I'm looking to build the ultimate 50s sci fi DVD collection.

Here's what I have so far:

Forbidden Planet (1956)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Missile to the Moon (1958)
Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Flight to Mars (1951)
The Blob (1958)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

I'm not looking to get the real crappy ones like anything made by Ed Wood but titles like "This Island Earth (1955)" are fine. The fact that they may have been the subject of MST3K isn't a automatic disqualifyer.

What do I still need?

Obviously titles must be available on DVD.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Tingler (1959)
On The Beach (1959) Not "Cheesy" but definently 50's sci fi

Flash Gordon.

The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Edit: Ok, not in the 50's, but cool movie

Quoted: Flash Gordon.

He said 50's.

If the movie The Lost Missile ever gets to DVD or VHS, get it!  The movie is surprisingly good.

Quoted: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) The Tingler (1959) On The Beach (1959) Not "Cheesy" but definently 50's sci fi

Already had "On The Beach."

Other titles noted.

Quoted: Quoted: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) The Tingler (1959) On The Beach (1959) Not "Cheesy" but definently 50's sci fi Already had "On The Beach." Other titles noted.

Not too sure about the quality of "The Tingler" but I know I saw it over 30 years ago and I still remember being creeped by it.  If you can fudge on your decade "The Man With The X-Ray Eyes" (1963)  would fill the bill

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Conquest of Space - 1954
Destination Moon - 1950
The War of the Worlds - 1953
When Worlds Collide - 1951
20 Million Miles To Earth - 1957
It Came From Beneath The Sea - 1955

Quoted: Quoted: Flash Gordon. He said 50's. If the movie The Lost Missile ever gets to DVD or VHS, get it!  The movie is surprisingly good.

Flash Gordon was a tv show in the 1950's

Not much help, but I recall a movie that had a small town with a sudden heat wave, an odd whistleing noise, and roasted citizens.  Turned out to be some hi-temp radioactive creepy-crawlies that were done in by the rain.  Anyone know the title?

Not a 50's movie, but good:  The Monolith Monsters.  Anybody have that one on DVD?

Manos: The Hands of Fate

"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is probably the best movie you're missing.

As for the worst movie you're missing....even if you don't want anything Ed Wood, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" is so bad that it's really pretty funny. I don't think any comprehensive 50's Outer Space movie collection is quite complete without it. Just have one "baddest of the bad" amongst the good(ish).

+1 on When Worlds Collide- excellent movie.

How about:
Them!
Tarantula
Monolith Monsters

ETA: SteyrAUG, can you point me to some of the good British horror movies from the late sixties/early seventies?

"THEM" (1954)

Giant ants attack ....James Whitmore & James Arness (Marshall Dillon) have to save the world
Cameo roles by Mr. Spock and Davy Crockett too

Forgot Them!

Some well known actors in it to.

Quoted: Not much help, but I recall a movie that had a small town with a sudden heat wave, an odd whistleing noise, and roasted citizens.  Turned out to be some hi-temp radioactive creepy-crawlies that were done in by the rain.  Anyone know the title? Not a 50's movie, but good:  The Monolith Monsters.  Anybody have that one on DVD?

I know the movie you are talking about, I think the people were on an island and they were british. Some kind of hot slimy creatures roaming about.

The Crawling Eye (1958)  cheesy but enjoyable

Gwen

I still enjoy the classic "B" sci fi

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Flash Gordon. He said 50's. If the movie The Lost Missile ever gets to DVD or VHS, get it!  The movie is surprisingly good. Flash Gordon was a tv show in the 1950's

Hmmmmmmm.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
He wuz right.  

And if you need a good laugh Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) pokes fun at the genre.

Beginning of the End (1957)

Forgot The Fly and The Return of the Fly. 58-59

"Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" (1958)

"Killers from Space" (1954) ...Peter Graves

The Queen of Outer Space!

OK, I don't know if it's on DVD.

Roger Corman's 1957 sci-fi thriller, Not of This Earth. Don't know if it is on DVD though.

Colossus: The Forbin Project (60's) but needed .

