unfortunately. They should have just given him the starring role and let the silly humans be the foil. I'm glad to hear you dug the video. It was another actual new episode with the more polished format. So it's nice to hear that folks are enjoying the hours upon hours I spent in the sci-fi mines digging this stuff up. And that would have been a great place for a Bugs Bunny reference, especially since I've been on a big Looney Tunes kick and am even presently watching the Bugs disc in one of the Golden Collections. But with these videos, the voice over comes before I edit in the footage. So I often have no clue what is going to be where or even what incidental footage I'm going to use. Just a bunch of chaos, I tell you. Chaos.
@@AtomicSnackBar Nostalgia perhaps? But you do present your material in an oddball, yet engaging way that clearly shows your love and enthusiasm for the genre. Speaking of subs, I did get to finish Atomic Sub. I watched the BW entry, though I did watch a bit of the colorized version, mostly for the creature ( and for the stunning blonde in the beginning). While the female eye candy looked great in color, the alien eye candy looked much sharper in black and white. Also, the sub models reminded me of the toys one could get in cereal boxes, the ones you put baking soda in and they would dive and resurface. Alas, my parents never bought the sugary stuff, and GrapeNuts and Shredded Wheat did not offer cool toys
@@chrisbridges4885 Alien eye candy wins out every time, right? Or is that just me? Though I do wonder, what color did they make his eye? And talk about a small world. It was the exact same in my household. Sugar cereal was a big no-no. It wasn't too big a deal except for the prizes. So many cool toys I wanted were just out of my grasp.
"Invasion of the Saucer Men" was one of several movies (mostly Roger Corman projects) that were remade in the late 1960s. In this case "Invasion" became "Attack of the Eye Creatures".
It sure did. I spoke a little about it in my "Invasion of the Saucer Men" standalone video. I haven't seen "Attack of the Eye Creatures," though. Folks weren't too fond of it, but I sure like that monster.
@@AtomicSnackBar Most of those remakes were VERY LOW BUDGET. According to IMDB they were made for TV, but I actually think they were intended for drive-in filler, where you'd have a regular release and one of them as the second feature.
@@AtomicSnackBar What was really neat was when home video became so prevalent, movies that would have gone to the drive-in back in the day were instead directly released to video.
@@martykarr7058 I have such fond memories of the video store days. The two places we initially went to when I was a kid were small, mom and pop places. So they got in more unusual indie stuff because it was cheaper.
Great retrospect of 50s sci-fi aliens. My personal favorites: Klattu: "The Day the Earth stood still." : "The Thing from another world." : The Metaluna Mutant from "This Island Earth." : "It came from outer space." "The Blob." : The Venusian from "20million miles to Earth."
All great choices. With the exception of "It Came from Outer Space," I've covered all of those right here on the channel. Several even appeared in Part I of this series. Thanks for watching, Justin.
Glad to hear it has uses other than annoying angry randos. That said, we here at Snack Bar Inc. can't be held responsible for any mutations caused during slumber.
While not the night time companion i would have necessarily _chosen,_ that eyeball beastie has been haunting my brain since i saw it in Starlog’s Photo Guidebook of Sci-Fi Aliens from the late ‘70s 😱 I read that thing so much that it eventually degraded back into wood pulp 😅
@@Gappasaurus Good ol' Starlog. I wish I had bought more of those as a kid. But usually my money went to Cracked Monster Party or a heavy metal magazine.
Dear Mr Sterling, please please please! Keep making these videos! I love all the films you cover but my favorite genre is 1950s-60s Sci-Fi. I saw many of them as Saturday afternoon matinees (Yup. I'm old.) I have also kept up on them, first, with local broadcast TV, Cable, VHS tape rentals then DVDs and on various streaming services. There are some masterpieces (Them!, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Thing) some entertaining cheese (Plan 9, The Lost Continent, early Gamera) and some monumentally dreadful , but still entertaining efforts (The Amazing Colossal Man, The Giant Claw). BTW did you ever start to watch the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series?
I most certainly will, Captain Jim. And I'm glad you mentioned the 60s stuff. As fond as I am of the 50s, the 60s is actually more my sweet spot from a nostalgia standpoint. So I've been trying to work more 60s film and TV onto the channel. I haven't had a chance to check out the Brett Holmes series just yet. My watchlist is so incredibly long these days, it's a Herculean task. Just the stuff I own on DVD has piled up. Ah, the collector's woes.
Scary and really unique. I can imagine something like that coming along in the 80s, but in the 50s, way ahead of its time. Thanks for watching, Nicholas.
@ AtomicSnackBar - you have to remember that he's just a child and tell them if they don't play nice, he'll phone home. Actually, not a bad way to get rid of him. He can take Drew Barrymore with him. She's become quite annoying as well.
Sometime around 1962 my parrents let me stay up late and watch both the outer limits , which was ; Cry of Silence. An episode about people being stalked by intelligent tumblweeds which I thought was pretty spooky we lived in the desert southwest and if you ever been hit by a big tumbleweed ,well ! And then , the late movie invasion of the saucer men. When I went to bed and was about to go to sleep my dad had sneaked out and gone to my open bedroom window and started scratching very slowly on the screen . He scared the begeebees out of me, and I was crying in a panic totally freeked out. My dad kept apologizing that night and for days after. But I love that movie did then and still do now. Think that was my first real exposure to sifi horror. And definitely started my love for the sci-fi horror genre . So thanks Dad . Really that was truly fun. ❤
Wow. Outer Limits and Invasion of the Saucer Men. That's a killer, albeit slightly traumatic, double feature right there. My mum played a few similar pranks on me as a lad. Alien terror builds character. Thanks for sharing, Michael. I do so enjoy hearing the childhood stories of fellow monster kids.
'I Married a Monster From Outer Space' was one of the few top-notch B-movies of 1958. My advice to those who watch it: disregard the inane title, and enjoy a superior sci-fi thriller, with a serious plot. Glad you reviewed this film. ☺️👽🛸🚀
There's several like that I feel did themselves a slight disservice by going with such exploitative titles. "The Earth Dies Screaming," "I Was a Teenage Werewolf," "She-Freak" to name a few. Thanks, Paul.
Gee Mr. S, how come I didn't make the list? I'm from the 50s & even though I've lived in Canada most of my life, I didn't become a citizen until 2014 -- now that's being an alien! Cheers Warren, the Orange Toque Man from Sask!
@@AtomicSnackBar -- But feathers Mr. S, feathers -- & they're even Horse Feathers! & then their are my horny toenails -- if I kick your car, you're getting a flat! Better check your vehicle! Warren!
Wow, lovely stuff. What a great start to my Saturday morning. This really does solidify the feel of the channel - yes your channel has a feel - which is something you can get arrested for, if you do it on a bus - apparently. Some great choices here, I'll have to have a think about what ones I'd put on here, I just wanted to jump on and a big thank you for more excellent work.
I learned that lesson the hard way. Started busting out the sci-fi trivia and exotica music on the city bus ... ended up being dragged off in a tinfoil straight jacket. Oddest part, I was never on the bus to begin with. Dun DUN DUNNNN.
@@AtomicSnackBar This Island Earth - and does Forbidden Planet count? Is the Monster from the Id an alien? War of the Worlds - all boring options, but some of my favourites.
@@wetdog1606 Well, if those are boring options, I must be pretty boring as well, because both the Metaluna Mutant and the War of the Worlds Martian here in Part I. That's a great question about the Id monster. I'm really not sure. I think I'm leaning toward no, though. It'd be kind of like a man going into space and gets bitten by a space werewolf then turns into a werewolf. I don't think he would be an alien werewolf. But I do think we need that movie.
The sculptor of the I Married a Monster.. was the same man who did the Martian from War of the World's. I saw this in a documentary I can't remember the name of. Great show❤
I appreciate that. It's the same set up over all, but I've always found the videos shot in front of my toy shelves look better than the ones in front of the red curtains. Could have something to do with the size of the room and the lighting. I didn't plan on talking Diener Space Creatures two weekends in a row, it just kind of worked out that way. But you know me, any excuse to discuss toys. I picked up a vintage toy here recently. Got an open, but pretty nice condition, Fox figure from the Mighty Crusaders line. Always wanted him as a kid but never got one.
AND....to fill in more info as per your request about I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE: Yes, Charlie Gemorah created the entire alien suit. He was an all-around artist, sculptor, prop fabricator and, occasionally, the person inside a creature suit. But, no, he was NOT in the suit in I MARRIED A MONSTER. He was a very small person in stature and could never have been the guy waling around full-size scenes with other actors, tho I feel pretty sure he may have worked the head or arms for close-ups done in post production. But not full walking shots. John Fulton was strictly an optical effects guy who used other technicians if mechanical techniques were needed, as on THE 10 COMMANDMENTS and other big scale projects. But he was not someone when skills to make monster suits. . I should mention, if it isn't obvious in the film itself, that there was only one monster alien suit made for I MARRIED A MONSTER. Here's where Fulton's skill came into play: He sued an optical effect to help create the visual of 2 monsters appearing on screen in the same shot, a trick one wishes had been used in other films ----like TARGET EARTH, for which only one robot suit was made, tho there were supposedly a lot of them walking around the city in that story..) Fulton was responsible for that glowing effect around the creatures in IMMOS, as well as the negative "possessing cloud", the alien face superimposition, the titles and all the other opticals. Gemorh also made the suit for COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK, but, again, obviously, couldn't have played that creature either. Talented guy. (Try to track down the video documentary about his career, which his daughter helped put together. Well worth a watch.) Charlie Gemorah was similar to Paul Blaisdell in their skill sets, tho he (Charlie) usually had a little more time and money to pul off his creations...but not much more. Note: His charming daughter, Dianna (sp?) just passed away not tat long ago. She actually helped her dad fabricate and operated the Martian suit in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS when she was all of 12 years old!)_ Please excuse any typos. I have some vision issues at this time, so it is hard to proofread easily. IT is a real favorite of mine, a very scary film for its time since the story/script by Jerome Bixby really builds suspense and provides some surprisingly brutal moments for its time. The early version of the script was even closer to ALIEN than the completed film.
Most excellent. I was hoping it was actually Gemora who designed the alien. I have a certain fondness for Charlie and his work. I was reading a really good interview with his daughter recently discussing the very same topic. The Colossus was another of his really interesting designs, played by former circus performer Ed Wolfe. I often joke about the Snack Bar drinking game being any time I mention Blaisdell or Burns. I would like to get it to the point where Gemora is a part of that along with Wah Chang. Off but on topic here, how is your book coming along?
Get a load of that flying hubcap lol. No quotes for Slim. I've never seen the atomic submarine. That's another one i need to see. I love the eyeball design for the alien. It has a cool alien. Slim you are a wealth of knowledge.
Wilkins coffee advert was absolutely brilliant, was that the inspiration for the Muppets I wonder? If you like eyeball monsters how about the creatures from The Trollenberg Terror (British title, it may have been something different in the States), seem to remember that there was a brief clip of this or something featuring very similar creatures when ET was skipping through the tv channels.
The Trollenberg Terror is a classic of the eyeball creature genre. I covered that one in a standalone review under it's U.S. title "The Crawling Eye." And good Mr. Scott is correct. The Wilkins ads were early Jim Henson work. There's a bunch of them here on YT. Really neat, and strange, stuff.
