Author Archive: Retro

The Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents. A camp classic!

Eve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explorer.

When the American clipper ship “The Queen” is attacked by pirates off the Hebrides in 1830, Mate Kirk Hamilton is injured and must be put ashore at Queensland Colony, Australia, for treatment and recuperation. There, he meets and falls in love with Elaine Jeffries, daughter of the magistrate and all-but-fiancée to rancher Martin Shannon. She also finds herself attracted to Kirk, and a rivalry develops between the two men. Meantime the pirates, led by Captain Hackett, decide to raid the colony and, in the process kidnap Elaine and her friend, Nancy. Kirk and Shannon lead the pursuit, having not only the romantic triangle to resolve but the pirates to overcome and, along the way, being stranded on a volcanic island inhabited by dinosaurs…

Global war breaks out which lasts for decades, plunging civilization into the dark ages and breaking up mankind into small barbaric villages. Portrays the bombing of a London-like metropolis years before the actual London Blitz! Produced by Alexander Korda. Dir. William Cameron Menzies

Strategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government security head Henderson suspects it’s an “atomic ray” originating from the moon! He assigns Commando Cody, scientist and man of action with a secret flying suit, to investigate. Soon, Cody is battling Earth thugs in the pay of Krog the moon man and making trips in his experimental rocket to the moon itself, in a perilous and all but singlehanded effort to thwart the planned invasion of Earth. Movie Serial.

The tale of two astronauts who return to Earth from an expedition on Mars carrying some deadly bacterial eggs.

A doctor who has spent his career working on ways to revive the dead sees his chance to prove his theory by performing his procedures on a recently deceased dog.

After an atmospheric disturbance depletes the earth of oxygen for a short period, three scuba divers — one woman, two men — discover they are the only people left alive. Written by Robert Towne. Dir. Roger Corman

“Cosmos” is an Italian production full of hideous dubbing, hilarious dialog, and day-glo colors. For fans of bad sci-fi.