And of course this one :



And the Impossible to find  " The Incredible Shrinking Man "

Quoted: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) The Tingler (1959) On The Beach (1959) Not "Cheesy" but definently 50's sci fi

A favorite of mine, and I wasn't born till the 80s...  The 90s remake isn;t too good though.

Quoted: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Have it. More of a horror flick.

Quoted: Not much help, but I recall a movie that had a small town with a sudden heat wave, an odd whistleing noise, and roasted citizens.  Turned out to be some hi-temp radioactive creepy-crawlies that were done in by the rain.  Anyone know the title? Not a 50's movie, but good:  The Monolith Monsters. Anybody have that one on DVD?

Not available on DVD.

Quoted: +1 on When Worlds Collide- excellent movie. How about: Them! Tarantula Monolith Monsters ETA: SteyrAUG, can you point me to some of the good British horror movies from the late sixties/early seventies?

Tarantula and Monolith Monsters aren't available on DVD.

As far as British Horror flicks...Hammer Studios.

Quoted: "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" (1958) "Killers from Space" (1954) ...Peter Graves

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman isn't available on DVD.

Quoted: The Queen of Outer Space! OK, I don't know if it's on DVD.

Nope.

Quoted: Roger Corman's 1957 sci-fi thriller, Not of This Earth. Don't know if it is on DVD though.

Nope.

Quoted: Colossus: The Forbin Project (60's) but needed . And of course this one : photos.ar15.com/ImageGallery/Attachments/DownloadAttach.asp?iImageUnq=44476 And the Impossible to find  " The Incredible Shrinking Man "

Not on DVD but I have a VHS rip.

Steyr, somewhere out there is a Scifi collection that you can get that has like 50 or so movies on 12 DVDS. I keep seeing the comercial on TV for it. I'll see if I can find it

you can find it here


hope this helps

Titles Include:
The Incredible Petrified World starring John Carradine
Queen of the Amazons starring Patricia Morison
Robot Monster starring George Nader
She Gods of Shark Reef starring Bill Cord
The Amazing Transparent Man starring Maguerite Chapman
The Atomic Brain starring Bradford Dillman
Horrors of Spider Island starring Harald Maresch
The Wasp Woman starring Susan Cabot
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet starring Basil Rathbone
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women starring Mamie Van Doren
King of Kong Island starring Brad Harris
Bride of the Gorilla starring Raymond Burr
Attack of the Monsters starring Christopher Murphy
Gamera the Invincible starring Brain Donlevy
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians starring Pia Zadora
Teenagers From Outer Space starring David Love
Crash of the Moons starring Richard Crane
Menace From Outer Space starring Richard Crane
Hercules Against the Moonmen starring Alan Steel
Hercules and the Captive Women starring Reg Park
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon starring Peter Lupus
Hercules Unchained starring Steve Reeves
Lost Jungle starring Clyde Beatty
Mesa of Lost Women starring Jackie Coogan
Assignment: Outer Space starring Rick Van Nutter
Laser Mission starring Brandon Lee
Killers From Space starring Peter Graves
Phantom From Space starring Ted Cooper
White Pongo starring Richard Fraser
The Snow Creature starring Paul Langton
Son of Hercules: The Land of Darkness starring Dan Vadis
Devil of the Desert vs. Son of Hercules starring Kirk Morris
First Spaceship on Venus starring Yoko Tani
Zontar, The Thing From Venus starring John Agar
The Astral Factor starring Robert Foxworth
The Galaxy Invader starring Richard Dyszel
Battle of the Worlds starring Claude Rains
Unknown World starring Bruce Kellogg
Blood Tide starring James Earl Jones
The Brain Machine starring James Best
The Wild Women of Wongo starring Jean Hawkshaw
Prehistoric Women starring Laurette Luez
They Came From Beyond Space starring Robert Hutton
Warning From Space starring Toyomi Karita
The Phantom Planet starring Dean Fredericks
Planet Outlaws starring Buster Crabbe
Colossus and the Amazon Queen starring Rod Taylor
Eegah starring Arch Hall, Jr.
Cosmos: War of the Planets starring John Richardson
Destroy All Planets starring Carl Craig

Quoted: Quoted: The Queen of Outer Space! OK, I don't know if it's on DVD. Nope.

shucks

Quoted: The Queen of Outer Space! OK, I don't know if it's on DVD.