I would love to have a NECA figure of the "I Married a Monster From Outer Space" alien (and the wife, too, as a possible 2 figure set)! Excellent film! Your whole list kicks butt! Anything Harryhausen rules! Interesting facts, too.
Oh wow, yeah. That would be an awesome either single figure or set. But, if you dig more retro style toys, there is a company called Last Resort Toys who are doing 8 inch versions of the Diener Space Creatures I spoke about in the video. Really cool and they come in a bunch of different colors. Thanks, Ted.
"Earth vs the Flying Saucers" is another one of those rare movies where I like the colorized version better than the B&W version. Normally I wouldn't recommend messing with the great B&W cinematography but the colorization really works with this one. I have both versions.
Given the times the movies were made, the movies were expertly made.....I was born in 1960 and seen every one of your choices .... Thanks for the fantastic memories👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just a little corection/added information: JACK RABIN (pronounced RAYBIN)) was the head honcho on all of those films you mention when talking about THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE. He headed up the whole operation, for which he would design things, make matte paintings, supervise all the opticals, develop stories and scripts and co-produce, sometimes, the films themselves. (This also goes for your comments about KRONOS in another video you've done.) These guys---Rabin, Block and DeWitt made a zillion effects for so many of the late 40's, 50's, 60's etc films on into the early 80's. They specialized in lower budget SF as one of the few independent effects companies at the time (most effects in LA were done by the big studios themselves who all had their own effects departments). They also worked on non-SF/HORROR/FANTASY like THE MOON IS BLUE, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE KILLING, GOD'S LITTLE ACRE, AOURND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, etc etc and tons of tv ads, trailers and tv shows, most of the later work done under Jack's supervision as DeWitt and Block had moved on to other things by then. (I actually have credit on a couple films that Jack worked on in the latter 70's/early 80's). Thanks for your videos. A lot of fun. I grew up on those black and white low-budget films. They were always so entertaining. Far far from perfect, but, still, they often showed flairs of imagination and real resourcefulness against severe budgetary odds. (btw, one other correction when you were talking about KRONOS in your robot video: Gene Warren Sr. worked on films with Jack in the 60's. He died in early 80's. His son, Gene lWarren Jr. continued in his dad's footsteps for many many years. He was a great guy and a friend. Any work on DOLL MAN (?) in the 90's, obviously, must've been done by Gene junior, not senior.)
Ray-bin. Got it. Though for how long, I can't say. Hopefully it sticks. But I appreciate the way you handled that. I get so many angry randos get all huffy when I mispronounce stuff. As always, good to hear from you and the insight you have to offer. I might, though, have to politely, partially disagree with your second correction. According to everything I've read, Gene Warren passed away in 1997. So while it is very possible that it was Jr. that worked on Dollman, Sr. was still alive in 1991 when Dollman was released. He is even credited for a film a few years later. I'll tell you, from looking into the matter, Warren Jr. had an incredible resume.
@@AtomicSnackBar I'll look further into the Gene Sr. story. I know he had a heart attack not long after work on METEOR, and have long been lead to believe he more or less began a slow departure from the effects business. He was going through a lot of personal stuff which I need not get into. I know he moved to Mexico for a while, and I thought he had stayed there and stayed away from the business after METEOR. I may very well have some dates mixed up as I haven't gone through those files in decades. I know Gene Jr.'s credits have been mixed up sometimes with his dad's. I'll take your word for it, but may do some additional digging. I still know some members of their family. Plus I have some old letters from him that may have some information that I have mis-remembered. . (Also could be the old corporate identity has gotten mixed up with Gene Jr.'s credits. Maybe not, but now I am prodded to look into all that again (I was working on a long article about his company, PROJECT UNLIMITED, so.....kind of fun to pick up with some of that stuff again.) Again, thatnks for the videos. Always fun to see someone talk about and remember these old movie "friends" of yesteryear/nice to know all of it has not been completely forgotten under the crush of modern ffilm-making spectacle and glory. Those old films were made for tens of dollars instead of tens of millioins of dollars! ha all best wishes. (Please excuse any typos. I'm having vision problems, so it is harder to proofread than it used to be!)
@@RSEFX Oh, no, please do more additional digging if you have time. I would very much like to know for sure. I'm certainly not stating it as fact, just from what I've read, he passed in July of 1997. Sadly, it looks like Jr. passed in 2019. And as the king of typos, even when I can see, I shall let it slide.
It's not surprising that so many movies about aliens and flying saucers were made during the Fifties. There were a lot of UFO sightings during that decade (e.g. the Washington sightings in 1952). The storyline of Earth vs The Flying Saucers was actually inspired by the non-fiction book Flying Saucers from Outer Space by Donald Keyhoe about the UFO phenomenon.
Oh, that's interesting. I wasn't aware of that. Since it was a creature specific film, I mainly researched the creature effects. Have you read that book?
The aliens in Earth Vs Flying Saucers were like bipedal Daleks. They must be considered a precursor of the Borg. They and the Daleks are a type of alien that was very common in the Hugo Gernsback-era science fiction pulp magazines of the 1930s. The EVTFS suits were made of rubber. Apparently Harryhausen originally had a more ambitious concept and was disappointed in what came from the rubber factory. Harryhausen was often an uncredited screenwriter and often came up with the storylines of many of the movies he worked on. That is why so many of them are so good and have very solid science fiction concepts. THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE shows how to do an interior of an alien spaceship. The cast are just walking around a mostly empty dark set and all the alien technology is just stuff painted on pieces of glass placed in front of the camera. THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE must have been an inspiration for Irwin Allen's VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. The screen writer for IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE was a former editor of PLANET STORIES named Jerome Bixby. He wrote the story basis for that episode of TWILIGHT ZONE with Billy Mumy and he wrote the original screen story for FANTASTIC VOYAGE.
Harryhausen is one of those jack of all trades who, though he does get credit and respect, still doesn't get the credit and respect he should. Especially, in his contributions to classic sci-fi. I quite like the look of the ship interior from The Atomic Submarine as well. That's one of the great things about the design work, it's so alien looking. Like you could actually be seeing something a non-human mind came up with. Jerome Bixby was quite the talent. Had I been discussing the film itself, I'm sure I would have discussed him a bit. Not only Twilight Zone, but his four episodes of Star Trek TOS as well. Thanks for watching, Ron.
@@AtomicSnackBar An episode of DOCTOR WHO, from the Peter Capaldi era, INTO THE DALEK, has a lot of similarities to THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE and FANTASTIC VOYAGE.
@@rondemkiw4492 Oddly enough, I actually own that season on DVD. Someone sent it to me years back. I watched a few, but got distracted and haven't gone back to it.
I'm here for my Friday night sci-fi fix, especially when we're talking the fabulous 50's and an appearance by the Astounding Atomic Monster! He's killing me from space! It also seems like women are still marrying monsters from outer space, so it's always necessary to keep that movie in circulation as a warning to bourgeois bachelorettes everywhere!
And in this case, it's a double. I'm sure that wacky Atomic Monster has left a trail of broken hearts and ex-wives in his atomic wake. Someone really needs to put a bell on that guy.
I remember watching all of these movies. The interesting thing about IT! The Terror From Beyond Space was that Ray “Crash” Corrigan’s monster costume, designed by Paul Blaisdell was designed around Corrigan’s long underwear. It did give him a free range of motion as he performed, other than the head part. I have a special memory of Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers. I remember seeing a catalog of Super 8mm films and saw the original poster. I was especially excited when I saw the Super 8mm film version at a store. My dad, that time, was more interested in watching boxing matches on Super 8mm. So, I couldn’t convince him to buy it. But all was not lost when the local independent television station showed Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers. I was so happy when it came on. I then became familiar with the stock footage of people running down the city streets. And the stock footage of the air show disaster. It seemed into the footage perfectly. The forest fire scene was originally used in the film WW2 film The Red Ball Express. A couple of scenes from The Day The Earth Stood Still was used a snippet from War Of The Worlds (where the Martian war machine blasts the Los Angeles City Hall building, which was also used in the The Adventures Of Superman as The Daily Planet building. Ray Harryhausen’s flying saucers are the best ever made. The Martian war machines in War Of The Worlds were uniquely designed, but they simply hovered and not fly. My favorite three scenes with the saucers were the forest scene after it destroys a bomber. The scene in which the saucer stops only to dump two dead bodies from it. And the scene where one disrupted by the sonic gun wobbles and crashes into a movie theater producing a great blast. The alien invader made another appearance in the film The Creation Of The Humanoids, as one of the many robotic models that served humanity before the final model. The music of Mischa Bakaleinikoff deserves a lot of credit because it is used in other films like the Superman serials Superman and Atom Man Vs. Superman. It Came From Beneath The Sea, 20 Million Miles From Earth. I Married A Monster From Outer Space, made me feel sad because the woman is alone again and the aliens were so mean. The only weapon to stop them; hunting dogs. Invasion of The Saucer Men was an original film. The small actor in it was also in the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome as the Master part of Master Blaster. Master-“Who rules Barter Town?” Auntie Entity-“MasterBlaster rules Barter Town.” Master-after Blaster grabs Max-“Fist in face or foot on neck?” The Invasion Of The Saucer Men was remade , I think it was The Eye Creatures, which used the same story concept in the mid 1960’s. I guess it was directed by Larry Buchanan, but I may be wrong here. The Atomic Submarine. The Cyclops monster alien nifty. The other Eye creature that I thought was going to be listed was The Trollenberg Terror, or The Crawling Eye. Lots of interesting memories, man. 😎👍
"It! The Terror from Beyond Space" was shot so well, great use of shadows and smoke, he probably could have just been in the long underwear and it still would have looked good. That Blaisdell. A trust artiste. Interesting you bring up Super 8. There was some talk of it here in the comments section. I've never seen a film in that format, but I am really into the artwork and packaging of those. I've been debating picking up a few for my collection. You can find them rather reasonably these days. "The Creation of the Humanoids" is a favorite of mine. I don't recall if I caught the cameo there or not. Neat nonetheless. Eye Creatures was indeed Larry Buchanan. I haven't seen that one. Folks weren't too kind to it here in the comments, but I'd still like to give it a watch. I think the monsters look really spiffy. Thanks for watching and for sharing all the memories, Gary. I do enjoy reading them.
@@AtomicSnackBar Super 8mm was presented in either silent or with sound. Depending on the movie, it only showed the key moments in the film. A really good example was Curse Of The Demon. A neighbor, who was as dedicated a horror fan as anyO knew when I was a kid, brought Curse Of The Demon over and we watched it on a Saturday afternoon. I was so terrified and impressed. Then, I saw it on television on a Saturday night. Only the film was a little longer than the Super 8mm version and it had sound. When VHS came out, I stumbled and found Curse Of The Demon for under $10.00 in the Good Times Entertainment home video label. But, later bought another under Columbia Pictures home video , which was the British version, which was better than the American version. Super 8mm films were a great medium if you didn’t go to the movies, but if you had a good movie projector and a lot of Super 8mm films, a day or night at home with family and friends was a great time.
