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1963

Noble
Hi guys, just found out something that I really ought to have known before, ... and that is that today the second of July is apparently "World UFO Day" . :Tongue: .. [I know... I know! ... but just for a bit of fun , it can't hurt anyone can it?] ... and to mark this 'prestigious' occasion , the good folk over at the Independent News Site decided to tell us all what the best ten old syfy alien-encounter-b-movies were. ... and here's their list ....

World UFO Day 2020: Top 10 alien encounter B-movies from the golden age of schlock sci-fi

.... pretty good selection of old classics there, but I can't help thinking that to have the top 10 was a bit of a slip-up, because I can think of a few that are not mentioned on their list ... eg... Where the heck is "Forbidden Planet" on that list? ... [for my money easily in the top two] ... there's more that I could mention but then it's true that 'one man's poison .... and all that' , so please tell us of the films that you personally wouldn't have left off that list! ... :Thumbsdown:

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Cheers.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Hello 1963, great thread, I was peeking at the list on the link you provided and number five is a movie which coincidentally last night I watched the 1982 remake by John Carpenter, 'The Thing from another World' or The Thing as its called in not one but two remakes...I enjoyed all three actually with John Carpenter's version inching out as the best of the three lol...

1951 original:



1982 remake:



and the 2011 remake:

 

1963

Noble
Hello 1963, great thread, I was peeking at the list on the link you provided and number five is a movie which coincidentally last night I watched the 1982 remake by John Carpenter, 'The Thing from another World' or The Thing as its called in not one but two remakes...I enjoyed all three actually with John Carpenter's version inching out as the best of the three lol...

1951 original:



1982 remake:



and the 2011 remake:


Totally agree with that Nivek . :Thumbsup: ... The John Carpenter version just manages ... via what at the time was 'cutting-edge-special-effects' and genuine tension to edge above the 1951 classic 'James Arness' version. The third one that was most recent in 2011 and was supposed to be 'a follow-up-prequel' wasn't original enough to be considered anything other than simply a cash-in-movie. The Kurt Russell movie is so memorable for it's many darkly-shocking but yet comic scenes... such as when Norris' chest parts and bites Doc. Cooper's arms off! lol ... in fact the only thing missing from that version was 'Douglas Spencer's' brilliant quick-witted smart-cracking media reporting guy.
Brilliant films both of the first two, and not in the same league but still watchable for the third.

Cheers Buddy.
 

Sheltie

Fratty and out of touch.


Village of the Damned, George Sanders. Need I say more?
 

1963

Noble


Village of the Damned, George Sanders. Need I say more?

Yes that's a great old 60's thriller Sheltie. :Thumbsup: ... I was actually thinking of posting this one in the 'Childhood Thrills In Movies' thread the other day, but didn't because I thought it to be a bit of a little obscure British movie and probably not that popular over the pond! ... Glad to see that I was wrong mate ... and tell me, are you 'my brilliant-colonial-cousins' also familiar with 'The Hammer Horror Films' of the 50's 60's and 70's? ...
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Cheers Buddy.
 

Sheltie

Fratty and out of touch.
Sorry, I'm personally not familiar with any of the Hammer Horror Films. I just looked them up online... an interesting selection, indeed!

A somewhat obscure British movie I absolutely loved when I was little was Five Million Years to Earth. It appears that may have been the title used for the US release, however, and the original title was apparently Quartermass and the Pit.

 

1963

Noble
Sorry, I'm personally not familiar with any of the Hammer Horror Films. I just looked them up online... an interesting selection, indeed!

A somewhat obscure British movie I absolutely loved when I was little was Five Million Years to Earth. It appears that may have been the title used for the US release, however, and the original title was apparently Quartermass and the Pit.


Hi Sheltie, thanks for the response my friend. ... And it's funny that the film that you selected just happens to be high up on my all time top twenty syfy movies to grow up with, and have invariably listed it as so on every such survey-list on a number of suitable movie sites around the web.
I first watched this 'masterpiece' when I was pretty young and thought it both brilliant and a terrifying prospect! lol.
Yes indeed in my opinion it is a true classic of british cinema which has along with the pure brilliance of Nigel Kneale's imgination... the perfectly crafted suspense and ideal casting that is required for it to become one. ... and though I was too young to have experienced the original TV serial that this was based on, I have since watched it on several occasions and consider that to be at least as much a true classic also and would recommend anyone that any fan of the film-version to give it a whirl. :Thumbsup:

Cheers Buddy.
 
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