It's on DVR at Retroflicks.com as well as some others.

The monolith Monsters is on DVR at ebay but still waiting on the "official" version

The Monster That Conquered The World is on DVD.

The Brain Eaters.

Terror In The Year Zero.........on DVD.

This whole "available on DVD" thing is a real deal breaker for me too. But, for what it's worth, the DVR's that I have bought play just as well on both my computer and regular DVD player. Frankly, you might have to wait forever for some of these to come out on DVD.

Matanga(Attack Of The Mushroom People) is now out on DVD. Attack of the Saucer Men is still DVR only as is Equinox, Lets Scare Jessica To Death, and Creature With The Atom Brain".

Seriously......I'd give Retroflicks, and DVR a try. It might save considerable time, and considerable rewritting of the original by studios(find me a truly original star wars if you can.....nuff said).

The beginning of the end sucks!!!!!

The Deadly Mantis (1957) - a must!

Another vote for “This Island Earth”!!

Disney’s “20,000 Leagues Underneath the Sea” (which admittedly isn’t cheesy).

“It! The Terror from Beyond Space” is a cheapie, but was the inspiration for the later – and vastly better - “Aliens”.  Doubt it’s on DVD though.

I admit I’ve never gotten a chance to see it, but there’s a British movie called “The Creeping Unknown” (or “The Quatermass Xperiment”) that’s supposedly pretty good.

I guess you could also include “Godzilla” if you wanted.  

Interesting page Here:

Did it miss any?

Good and flicks are mentioned there.

Quoted: "THEM" (1954) Giant ants attack ....James Whitmore & James Arness (Marshall Dillon) have to save the world Cameo roles by Mr. Spock and Davy Crockett too

The blonde in the navy uniform talking to Mr Spock is someone famous as well, I just can't place her.

For that matter, get all the ones with giant radioactive bugs.  Esp the one with the giant praying mantis.

It's a very "50's" movie, but unfortunately it was released in 1962; "The Day of the Triffids"

The one that comes to my mind is

"Day of the Triffods"   that one creeped me out when I was kid.

Quoted: Colossus: The Forbin Project (60's) but needed . And of course this one : photos.ar15.com/ImageGallery/Attachments/DownloadAttach.asp?iImageUnq=44476 And the Impossible to find  " The Incredible Shrinking Man "

I like the MST3K version

Godzilla(1954)

Quoted: Plan 9 from Outer Space....

Damn... I was gonna mention that one.

Quoted: This whole "available on DVD" thing is a real deal breaker for me too. But, for what it's worth, the DVR's that I have bought play just as well on both my computer and regular DVD player. Frankly, you might have to wait forever for some of these to come out on DVD. Matanga(Attack Of The Mushroom People) is now out on DVD. Attack of the Saucer Men is still DVR only as is Equinox, Lets Scare Jessica To Death, and Creature With The Atom Brain". Seriously......I'd give Retroflicks, and DVR a try. It might save considerable time, and considerable rewritting of the original by studios(find me a truly original star wars if you can.....nuff said).

I have a LOT of titles on DVR including "Attack of the Saucer Men", I'm just looking to get the official DVD collection going, especially with all the Wade Williams titles out there. I'm looking to get my 50s sci fi up to about 100 titles or so. Not only that but official relases with bonus features are gold. The criterion collection release of "The Blob" has lots of decent bonus features.

Quoted: Another vote for “This Island Earth”!! Disney’s “20,000 Leagues Underneath the Sea” (which admittedly isn’t cheesy). “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” is a cheapie, but was the inspiration for the later – and vastly better - “Aliens”.  Doubt it’s on DVD though. I admit I’ve never gotten a chance to see it, but there’s a British movie called “The Creeping Unknown” (or “The Quatermass Xperiment”) that’s supposedly pretty good. I guess you could also include “Godzilla” if you wanted.

Have Godzilla and the related sequels and other titles like Rodan.