A great way to see a flying saucer is to go to a diner, order coffee, then goose the waitress when she brings it. You might even see stars when the owner pays you a visit. In Married a Monster, Tom Tryon, who starred later became a novelist, and Gloria Talbot, (no relation to Larry), the female lead, also starred in Daughter of Dr. Jekyll.
Oh, that's interesting. Never thought of that. The waitresses are always the ones goosing me. But when they realize I'm not Dean Martin in disguise, they just throw me out.
@@AtomicSnackBar and you sir, have the finest channel in this genre, without exposing us to an affected effect-ed drive time AM DJ voice, like another content creator.😉
@@w.adammandelbaum1805 I thank you very kindly. I will say though, it's odd that I've ended up with a movie based channel. I rarely actually watch movie content on YT. It's mostly TTRPGs, retrogaming, and toys for me. So I'm not sure who you are referring to.
Good video. These are all good movies. Everything that I have seen show that Charlie Gamora not only made the Martian but also wore it in War of the Worlds.
Yes, indeed. I've seen pictures of him putting on the costume, which is pretty neat. I've also read that he and his daughter were working on the costume until the very last moment the night before to get it ready.
The story goes, that it was made up of chicken wire, painted paper mache, and held together by spit. And that it was practically falling apart as they were filming. The story gets more exaggerated as the years go by.
@@creech54 Yeah, that's what I was subtly referencing. It's a good commentary, and nothing against Joe Dante, but I think a Burns/Warren one would have been even better. And then let Dante do his own.
I suspect you may be the right person to solve a mystery for me. When I was about 3 years old, I had seen a movie that the only clear memory of is of some kind of giant maggot/caterpillar like creatures on some kind of naval ship. I have had trouble trying to figure out the name of that film nor seen it since. (+60 years running) As to your query, the dessert or that goofy dog. show? Haha😜
The description sounds like a real possibility. I'll see if I can find it. I only have one clear memory of the bugs crawling out of some metal tank on a ship. Thanks bunches.😁
Supposedly, the alien antennas seen briefly inside the spaceship is from the movie KRONOS and was it's antennas !! Can you or somebody else verify?? ATOMIC SNACK BAR FOREVER !! 😂😂😂
I haven't heard that, but it would make sense considering the connection between the two films. Hopefully someone in the comments can verify that. It'd be a great tidbit to know. And quite good for a future episode I have in the works. Thanks, Joseph.
I just Dig the vibe your show gives off, man! Sparks my imagination somehow, like when I was a kid, in a Cool way. Like… I don’t know, maybe The Man From Uncle meets campy space creatures, with a scoop of fun sauce, or something along those lines. But, we don’t need to pin it down. Thanks again for the fun. You’ve got real character, my friend! Oh yeah… that one movie they based Alien on, where the creature is in the lower part of the space ship working its way up, scared the crap out of me as a kid. Even if his tongue was his chin, I never knew. Edit: Wow do I talk too much!
"The Man From Uncle meets campy space creatures, with a scoop of fun sauce," sums up the channel very well, good sir. Serve it up, hosted by the Dollar Store Dean Martin, and you have it. I appreciate the kind words. And I can see how It! The Terror from Beyond Space would have been scary as a lad. In a similarish vein, I remember seeing the trailer for Carnival of Souls as a kid. Just that short little bit creeped me out so much I didn't watch the actual film until much later. Thanks, Charles. Nice to hear from you again.
I'm very old now, approaching cynicism. I vaguely remember watching "It" when I was too young. Gave me nightmares. I remember avoiding rewatching it for years afterwards till it stopped being shown. Forgot about it. Watching it now it no longer holds any fear for me; but I wonder why. Why does a new movie instill that "suspension of disbelief" that allows you to feel that terror that only youth can feel? I have to say most modern movies fail to do so. Mostly because they don't try. They go more for the gore than the horror. Some do though. Mostly it's the "jump scare" type that gets me these days. The "paranormal activity" type. They haven't made a good monster, horror movie in a while though. The cgi stuff is bad and the makeup, material stuff needs better depiction. Too long in frame looks cheesy, too short in frame or too dark no effective enough. Somebody out there get it right. It's been a while.
The Atomic Submarine is the only one of these I haven't seen yet. My family once borrowed a copy of Earth Vs The Flying Saucers on 8mm film from the library when I was a kid. It was cool to see even without sound. And YAY! the Saucer Men are number one!
Fortunately, the Atomic Submarine is right here on YT at the moment. And wow, an 8mm from the library. That's neat. I never knew those were lent out like that. I have a real soft spot for the artwork for those 8mm films.
@@AtomicSnackBar I remember borrowing 8mm digests from the library. I used to get a lot of silents (especially the comedies), because they didn't show them on TV.
@@creech54 I've never seen one, even though I hold this fascination for the art. Were they subtitled in some way? Or just cut together in a way you could follow without sound? Not sure how they work.
@@AtomicSnackBar They have intertitle cards, which can be either dialog, or exposition. Being a sci-fi fan, you should, at least, check out "Metropolis". ua-cam.com/video/W_4no842TX8/v-deo.html Maybe some classic horror, like "Phantom of the Opera", or "Nosferatu". If you like comedy, some classic Chaplin and Keaton. A whole new world of film awaits you!
@@creech54 Ahhh ok. I get what you mean. I meant I had never seen an 8mm film before. I have indeed seen Metropolis. Isn't 8mm a soundless format? I was curious how they went about films with sound.
I've been meaning to pick up that figure(the grey version, of course) for years now. I just keep forgetting. It's a great looking figure. I didn't know about the comic, though. When did that come out?
There was also a comic book prequel series for Earth VS The Flying Saucers which was called The Flying Saucers VS Earth and dealt with the aliens' journey here.
I was _going_ to say that this was an incredible list of classic alien creepy-crawlies, but then you had to go and put the brussel sprouts at #1 😢 What next, Invasion of the Celery Men?! 😭 But seriously, a well-crafted and well-presented video Rob 😁 And that PSA at the end about “How to Weld Peter Graves’ Chest for Fun & Profit” was interesting, I think that cyclopean host has potential 🤔 He’s no eyeball octopus, but still…
This is a healthy channel. All about clean living through classic sci-fi. Gotta get them veggies in there, even if it's brussel sprout men. The PSA was indeed a good time. That Atomic Monster lad will go far, that is, as long as he can control that space melon addiction. And grow some tentacles, of course.
I always liked the Metaluna Mutant from 'This Island Earth' ( 1955). One of the better `50s s sci fi movies. I was fortunate to see it at the Regency Theater, an 'art house' near Lincoln Center in NY. I saw it on a double feature with 'War of the Worlds'(1953). Great show, the theater was SRO.
Ohhh yeah. I'm a big fan of the Metaluna Mutant as well. I covered that one in the first part of the series. I've been wanting to pick up that new glow-in-the-dark Metaluna Mutant figure by Super7. That would look mighty fine on the sci-fi shelf.
The "scariest" of all the 1950's Aliens, was the one we only saw for 2 minutes ...total. Yet, still bears no name even to this Day! _"ID"_ monster of the _Forbidden Planet ~ 1956_
That is a very good one. And one I've wanted to cover too. Such a neat idea and design. But like you said, they show it so little, I wouldn't have enough footage to run during the segment. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
@ AtomicSnackbar - here's another tribute to the classic 60s Jonny Quest; they reused ( and reanimated) the ID for one of their episodes. Tribute... stole. Comsee-comsah.
Want to help support the channel? I've had some very kind folks ask about this very topic. So I've started an Amazon list containing all things related to the Snack Bar. Whether it be stuff I want to cover, need for research, or just to dress up the Snack Bar itself, any bit is very appreciated, though by no means required.
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Hey you have the Paula the Ape woman movies I recommend you! thanks!
@@rexevans5477 I sure do. I was very intrigued. Sounds like my kind of movies.
@@AtomicSnackBar Before V5 of those Universal/Shout Factory Blu-ray sets came out, I was discussing/speculating what should be included. I suggested putting on all 3 "Paula the Ape Woman" movies and that they could use "The Monster and the Girl" (another ape movie) for the 4th movie. I was happy when I got my wish! 🙂
@@AtomicSnackBar I hope you enjoy them and that the price goes down!
@@rexevans5477 It's not a bad value for what you get in that pack, but relatively high compared to most Universal monster movies.
INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN (1957) was based on a short story called “The Cosmic Frame,” and it was written by Paul W. Fairman (1908-1977) who was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He started his literary career by submitting short stories to various magazines, and graduated to editing science fiction magazines in the late 1940s. Fairman became a full time paperback novelist in the late 1950s, and was so prolific that he published his novels under his own name and under various pseudonyms. He had his first bestselling historical novel “Forbidden Destiny” issued as by Paula Fairman in 1977, but passed away that same year. INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN was remade as THE EYE CREATURES (1965), directed and produced by Texas-based moviemaker Larry Buchanan. EARTH VS. THR FLYING SAUCERS was my first science fiction movie as a kid, and it spoiled me for other 1950s sci-fi sagas. Great commentary!
That's really interesting. I did a standalone episode about the film and touched on Fairman a bit, but not nearly the amount of good information you gave here. I've heard a bit about "The Eye Creatures." People don't seem overly fond of it, but I think the monster looks really neat. So I still want to give it a shot.
Thanks for sharing and for watching, Thomas. Always a pleasure to hear from you.
One must appreciate the sheer imagination involved in those films given the technical limitations of the time.
Agreed. And that is particularly evident in The Atomic Submarine. They did such a good job of making that really unique alien come to life. His massive eye and the size, really neat.
All handmade, no CGI. 😊❤
@@henryeason9572 Now, now. Don't get me ranting about CGI again. I managed to control myself this weekend. Mostly.
@@AtomicSnackBar 😅😅
"Never quote me on anything ever" - greatest line on UA-cam.
Thanks, Brett. Just don't quote me on that.
@@AtomicSnackBar "Never quotes me on anything, ever." Mr Sterling, proprietor of the Atom Snack Bar. Words of wisdom to live one's life by.
@@euansmith3699 I've found it's for the best. Nothing good could come from that R. Sterling fellow.
It's certainly one of the most honest, and it helped get this channel a new sub, too.
@@michaelj.beglinjr.2804 That's nice to hear. Thanks, Michael. Welcome to the Snack Bar.
Another excellent episode my friend. And a great selection of films. Looking forward to the next one.
As always, I thank you much, good sir. And I thank you for watching.
Another great video, my friend. Makes me want to watch those movies again real soon. Best wishes from England
At very least Invasion of the Saucer Men. Never know when Saucer Men knowledge might save your life.
Thanks, John. Have a good one.
Awesome list of 50s Sci-Fi, especially Earth Vs the Flying Saucers, ❤ that movie! 😀👍
That one never ceases to impress me. The saucer shots are truly something else.
Thanks, Mr. Bowler.
@@AtomicSnackBarI love the shot when the saucer is chasing the car
It the Terror From Beyond Space was the bomb when I was a kid. I think it still works.
Most definitely. I saw it for the first time as an adult and I really dug it. Thanks, Thomas.
Great episode! As usual most of everything you mentioned is in my personal collection. Several of them are in my regular watch cycles coming up at least once a month. Of those you covered or mentioned all of the following are part of that viewing cycle: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Atomic Submarine, Kronos, The Giant Behemoth and IT! The Terror from Beyond Space.
Yeah, I managed to squeeze some real heavy hitters in this one. A part of why I didn't label it Part 2. It's probably a better place to start than the actual first part of the series. Now Kronos is one I've been meaning to cover in full for a long while now and it actually will be appearing in an upcoming episode. The Giant Behemoth I should probably squeeze in there as well one of these days.
Thanks, Kal.
@@AtomicSnackBar Look forward to those. Kronos is a fairly simple but great story with some great effects for the time plus I have always liked Jeff Morrow as an actor. A couple of his other movies (This Island Earth and The Giant Claw) are also part of my regular viewing cycle. And of course, The Giant Behemoth co-stared Andre Morell, another great actor, that did a ton of really good stuff.
@@kaljaxa5365 Morrow is quite good. But still to this day I find it so strange that he thought the Metaluna Mutant didn't look good. Baffles the mind.
@ AtomicSnackBar - perhaps it was the 'trousers'.
That was a great ending, super entertaining!
That wily Atomic Monster. As charismatic as he is atomic. Do check his channel out if you would be so kind. He's good ... people.
I like how old sci fi movies didnt rely on gore.
Just awesome costumes and creature designs.
Very true. So they had to work a lot harder for scares and thrills.
Always a treat to get another video from you, sir. I had to look up that Paul Frees commercial; I remember it from when I was a kid!
Thank you kindly, Sir Grognard. I thought it was neat when I ran across that Paul Frees commercial. I would have really loved to use some footage of him in the studio doing voiceover work. But I couldn't find a darn thing.
@ AtomicSnackBar - that's because he was so busy he had to 'phone' it in.🤔😆😆😆😑😎
@@tonysantiago255 What a phoney comment.
Outstanding job, Mr. Sterling. The backstories were great and the ending was off-the-charts good. I fondly anticipate the next video.
Yes, siree. The Astounding Atomic Monster really provided a quality skit there. Really nice ... monster.
Excellent choices. Some honorable meentions: The Martians in Invaders From Mars (especially the leader) and the things in This Island Earth.
Oh, and the Blob. Always, The blob.
All fine honorable mentions. The Metaluna Mutant and the Blob both appeared in part one of the series. Invaders from Mars, though, I have yet to cover. I really like the remake of it as well.
Always good to hear from you, Robert.
The needle fingers from Invasion of the Saucer Men brought me back once again… another elusive memory from way way back, I love finding out what I long ago forgot. And the D&D influences from these 1950s movies is unmistakable. Thr Roper and Shambling Mound feom the 1970s and 1980s… yep.
Talk about bringing back memories. I remember both the Roper and the Shambling mound well. The Roper was one of the few LJN bendy figures I didn't have. Not sure why, because I had a bunch from the line. But good ol' Shambling Mound was a favorite.
Very entertaining, sir☺️!! Keep up the good style, of presenting the classic sci-fi/horror movies, we love💕. Liked how you took your time, to pronounce 'fathom' (@08:26), correctly😉.
Thanks, Roger. That's pretty darn spiffy to hear. I don't think I've ever been complimented on pronouncing something correctly. But boy oh boy, when I say something incorrectly or accenty the pronunciation police will sure let me know about it.
this is my first video after ending my junior year of High school its a good way to start the summer.
Well, I'll be. Congrats, Rex. Hope you have an awesome summer.
@@AtomicSnackBar thanks my dad is taking me to trader vic's to celebrate which is funny because I asked to meet his coworker who's really in to tiki!
@@rexevans5477 Sounds like my kind of place.
Another fantastic top list from Sterling! ❤
Many thanks, good sir.
Hats off dude, where do you find these films? Love eyeball monsters!
A few of them are right here on YT. Others(I Married a Monster from Outer Space and It! The Terror Beyond Space) you'd have to track down the DVD or bluray.
Thanks for watching, Andy.
@andymoody8363 - R. Sterling finds them in the 1950s : the quintessentially 'Greatest Decade in Science Fiction Films!'. 1957 being the pinnacle. Also my birth year. Just sayin'.
@@tonysantiago255 That's a book I would check out right there.
Well, that was a wild ride, especially the ending. Can we quote you as saying "Good evening, barflies and lounge lizards?" I seem to recall having either those erasers or something very similar.
No, siree. That is trademarked in 56 states. You have to have a Wacky World license to practice proper barflies and lounge lizarding.
But since I get such a kick out pretty much every post I see from you, I'll grandfather you in.
@@AtomicSnackBar Thank you! But if there actually is a Wacky World license, I need some procedures and protocols to apply. Heh heh!
@@KarlWitsman Nothing a pair of 70s style sunglasses and a funny little hat wouldn't fix.
Saw 'Atomic Sub' with my Dad on one of those Saturday afternoon Creature Feature Shows when I was 4ish... That Eye-Thing scared the Bee-Gees outta me!
I hope you were able to get them back. A lack of Barry Gibb is a real problem, I always say.
@@AtomicSnackBar That certainly would be a Tragedy! (See what I did there???) Also... I always felt bad for the Aliens in IMaMFOS! Sordid as their plan was... they were just trying to save their People from extinction!
@@thrashpondopons8348 That's very true. And it was the 50s. They didn't have craigslist yet.
And I do see what you did there. Kudos.
Just FYI; Ray Harryhausen joked about in order to save costs, he not only did the stop motion SFX on Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, but also designed the alien suits as well as doing all the production design. His prodigious pre-production paintings were almost literally reproduced on celluloid. It's amazing that he didn't run the camera. It was as close to a totally Ray Harryhausen visually designed movie as he ever did.
That very well could be. I did the notes for this one some time ago and actually don't recall where I got the info about Russ Kelley and his work on the film. I may have made it up in order to sound cool. Cause the cool kids like Russ Kelley.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Well, I'm quoting the Great Man himself from one of those 'extras' you are so dubious about. Actually, it's possible that this Kelly fellow ( any relation to Emmet?) may have been responsible for the Alien creatures inside. Perhaps he was a makeup artist who created the heads inside. We really only see a dead one laying on the ground for just a moment. Ray didn't actually build the spacesuits I'm sure. That's a totally different skill set. More up the alley of a say... Paul Blaisdell!
@@tonysantiago255 I put my top people on the matter. And I just went back and listened to what I said. What I meant to say, but said it poorly, was that Kelly did the actual physical effects for the aliens. They were, like you said, Harryhausen's designs and looked darn near exact to his sketches.
@ AtomicSnackBar - by the by, I mentioned Paul Blaisdell. So... drink up. Mai tais on the house. Your house of course.
@@tonysantiago255 And I just cleaned the ceiling too. Dang.
Outstanding list superbly presented. Most entertaining indeed.
I thank you, good sir.
@@AtomicSnackBar You're most welcome, good sir.
Love this selection of aliens
Glad to hear it. They are a charming bunch of fellows, if I do say so myself.
Thanks, E.R.
If you like eye creatures you need to see "The Crawling Eye" (The Trollenberg Terror" in Europe) with Forrest Tucker. It's a British film derived from a TV show with more suspense than usual.
That's a darn fine example of eyeball creatures. I did a standalone video about the Crawling Eye in my Glow in the Dark Cinema series, I dig it so much.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Janet Munro was a babe.
Paul Blaisdell rules! "Monster Maker" is a fantastic book!
Yeah, I need to pick up a copy myself. The excerpts I've had access to have been very helpful.
Five great movies, five great aliens. Like the "video bomb" at the end by the Astounding Atomic Monster.
I swear, that Astounding Atomic Monster. I don't know if he's the greatest for adding to the episode or a scoundrel for hijacking the channel. Or is he both? I'm not sure man was meant to know.
Earth vs the Flying Saucers is probably the quintessential 1950’s alien invasion movie, in my opinion. Not seen The Atomic Submarine, but as soon as I heard ‘cyclops squid’, I was sold. I Married a Monster From Outer Space is excellent, a surprisingly dark film despite its goofy title. Invasion of the Saucer Men is at the top of my ‘to watch’ list, I wish it would get a nice release. I need to check out Killers From Space too - thanks, Atomic Monster. I seem to say this every week, but this may be your best video yet!
The Atomic Submarine does fall into the unfortunate category of "Barely shows the creature." But when that fine fellow is on screen, ohhhhh doggie. That's some fine alien squid action right there.
When I did the Saucer Men review, some folks let me know that there is a rights issue with the film. So chances of a nice release are pretty slim at the moment. May just have to go bootleg on that one for now.
And thank you much, good sir. I did put quite a lot into this one. And boy are my arms tired.
@ AtomicSnackBar - well the views are stacking up nicely for this one. Kudos. What's in a title? Apparently, quite a lot. To the almighty AL.
@@tonysantiago255 It’s awesome to see how the channel has gained in popularity. Couldn’t happen to a nicer weirdo!
@@horrorhands666 But it could have happened to a weirder weirdo, if you ask me.
@@tonysantiago255 Good ol' AL.
OK... that was my favorite segment yet, for so many reasons:
ONE, the phrase ALIEN EYEBALL SQUID... wow... however, might I suggest.... CYCLOPTIPUS?
TWO, the SAUCERMEN are unstoppable; you can shine all the headlights you want on my boys, but they'll always bounce back once your batteries die! They're even hotter today then they were when you reviewed them just recently. There's something about their scrunched-up faces, isn't there just? Like Pepe the Frog had his nose stolen right off of his face!
THREE, the Jim Henson Coffee commercial. Those will live forever.
FOUR, catching the bit about the actor's chin in the 'open' mouth of the 'IT' from IT; wow. I see why the DP went with the Vittorio Storraro 'APOCOLYPSE NOW' Brando-lighting on the closeups.
FIVE, I love your atomic monster... but the crank-call alien at the end stole it for me. Absolutely looks like the arch villain from a KAKAIDER style Japanese TV show.
Or an evil Tiki.
Or both.
Great bit.
Cycloptipus considered and accepted. You do have a way with words, Mr. Douglas. And a good eye. Those Wilkins Coffee commercials were totally new to me until just recently. And I would definitely consider myself a Jim Henson fan.
As to the Martian's chin, I always just thought it was his tongue. I never would have guessed it was Corrigan's chin. Still quite effective, even knowing that.
But the Astounding Atomic Monster belongs to no man. He is his own alien invader. Do check out his channel if you have a moment. He has some good stuff on there. The Monster in a Minute series in particular.
I will!
You know, I just always figured that Martians had all choked on their own tongues. It's why their world is so desolate. Maybe he was just trying to get someone to pull on his tongue?
Oh, and no GILL-MEN this week? Seriously?
Don't overfeed them; they'll eat themselves to death, and you'll have a pool full of dead Gill-Men, and let me tell you, jest... NO.
@@DavidDouglas-q7v A valid theory. Considered and accepted.
And no, Gill Men this week. I did start the notes for that one, but being how I work, it could be anywhere from 6 months or more from now. I'm not what one would call ... timely.
I've gotten say, I wasn't floored by The Atomic Submarine, but you always make the films, this one in particular, look better than I remember. It warrants a second look. That Octo,-alien looks quite excellent in your video. You must be able to find sharper copies than on UA-cam. Well done, Sir.
I would say too, the Octo-Eye is barely in the film. I had to loop the same footage just to fill the segment. That's the thing about these lists are that creature specific, it can get a little tough at times.
And good that you noticed. I do have a new source for my footage. Two in fact. One of which I turned you on to recently.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Ah yes... that site...😉
man all five movies are epic, earth vs the flying saucer is one of my favourites, when you watch it the terror from beyond space you can tell where the alien movie idea was hatched, cheers sterling
And just between us, and anyone who reads this comment, I much prefer It! The Terror from Beyond Space over Alien. Not even close in my book.
Thank you for the work that it must take to give us the names of the people whose practical effects made these movies so memorable. How memorable? I was a science fiction loving First Grader when we went to see Earth Versus Flying Saucers. I was a military brat and base theaters received these movies when they were still fresh.
It is my pleasure, Higgs. It can be tough. Suit actors and effects guys often go uncredited, but I darn sure try my best to find out what I can to highlight these unsung heroes of classic sci-fi.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
As a five year old kid I saw It, The Terror From Beyond Space on a Saturday afternoon tv show named "Creature Feature" and it scared the bejesus out of me, and gave me nightmares for a long, long time. I Really like this Atomic Snack Bar channel, it's going to go viral, I just know it.
I can definitely see how that would have been the case. The way the Martian lurks about in the shadows and smoke, very effective. Just a really well done film all around.
And thanks, Rick. I appreciate you saying so.
@@AtomicSnackBar And the way those claws ripped through that metal hatch as if it were aluminum foil. Great channel, I hope it burgeons for ya.
@@rickkearn7100 That is a great scene. Very cool.
Howdy,
"Atomic Submarine" basically did it well before "The Abyss" did. Superb video as always!
Edit: Should add that cameo from Astounding Atomic Monster was a fun way to end the show.
Thank you much and howdy to you as well.
And yes, that cameo by the Atomic Monster was completely planned and intentional. He definitely didn't hijack my channel using illegal alien hardware. Definitely not...
@@AtomicSnackBar Blink three times if you need help!
Now this is an especially awesome collection of some especially awesome 50's aliens with especially awesome trivia. 😁 Speaking of which, I love that that's actually the actor's chin poking out of the creature mouth and looking like a tongue. LOL! Also, I can't say I've ever heard of solidified alien electricity, but don't worry, I wont quote you on that. 😉I will however gladly take a Wilkon's coffee from the snack bar. ☕ Stellar work as always Rob! Another really fun deep-dive into some classics.
And this, good sir, was an especially awesome comment. So the Wilkin's coffee is on me this round. And boy does it sting.
Amok Time did a really cool figure of the Martian from "It! The Terror from Beyond Space" and you can really see Corrigan's chin well.
Thanks as always for watching, buddy.
(21) I got to watch "Earth vs the Flying Saucers" on TCM, and it actually had a damn good storyline. I have never seen "The Atomic Submarine". I also missed out on "It: The terror From Outer Space". But it looks like a goer. Never saw "I Married a Monster From Outer Space" but might try to get a copy. The aliens look like prototypes for the thingies from the 1st "Predator" film. The ending to this upload is quite a "WTF was THAT???" little treat. Top notch, Mr. Snack Bar!!!
All fine films worth watching, but objectively speaking, "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" may be the strongest of the bunch.
And that ending came courtesy of my buddy the Astounding Atomic Monster - a hijacker of channels. You just never know what space dwelling atomic monsters will do next.
@@AtomicSnackBar I second the "I Married" recommendation!
Another excellent episode of monsters and mirth.
Don't forget the merriment. Can't have monsters and mirth without it.
thank you for being such a wonderful man
Oh, much too kind of you. But I certainly try to be as spiffy as possible. Thanks, Kris.
I’m sure you can imagine the smile I got as I was watching and seen the brief image of Scrooge McDuck. Of course when you factor in the conversions we have been having. And almost immediately after there’s an alien octopus eyeball. Only to follow that up by mentioning Alien from 1979 while showing images from Spaceballs. Now that’s some great stuff. And by the end of the video I was so distracted by the thought of Martian melon boobies that I’m honestly not able to even recall the order of any of the top 50’s Sci-Fi Aliens even went. I’m not even sure that’s the most important part. But I will leave off by saying entertainment was had. Keep It Snacky good buddy.
Well, you know what they say about the algorithm. It loves Scrooge McDuck, Martian Melons, and what was most definitely a scene from Alien. So being full on corrupt and making videos just for the tens of dollars, I had to take advantage. I'm sure you understand.
And Snacky I shall take it.
@ jsuperawesome - Hey! You said "b***bies, which has gotten me thrown in the Tube's Comments Prison more than once. Or blocked. Which this comment probably already has been. Never mind.
@@tonysantiago255 He does have awesome in his name. Perhaps that's why.
Well, another fine list in what I think is one of your finest episodes! I hope this does well so you’ll do more of these. I love all these movies- except The Atomic Sub, as I’ve never seen it and until recently never even heard of it. I started watching it after your videos but as it was a bit late I fell asleep about halfway through. No worries, will queue it up on this rainy Saturday morning.
I would have commented earlier but after all those Blaisdale shots I had to lay down and listen to some Caress of Steel to chill out a bit.
But we got lucky this week as there was a Ro-Man reference, a Planet of the Apes reference, and what thought might be a Bugs Bunny appearance around 6:20 or so.
Looking good and sounding great- thanx for sharing!
I understand. Blaisdell shots are a real menace to sobriety. Much like this channel. You should have a pretty good time with The Atomic Sub. But do be warned, the octo-eye is barely in, unfortunately. They should have just given him the starring role and let the silly humans be the foil.
I'm glad to hear you dug the video. It was another actual new episode with the more polished format. So it's nice to hear that folks are enjoying the hours upon hours I spent in the sci-fi mines digging this stuff up.
And that would have been a great place for a Bugs Bunny reference, especially since I've been on a big Looney Tunes kick and am even presently watching the Bugs disc in one of the Golden Collections. But with these videos, the voice over comes before I edit in the footage. So I often have no clue what is going to be where or even what incidental footage I'm going to use. Just a bunch of chaos, I tell you. Chaos.
@@AtomicSnackBar ah chaos! Sweet ,sweet chaos! Without chaos what we need plastic organizers for, or bulletpoints?
BTW- congrats on cracking 7k
@@chrisbridges4885 Thanks, buddy. It's that sweet call of 1950s sci-fi. It's like a license for printing subs, or something to that effect.
@@AtomicSnackBar Nostalgia perhaps? But you do present your material in an oddball, yet engaging way that clearly shows your love and enthusiasm for the genre.
Speaking of subs, I did get to finish Atomic Sub. I watched the BW entry, though I did watch a bit of the colorized version, mostly for the creature ( and for the stunning blonde in the beginning). While the female eye candy looked great in color, the alien eye candy looked much sharper in black and white.
Also, the sub models reminded me of the toys one could get in cereal boxes, the ones you put baking soda in and they would dive and resurface. Alas, my parents never bought the sugary stuff, and GrapeNuts and Shredded Wheat did not offer cool toys
@@chrisbridges4885 Alien eye candy wins out every time, right? Or is that just me? Though I do wonder, what color did they make his eye?
And talk about a small world. It was the exact same in my household. Sugar cereal was a big no-no. It wasn't too big a deal except for the prizes. So many cool toys I wanted were just out of my grasp.
I remember wanting that spider that was orange and sparkly to give me a big hug when I was little
He did look rather friendly for a giant orange spider, didn't he?
"Invasion of the Saucer Men" was one of several movies (mostly Roger Corman projects) that were remade in the late 1960s. In this case "Invasion" became "Attack of the Eye Creatures".
It sure did. I spoke a little about it in my "Invasion of the Saucer Men" standalone video. I haven't seen "Attack of the Eye Creatures," though. Folks weren't too fond of it, but I sure like that monster.
@@AtomicSnackBar Most of those remakes were VERY LOW BUDGET. According to IMDB they were made for TV, but I actually think they were intended for drive-in filler, where you'd have a regular release and one of them as the second feature.
@@martykarr7058 I have a real soft spot for 70s and 80 made-for-tv movies. They just had a certain vibe and feel to them that was unique.
@@AtomicSnackBar What was really neat was when home video became so prevalent, movies that would have gone to the drive-in back in the day were instead directly released to video.
@@martykarr7058 I have such fond memories of the video store days. The two places we initially went to when I was a kid were small, mom and pop places. So they got in more unusual indie stuff because it was cheaper.
Great retrospect of 50s sci-fi aliens.
My personal favorites:
Klattu: "The Day the Earth stood still."
: "The Thing from another world."
: The Metaluna Mutant from "This Island Earth."
: "It came from outer space."
"The Blob."
: The Venusian from "20million miles to Earth."
All great choices. With the exception of "It Came from Outer Space," I've covered all of those right here on the channel. Several even appeared in Part I of this series.
Thanks for watching, Justin.
The Saucer Men bear a noticeable resemblance to the Martians from 'Mars Attacks!'
I wouldn't be surprised if there was an influence there. Maybe not as much with the cards, but certainly the Burton film.
Thanks, B.
When I can't sleep at 3:00 a.m. I use your delightful voice to rock me to sleep, thank you, LOL
Glad to hear it has uses other than annoying angry randos. That said, we here at Snack Bar Inc. can't be held responsible for any mutations caused during slumber.
Wow that octopus eyeball monster is creepy. I have a feeling that’s going to be a future death bed vision
Creepy ... or perhaps the night time companion you've always wanted. Only time, and alien mind control, will tell.
Thanks, Bandito.
@@AtomicSnackBar Perhaps a list of monster movies with eyeball creatures. There are several.
@@garfieldsmith332 I actually do have that list on my list of potential lists.
While not the night time companion i would have necessarily _chosen,_ that eyeball beastie has been haunting my brain since i saw it in Starlog’s Photo Guidebook of Sci-Fi Aliens from the late ‘70s 😱 I read that thing so much that it eventually degraded back into wood pulp 😅
@@Gappasaurus Good ol' Starlog. I wish I had bought more of those as a kid. But usually my money went to Cracked Monster Party or a heavy metal magazine.
11:04 Heeey! A Krell Machine.
Straight from Bob's basement. His collection is probably the greatest this planet has ever seen.
Seeing that, all i can hear is Walter Pigeon: “Ten, times ten, times ten, times ten, times ten, times ten…” 😄
Dear Mr Sterling, please please please! Keep making these videos! I love all the films you cover but my favorite genre is 1950s-60s Sci-Fi. I saw many of them as Saturday afternoon matinees (Yup. I'm old.) I have also kept up on them, first, with local broadcast TV, Cable, VHS tape rentals then DVDs and on various streaming services. There are some masterpieces (Them!, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Thing) some entertaining cheese (Plan 9, The Lost Continent, early Gamera) and some monumentally dreadful , but still entertaining efforts (The Amazing Colossal Man, The Giant Claw).
BTW did you ever start to watch the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series?
I most certainly will, Captain Jim. And I'm glad you mentioned the 60s stuff. As fond as I am of the 50s, the 60s is actually more my sweet spot from a nostalgia standpoint. So I've been trying to work more 60s film and TV onto the channel.
I haven't had a chance to check out the Brett Holmes series just yet. My watchlist is so incredibly long these days, it's a Herculean task. Just the stuff I own on DVD has piled up. Ah, the collector's woes.
@ AtomicSnackBar - speaking of Hercules movies...🤔 just giving' you crap. What are friends for?😄
@@tonysantiago255 🤣 Herc and company are a lot of fun!
Cool n#1 was one of my favorite alien monster movies as a kid, those 3 needles always freaked me out! What a great scary effect!!
Scary and really unique. I can imagine something like that coming along in the 80s, but in the 50s, way ahead of its time.
Thanks for watching, Nicholas.
Face it Mr. Sterling: if they are extra-terrestrial, you are a sucker for them. . .period! Love, love, love your vids!
Well, you certainly got me there. Though there is a few I'm not a sucker for. That E.T. just rubs me the wrong way.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I'm sending you one for your bookshelf. Just don't rub him except in private. No judgement.
@@tonysantiago255 I can't promise my actual cool aliens won't vaporize him.
@ AtomicSnackBar - you have to remember that he's just a child and tell them if they don't play nice, he'll phone home. Actually, not a bad way to get rid of him. He can take Drew Barrymore with him. She's become quite annoying as well.
Of..another great episode..well done
I thank you much. I did put a heck of a lot into this one.
Sometime around 1962 my parrents let me stay up late and watch both the outer limits , which was ; Cry of Silence. An episode about people being stalked by intelligent tumblweeds which I thought was pretty spooky we lived in the desert southwest and if you ever been hit by a big tumbleweed ,well ! And then , the late movie invasion of the saucer men. When I went to bed and was about to go to sleep my dad had sneaked out and gone to my open bedroom window and started scratching very slowly on the screen . He scared the begeebees out of me, and I was crying in a panic totally freeked out. My dad kept apologizing that night and for days after. But I love that movie did then and still do now. Think that was my first real exposure to sifi horror. And definitely started my love for the sci-fi horror genre . So thanks Dad . Really that was truly fun. ❤
Wow. Outer Limits and Invasion of the Saucer Men. That's a killer, albeit slightly traumatic, double feature right there. My mum played a few similar pranks on me as a lad. Alien terror builds character.
Thanks for sharing, Michael. I do so enjoy hearing the childhood stories of fellow monster kids.
'I Married a Monster From Outer Space' was one of the few top-notch B-movies of 1958. My advice to those who watch it: disregard the inane title, and enjoy a superior sci-fi thriller, with a serious plot. Glad you reviewed this film. ☺️👽🛸🚀
There's several like that I feel did themselves a slight disservice by going with such exploitative titles. "The Earth Dies Screaming," "I Was a Teenage Werewolf," "She-Freak" to name a few.
Thanks, Paul.
These monsters were just great.
Some of the finest sci-fi has to offer. This volume may actually have been a bit stronger than Part I was.
Enjoyed it , thx !
Glad to hear it. Thanks for checking it out.
so cool
I will assume you are talking about my shirt and funny little hat. I thank you much, Karen.
Gee Mr. S, how come I didn't make the list? I'm from the 50s & even though I've lived in Canada most of my life, I didn't become a citizen until 2014 -- now that's being an alien! Cheers Warren, the Orange Toque Man from Sask!
I do apologize, my fine feathered friend. But you just don't have enough tentacles. And way too many eyes for the list. Way too many.
@ AtomicSnackBar - two's a crowd.
@@AtomicSnackBar -- But feathers Mr. S, feathers -- & they're even Horse Feathers! & then their are my horny toenails -- if I kick your car, you're getting a flat! Better check your vehicle! Warren!
@@tonysantiago255 -- Depends are what you're talking about Tony! Warren-Warren!
The scariest thing on your bookshelves is that little clown behind you. Don't turn around. He's looking.
Shhhh. Little drummer clown will hear you.
@ AtomicSnackBar - the one in the bowler hat and checkered trousers... shhhh...he's watching when you have your back turned...
@@tonysantiago255 I always feel like, some clown is watching meeee.
Just noticed it. Very creepy.
@@spaceranger3728 Oh, he's not all that bad. Only whispers threats in my ear whilst I'm sleeping two or three times a week tops.
Wow, lovely stuff. What a great start to my Saturday morning. This really does solidify the feel of the channel - yes your channel has a feel - which is something you can get arrested for, if you do it on a bus - apparently. Some great choices here, I'll have to have a think about what ones I'd put on here, I just wanted to jump on and a big thank you for more excellent work.
I learned that lesson the hard way. Started busting out the sci-fi trivia and exotica music on the city bus ... ended up being dragged off in a tinfoil straight jacket. Oddest part, I was never on the bus to begin with. Dun DUN DUNNNN.
@@AtomicSnackBar This Island Earth - and does Forbidden Planet count? Is the Monster from the Id an alien? War of the Worlds - all boring options, but some of my favourites.
@@wetdog1606 Well, if those are boring options, I must be pretty boring as well, because both the Metaluna Mutant and the War of the Worlds Martian here in Part I.
That's a great question about the Id monster. I'm really not sure. I think I'm leaning toward no, though. It'd be kind of like a man going into space and gets bitten by a space werewolf then turns into a werewolf. I don't think he would be an alien werewolf. But I do think we need that movie.
@@AtomicSnackBar I think you're right - and Space Wolf would be soo good - depending on where the spaceship was, it might always be a full moon.
@@wetdog1606 I didn't even think of that angle. That's great.
Such good taste! I love one eyed aliens as well!
I generally try to only eat aliens with three or more eyes personally. It's a health food thing.
The sculptor of the I Married a Monster.. was the same man who did the Martian from War of the World's. I saw this in a documentary I can't remember the name of. Great show❤
Charles Gemora
Ok, excellent. That would be the great Mr. Charles Gemora, one of the two gentleman who I speculated did the work. Thanks for letting me know.
@@creech54 Beat me to it.
At Star Trek Conventions Earth vs the Flying Saucers was played, when DC gets trashed everyone cheered for the aliens.
That's good stuff. I had many good times at sci-fi cons back in the day.
3:10 The flashing whatazmumgiger under the walkway has American component codes printed on it.
That's a good eye. Even full screening it, I couldn't make that out.
I notice your videos are looking more professional now. It's interesting to learn the origins of those Diener Erasers.
I appreciate that. It's the same set up over all, but I've always found the videos shot in front of my toy shelves look better than the ones in front of the red curtains. Could have something to do with the size of the room and the lighting.
I didn't plan on talking Diener Space Creatures two weekends in a row, it just kind of worked out that way. But you know me, any excuse to discuss toys. I picked up a vintage toy here recently. Got an open, but pretty nice condition, Fox figure from the Mighty Crusaders line. Always wanted him as a kid but never got one.
AND....to fill in more info as per your request about I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE: Yes, Charlie Gemorah created the entire alien suit. He was an all-around artist, sculptor, prop fabricator and, occasionally, the person inside a creature suit. But, no, he was NOT in the suit in I MARRIED A MONSTER. He was a very small person in stature and could never have been the guy waling around full-size scenes with other actors, tho I feel pretty sure he may have worked the head or arms for close-ups done in post production. But not full walking shots. John Fulton was strictly an optical effects guy who used other technicians if mechanical techniques were needed, as on THE 10 COMMANDMENTS and other big scale projects. But he was not someone when skills to make monster suits. .
I should mention, if it isn't obvious in the film itself, that there was only one monster alien suit made for I MARRIED A MONSTER. Here's where Fulton's skill came into play: He sued an optical effect to help create the visual of 2 monsters appearing on screen in the same shot, a trick one wishes had been used in other films ----like TARGET EARTH, for which only one robot suit was made, tho there were supposedly a lot of them walking around the city in that story..) Fulton was responsible for that glowing effect around the creatures in IMMOS, as well as the negative "possessing cloud", the alien face superimposition, the titles and all the other opticals.
Gemorh also made the suit for COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK, but, again, obviously, couldn't have played that creature either. Talented guy. (Try to track down the video documentary about his career, which his daughter helped put together. Well worth a watch.)
Charlie Gemorah was similar to Paul Blaisdell in their skill sets, tho he (Charlie) usually had a little more time and money to pul off his creations...but not much more. Note: His charming daughter, Dianna (sp?) just passed away not tat long ago. She actually helped her dad fabricate and operated the Martian suit in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS when she was all of 12 years old!)_
Please excuse any typos. I have some vision issues at this time, so it is hard to proofread easily.
IT is a real favorite of mine, a very scary film for its time since the story/script by Jerome Bixby really builds suspense and provides some surprisingly brutal moments for its time. The early version of the script was even closer to ALIEN than the completed film.
Most excellent. I was hoping it was actually Gemora who designed the alien. I have a certain fondness for Charlie and his work. I was reading a really good interview with his daughter recently discussing the very same topic. The Colossus was another of his really interesting designs, played by former circus performer Ed Wolfe. I often joke about the Snack Bar drinking game being any time I mention Blaisdell or Burns. I would like to get it to the point where Gemora is a part of that along with Wah Chang.
Off but on topic here, how is your book coming along?
a particularly entertaining episode, i must say. and wilkins & wontkins into the bargain. WOOT.
Thank you much, R.S.S. I expect a tribute album to Wilkins Coffee on my desk in the next 12 to 9000 hours. Thanks.
ASB.... didn't Corrigan also do the original Ghostbusters Saturday morning series.... reunion of the talent from F Troop...???... fantastic as always
Pretty close. But that was another channel regular, Mr. Bob Burns.
@@AtomicSnackBar ahh ok.... thanks
@@Donathon-qx8kq I picked up Bob's book recently. Haven't read it yet, but I do hope for some good gorilla acting tidbits from it.
Get a load of that flying hubcap lol. No quotes for Slim. I've never seen the atomic submarine. That's another one i need to see. I love the eyeball design for the alien. It has a cool alien. Slim you are a wealth of knowledge.
Well, I'm a wealth of heavy research that I forget within minutes of finishing editing. I'll grant you that one. Thanks, J-Man.
Wilkins coffee advert was absolutely brilliant, was that the inspiration for the Muppets I wonder?
If you like eyeball monsters how about the creatures from The Trollenberg Terror (British title, it may have been something different in the States), seem to remember that there was a brief clip of this or something featuring very similar creatures when ET was skipping through the tv channels.
That was The Muppets. Some of their earliest stuff.
The Trollenberg Terror is a classic of the eyeball creature genre. I covered that one in a standalone review under it's U.S. title "The Crawling Eye." And good Mr. Scott is correct. The Wilkins ads were early Jim Henson work. There's a bunch of them here on YT. Really neat, and strange, stuff.
I think we saw the cyclops octopus in, "Journey To The Seventh Planet", and, "The Crawling Eye".
That's a nice pull with "Journey to the Seventh Planet." I haven't seen that one, but the eyeball creature in it is quite charming.
@ AtomicSnackBar - be warned: the male chauvinistic remarks are 'triggering' to ''Modern (feminist) Audiences ". Reeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
I would love to have a NECA figure of the "I Married a Monster From Outer Space" alien (and the wife, too, as a possible 2 figure set)!
Excellent film! Your whole list kicks butt! Anything Harryhausen rules! Interesting facts, too.
Oh wow, yeah. That would be an awesome either single figure or set. But, if you dig more retro style toys, there is a company called Last Resort Toys who are doing 8 inch versions of the Diener Space Creatures I spoke about in the video. Really cool and they come in a bunch of different colors.
Thanks, Ted.
@@AtomicSnackBar Thanks, and your channel is thoroughly enjoyable! Great content!
@@voronOsphere I appreciate that. And thanks for watching. Welcome to the Snack Bar.
A Gloria Talbott figure…?
😳 I’LL TAKE A DOZEN!!!! 💰
@@Gappasaurus No dozen for you. You're cut off. Only 5 Gloria Talbott figures for you.
"Earth vs the Flying Saucers" is another one of those rare movies where I like the colorized version better than the B&W version. Normally I wouldn't recommend messing with the great B&W cinematography but the colorization really works with this one. I have both versions.
That's another I haven't seen it, but would also check out. Did it get an actual release?
@@AtomicSnackBar It was released on BluRay.
@@littleshopofelectrons4014 Okay, neat. I will have to look into that.
Given the times the movies were made, the movies were expertly made.....I was born in 1960 and seen every one of your choices .... Thanks for the fantastic memories👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Expertly made and still hold up very well.
Thanks for watching, John.
Just a little corection/added information: JACK RABIN (pronounced RAYBIN)) was the head honcho on all of those films you mention when talking about THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE. He headed up the whole operation, for which he would design things, make matte paintings, supervise all the opticals, develop stories and scripts and co-produce, sometimes, the films themselves. (This also goes for your comments about KRONOS in another video you've done.) These guys---Rabin, Block and DeWitt made a zillion effects for so many of the late 40's, 50's, 60's etc films on into the early 80's. They specialized in lower budget SF as one of the few independent effects companies at the time (most effects in LA were done by the big studios themselves who all had their own effects departments). They also worked on non-SF/HORROR/FANTASY like THE MOON IS BLUE, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE KILLING, GOD'S LITTLE ACRE, AOURND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, etc etc and tons of tv ads, trailers and tv shows, most of the later work done under Jack's supervision as DeWitt and Block had moved on to other things by then. (I actually have credit on a couple films that Jack worked on in the latter 70's/early 80's).
Thanks for your videos. A lot of fun. I grew up on those black and white low-budget films. They were always so entertaining. Far far from perfect, but, still, they often showed flairs of imagination and real resourcefulness against severe budgetary odds.
(btw, one other correction when you were talking about KRONOS in your robot video: Gene Warren Sr. worked on films with Jack in the 60's. He died in early 80's. His son, Gene lWarren Jr. continued in his dad's footsteps for many many years. He was a great guy and a friend. Any work on DOLL MAN (?) in the 90's, obviously, must've been done by Gene junior, not senior.)
Ray-bin. Got it. Though for how long, I can't say. Hopefully it sticks. But I appreciate the way you handled that. I get so many angry randos get all huffy when I mispronounce stuff.
As always, good to hear from you and the insight you have to offer. I might, though, have to politely, partially disagree with your second correction. According to everything I've read, Gene Warren passed away in 1997. So while it is very possible that it was Jr. that worked on Dollman, Sr. was still alive in 1991 when Dollman was released. He is even credited for a film a few years later.
I'll tell you, from looking into the matter, Warren Jr. had an incredible resume.
@@AtomicSnackBar I'll look further into the Gene Sr. story. I know he had a heart attack not long after work on METEOR, and have long been lead to believe he more or less began a slow departure from the effects business. He was going through a lot of personal stuff which I need not get into. I know he moved to Mexico for a while, and I thought he had stayed there and stayed away from the business after METEOR. I may very well have some dates mixed up as I haven't gone through those files in decades. I know Gene Jr.'s credits have been mixed up sometimes with his dad's. I'll take your word for it, but may do some additional digging. I still know some members of their family. Plus I have some old letters from him that may have some information that I have mis-remembered. . (Also could be the old corporate identity has gotten mixed up with Gene Jr.'s credits. Maybe not, but now I am prodded to look into all that again (I was working on a long article about his company, PROJECT UNLIMITED, so.....kind of fun to pick up with some of that stuff again.)
Again, thatnks for the videos. Always fun to see someone talk about and remember these old movie "friends" of yesteryear/nice to know all of it has not been completely forgotten under the crush of modern ffilm-making spectacle and glory. Those old films were made for tens of dollars instead of tens of millioins of dollars! ha
all best wishes.
(Please excuse any typos. I'm having vision problems, so it is harder to proofread than it used to be!)
@@RSEFX Oh, no, please do more additional digging if you have time. I would very much like to know for sure. I'm certainly not stating it as fact, just from what I've read, he passed in July of 1997. Sadly, it looks like Jr. passed in 2019.
And as the king of typos, even when I can see, I shall let it slide.
It's not surprising that so many movies about aliens and flying saucers were made during the Fifties. There were a lot of UFO sightings during that decade (e.g. the Washington sightings in 1952). The storyline of Earth vs The Flying Saucers was actually inspired by the non-fiction book Flying Saucers from Outer Space by Donald Keyhoe about the UFO phenomenon.
Oh, that's interesting. I wasn't aware of that. Since it was a creature specific film, I mainly researched the creature effects. Have you read that book?
@@AtomicSnackBar I haven't.
@ AtomicSnackBar- it's been removed as "Classified". Also... I'm lying.
The aliens in Earth Vs Flying Saucers were like bipedal Daleks. They must be considered a precursor of the Borg. They and the Daleks are a type of alien that was very common in the Hugo Gernsback-era science fiction pulp magazines of the 1930s. The EVTFS suits were made of rubber. Apparently Harryhausen originally had a more ambitious concept and was disappointed in what came from the rubber factory.
Harryhausen was often an uncredited screenwriter and often came up with the storylines of many of the movies he worked on. That is why so many of them are so good and have very solid science fiction concepts.
THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE shows how to do an interior of an alien spaceship. The cast are just walking around a mostly empty dark set and all the alien technology is just stuff painted on pieces of glass placed in front of the camera. THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE must have been an inspiration for Irwin Allen's VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
The screen writer for IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE was a former editor of PLANET STORIES named Jerome Bixby. He wrote the story basis for that episode of TWILIGHT ZONE with Billy Mumy and he wrote the original screen story for FANTASTIC VOYAGE.
Harryhausen is one of those jack of all trades who, though he does get credit and respect, still doesn't get the credit and respect he should. Especially, in his contributions to classic sci-fi.
I quite like the look of the ship interior from The Atomic Submarine as well. That's one of the great things about the design work, it's so alien looking. Like you could actually be seeing something a non-human mind came up with.
Jerome Bixby was quite the talent. Had I been discussing the film itself, I'm sure I would have discussed him a bit. Not only Twilight Zone, but his four episodes of Star Trek TOS as well.
Thanks for watching, Ron.
@@AtomicSnackBar An episode of DOCTOR WHO, from the Peter Capaldi era, INTO THE DALEK, has a lot of similarities to THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE and FANTASTIC VOYAGE.
@@rondemkiw4492 Oddly enough, I actually own that season on DVD. Someone sent it to me years back. I watched a few, but got distracted and haven't gone back to it.
I'm here for my Friday night sci-fi fix, especially when we're talking the fabulous 50's and an appearance by the Astounding Atomic Monster! He's killing me from space! It also seems like women are still marrying monsters from outer space, so it's always necessary to keep that movie in circulation as a warning to bourgeois bachelorettes everywhere!
And in this case, it's a double. I'm sure that wacky Atomic Monster has left a trail of broken hearts and ex-wives in his atomic wake. Someone really needs to put a bell on that guy.
@ TheGid54 - You may have come up with an idea for ABC's next Reality TV show.
I remember watching all of these movies. The interesting thing about IT! The Terror From Beyond Space was that Ray “Crash” Corrigan’s monster costume, designed by Paul Blaisdell was designed around Corrigan’s long underwear. It did give him a free range of motion as he performed, other than the head part.
I have a special memory of Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers. I remember seeing a catalog of Super 8mm films and saw the original poster. I was especially excited when I saw the Super 8mm film version at a store. My dad, that time, was more interested in watching boxing matches on Super 8mm. So, I couldn’t convince him to buy it. But all was not lost when the local independent television station showed Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers. I was so happy when it came on. I then became familiar with the stock footage of people running down the city streets. And the stock footage of the air show disaster. It seemed into the footage perfectly.
The forest fire scene was originally used in the film WW2 film The Red Ball Express. A couple of scenes from The Day The Earth Stood Still was used a snippet from War Of The Worlds (where the Martian war machine blasts the Los Angeles City Hall building, which was also used in the The Adventures Of Superman as The Daily Planet building.
Ray Harryhausen’s flying saucers are the best ever made. The Martian war machines in War Of The Worlds were uniquely designed, but they simply hovered and not fly. My favorite three scenes with the saucers were the forest scene after it destroys a bomber. The scene in which the saucer stops only to dump two dead bodies from it. And the scene where one disrupted by the sonic gun wobbles and crashes into a movie theater producing a great blast. The alien invader made another appearance in the film The Creation Of The Humanoids, as one of the many robotic models that served humanity before the final model.
The music of Mischa Bakaleinikoff deserves a lot of credit because it is used in other films like the Superman serials Superman and Atom Man Vs. Superman. It Came From Beneath The Sea, 20 Million Miles From Earth.
I Married A Monster From Outer Space, made me feel sad because the woman is alone again and the aliens were so mean. The only weapon to stop them; hunting dogs.
Invasion of The Saucer Men was an original film. The small actor in it was also in the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome as the Master part of Master Blaster.
Master-“Who rules Barter Town?”
Auntie Entity-“MasterBlaster rules Barter Town.”
Master-after Blaster grabs Max-“Fist in face or foot on neck?”
The Invasion Of The Saucer Men was remade , I think it was The Eye Creatures, which used the same story concept in the mid 1960’s. I guess it was directed by Larry Buchanan, but I may be wrong here.
The Atomic Submarine. The Cyclops monster alien nifty.
The other Eye creature that I thought was going to be listed was The Trollenberg Terror, or The Crawling Eye.
Lots of interesting memories, man. 😎👍
"It! The Terror from Beyond Space" was shot so well, great use of shadows and smoke, he probably could have just been in the long underwear and it still would have looked good. That Blaisdell. A trust artiste.
Interesting you bring up Super 8. There was some talk of it here in the comments section. I've never seen a film in that format, but I am really into the artwork and packaging of those. I've been debating picking up a few for my collection. You can find them rather reasonably these days.
"The Creation of the Humanoids" is a favorite of mine. I don't recall if I caught the cameo there or not. Neat nonetheless.
Eye Creatures was indeed Larry Buchanan. I haven't seen that one. Folks weren't too kind to it here in the comments, but I'd still like to give it a watch. I think the monsters look really spiffy.
Thanks for watching and for sharing all the memories, Gary. I do enjoy reading them.
@@AtomicSnackBar Super 8mm was presented in either silent or with sound. Depending on the movie, it only showed the key moments in the film. A really good example was Curse Of The Demon. A neighbor, who was as dedicated a horror fan as anyO knew when I was a kid, brought Curse Of The Demon over and we watched it on a Saturday afternoon. I was so terrified and impressed. Then, I saw it on television on a Saturday night. Only the film was a little longer than the Super 8mm version and it had sound. When VHS came out, I stumbled and found Curse Of The Demon for under $10.00 in the Good Times Entertainment home video label. But, later bought another under Columbia Pictures home video , which was the British version, which was better than the American version.
Super 8mm films were a great medium if you didn’t go to the movies, but if you had a good movie projector and a lot of Super 8mm films, a day or night at home with family and friends was a great time.
all this -- these -- AND Jim Henson's ads for Wilkins Coffee.
Only the finest violent muppet ads for the fine patrons of the Snack Bar.
I'm really digging your channel, and have been binge watching. I subbed too.
That's great. Thanks, Jimmy. Welcome to the Snack Bar.
A great way to see a flying saucer is to go to a diner, order coffee, then goose the waitress when she brings it. You might even see stars when the owner pays you a visit. In Married a Monster, Tom Tryon, who starred later became a novelist, and Gloria Talbot, (no relation to Larry), the female lead, also starred in Daughter of Dr. Jekyll.
Oh, that's interesting. Never thought of that. The waitresses are always the ones
goosing me. But when they realize I'm not Dean Martin in disguise, they just throw me out.
"flying saucer" and "stars" comments are Bah-dum-dum-tss! and they are 👍🏾
@@deboralee1623 Adam leaves some of the finest comments the Snack Bar has to offer.
@@AtomicSnackBar and you sir, have the finest channel in this genre, without exposing us to an affected effect-ed drive time AM DJ voice, like another content creator.😉
@@w.adammandelbaum1805 I thank you very kindly.
I will say though, it's odd that I've ended up with a movie based channel. I rarely actually watch movie content on YT. It's mostly TTRPGs, retrogaming, and toys for me. So I'm not sure who you are referring to.
Good video. These are all good movies. Everything that I have seen show that Charlie Gamora not only made the Martian but also wore it in War of the Worlds.
Yes, indeed. I've seen pictures of him putting on the costume, which is pretty neat. I've also read that he and his daughter were working on the costume until the very last moment the night before to get it ready.
The story goes, that it was made up of chicken wire, painted paper mache, and held together by spit. And that it was practically falling apart as they were filming. The story gets more exaggerated as the years go by.
@@tonysantiago255 I do wish a certain Mr. Bob Burns, who you may have heard of, had done his own commentary track for the film.
@@AtomicSnackBar Burns, Joe Dante and Bill Warren did a commentary track for the 2005 DVD release, which was reused on the Criterion Blu-ray of WOTW.
@@creech54 Yeah, that's what I was subtly referencing. It's a good commentary, and nothing against Joe Dante, but I think a Burns/Warren one would have been even better. And then let Dante do his own.
H.R. Puffenstuff was truly a horror show to me. Even the flute gave me nightmares.😜
I won't even ask you about The Banana Splits then.
Thanks for watching, Mybach.
I suspect you may be the right person to solve a mystery for me.
When I was about 3 years old, I had seen a movie that the only clear memory of is of some kind of giant maggot/caterpillar like creatures on some kind of naval ship. I have had trouble trying to figure out the name of that film nor seen it since. (+60 years running) As to your query, the dessert or that goofy dog. show? Haha😜
@@mybachhertzbaud3074 Sounds like "The Monster That Challenged the World," an all-time favorite movie monster of mine. Would that be the one?
@ with a recyclable hydraulic mechanism. 🎶Son's of Hercules...🎶
The description sounds like a real possibility. I'll see if I can find it. I only have one clear memory of the bugs crawling out of some metal tank on a ship. Thanks bunches.😁
you have the best videos
Thanks, Tracy. I appreciate you saying so.
Great video!!! Made me laugh!!!!
Then my work here is done. Thank you much, Paul.
Genial, buen vídeo , tremendos monstruos
Thanks, Felipe. I appreciate it.
Thanks, better than _Plan 9 from Outer Space._
You must be one of those Plan 8 from Outer Space people.
@@AtomicSnackBarLol! You're strange, but don't change.
@@jerryrichardson2799 Aye aye, Captain.
Very nice video.
Thanks, James. And thanks for checking it out.
Funtime!
Thank you much, Richard. I certainly try.
Exactly, this is a refuge from real world craziness.
@@jerryrichardson2799 I appreciate that. One of my mission statements.
1957 was glorious. That was the year I was born, to the joy of the entire world.
One of the best years for sci-fi in movie history as well as a great year for Kens.
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The AQUA music video "Cartoon Heroes" took inspiration for its cyclops
octopus there !
Coincidentally, I'm an Aqua fan. I have all of their albums as well as a remix album.
Thats was so cool.😀
Thank you kindly, Jose. And thanks for watching.
Supposedly, the alien antennas seen briefly inside the spaceship is from the movie KRONOS and was it's antennas !!
Can you or somebody else verify??
ATOMIC SNACK BAR FOREVER !! 😂😂😂
I haven't heard that, but it would make sense considering the connection between the two films. Hopefully someone in the comments can verify that. It'd be a great tidbit to know. And quite good for a future episode I have in the works.
Thanks, Joseph.
I just Dig the vibe your show gives off, man! Sparks my imagination somehow, like when I was a kid, in a Cool way. Like… I don’t know, maybe The Man From Uncle meets campy space creatures, with a scoop of fun sauce, or something along those lines. But, we don’t need to pin it down. Thanks again for the fun. You’ve got real character, my friend!
Oh yeah… that one movie they based Alien on, where the creature is in the lower part of the space ship working its way up, scared the crap out of me as a kid. Even if his tongue was his chin, I never knew.
Edit: Wow do I talk too much!
"The Man From Uncle meets campy space creatures, with a scoop of fun sauce," sums up the channel very well, good sir. Serve it up, hosted by the Dollar Store Dean Martin, and you have it. I appreciate the kind words.
And I can see how It! The Terror from Beyond Space would have been scary as a lad. In a similarish vein, I remember seeing the trailer for Carnival of Souls as a kid. Just that short little bit creeped me out so much I didn't watch the actual film until much later.
Thanks, Charles. Nice to hear from you again.
I'm very old now, approaching cynicism. I vaguely remember watching "It" when I was too young. Gave me nightmares. I remember avoiding rewatching it for years afterwards till it stopped being shown. Forgot about it.
Watching it now it no longer holds any fear for me; but I wonder why.
Why does a new movie instill that "suspension of disbelief" that allows you to feel that terror that only youth can feel? I have to say most modern movies fail to do so. Mostly because they don't try. They go more for the gore than the horror. Some do though. Mostly it's the "jump scare" type that gets me these days. The "paranormal activity" type. They haven't made a good monster, horror movie in a while though. The cgi stuff is bad and the makeup, material stuff needs better depiction. Too long in frame looks cheesy, too short in frame or too dark no effective enough.
Somebody out there get it right. It's been a while.
The Atomic Submarine is the only one of these I haven't seen yet. My family once borrowed a copy of Earth Vs The Flying Saucers on 8mm film from the library when I was a kid. It was cool to see even without sound. And YAY! the Saucer Men are number one!
Fortunately, the Atomic Submarine is right here on YT at the moment.
And wow, an 8mm from the library. That's neat. I never knew those were lent out like that. I have a real soft spot for the artwork for those 8mm films.
@@AtomicSnackBar I remember borrowing 8mm digests from the library. I used to get a lot of silents (especially the comedies), because they didn't show them on TV.
@@creech54 I've never seen one, even though I hold this fascination for the art. Were they subtitled in some way? Or just cut together in a way you could follow without sound? Not sure how they work.
@@AtomicSnackBar They have intertitle cards, which can be either dialog, or exposition. Being a sci-fi fan, you should, at least, check out "Metropolis". ua-cam.com/video/W_4no842TX8/v-deo.html
Maybe some classic horror, like "Phantom of the Opera", or "Nosferatu". If you like comedy, some classic Chaplin and Keaton. A whole new world of film awaits you!
@@creech54 Ahhh ok. I get what you mean. I meant I had never seen an 8mm film before. I have indeed seen Metropolis. Isn't 8mm a soundless format? I was curious how they went about films with sound.
It The Terror From Beyond Space had a comic book mini series and there's an action figure from Amok Time Toys that comes in brown, green and gray.
I've been meaning to pick up that figure(the grey version, of course) for years now. I just keep forgetting. It's a great looking figure.
I didn't know about the comic, though. When did that come out?
1992 by Millennium Publications and Amazon has some of the issues, IDK if it was put out in a collected TPB or not.
@@shanegross9976 That was an interesting time. The late 80s and early 90s seemed to bring about quite a few comics like that.
There was also a comic book prequel series for Earth VS The Flying Saucers which was called The Flying Saucers VS Earth and dealt with the aliens' journey here.
@@shanegross9976 That sounds awesome as well. Same company?
I was _going_ to say that this was an incredible list of classic alien creepy-crawlies, but then you had to go and put the brussel sprouts at #1 😢 What next, Invasion of the Celery Men?! 😭
But seriously, a well-crafted and well-presented video Rob 😁 And that PSA at the end about “How to Weld Peter Graves’ Chest for Fun & Profit” was interesting, I think that cyclopean host has potential 🤔 He’s no eyeball octopus, but still…
This is a healthy channel. All about clean living through classic sci-fi. Gotta get them veggies in there, even if it's brussel sprout men.
The PSA was indeed a good time. That Atomic Monster lad will go far, that is, as long as he can control that space melon addiction. And grow some tentacles, of course.
@@AtomicSnackBar Nothing healthier than Atomic Snacks, i reckon ⚛️😁
@ AtomicSnackBar - "Holy double entendres Batman! My virginal ears!" "Go to bed, Robin. Catwoman and I have grown up things to talk about."
I always liked the Metaluna Mutant from 'This Island Earth' ( 1955). One of the better `50s s sci fi movies. I was fortunate to see it at the Regency Theater, an 'art house' near Lincoln Center in NY. I saw it on a double feature with 'War of the Worlds'(1953). Great show, the theater was SRO.
Ohhh yeah. I'm a big fan of the Metaluna Mutant as well. I covered that one in the first part of the series. I've been wanting to pick up that new glow-in-the-dark Metaluna Mutant figure by Super7. That would look mighty fine on the sci-fi shelf.
The "scariest" of all the 1950's Aliens, was the one we only saw for 2 minutes ...total. Yet, still bears no name even to this Day! _"ID"_ monster of the _Forbidden Planet ~ 1956_
That is a very good one. And one I've wanted to cover too. Such a neat idea and design. But like you said, they show it so little, I wouldn't have enough footage to run during the segment.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
@@AtomicSnackBar ~ I think there are existing artist's conceptions from that time! Someone sure earned their pay. Likely a _cool_ $150.
@@rangerider4288 I hope it was a pretty decent paycheck, considering the massive budget for Robby.
@ AtomicSnackbar - here's another tribute to the classic 60s Jonny Quest; they reused ( and reanimated) the ID for one of their episodes. Tribute... stole. Comsee-comsah.
those are the Sontarans!
That's a Dr. Who alien, right?
@andyf4292 - It's the old joke: "What came first? The Sontaran or the Alien Invader from Earth vs. the Flying Saucers?