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1950s Horror Mutant creatures and Alien invaders
The History It was the 1950’s that saw the first introduction of science fiction horror pictures The earliest sci-fi horror was in 1951 ‘The thing from another world’ After WW2 people wanted more entertainment than the usual human faces attached to evil This is where Abbott and Costello became popular creating ‘Mutant Madness’
Industry Most of these films where low-budget black and white B-movies which would precede the main "colour" feature Black and white was quickly being replaced in the movie industry Many B-movies still managed to achieve huge cult status in later years.
Genre Changes  In the 1950s films changed to a more sci-fi genre with such films as ‘war of the worlds’ and ‘The day the earth stood still’. However there was still a market for monsters from Earth such as ‘Dracula’  ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’  and ‘ Hound of the Baskerville’
1950’s Horror

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1950s horror

  • 1. 1950s Horror Mutant creatures and Alien invaders
  • 2. The History It was the 1950’s that saw the first introduction of science fiction horror pictures The earliest sci-fi horror was in 1951 ‘The thing from another world’ After WW2 people wanted more entertainment than the usual human faces attached to evil This is where Abbott and Costello became popular creating ‘Mutant Madness’
  • 3. Industry Most of these films where low-budget black and white B-movies which would precede the main "colour" feature Black and white was quickly being replaced in the movie industry Many B-movies still managed to achieve huge cult status in later years.
  • 4. Genre Changes In the 1950s films changed to a more sci-fi genre with such films as ‘war of the worlds’ and ‘The day the earth stood still’. However there was still a market for monsters from Earth such as ‘Dracula’ ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ and ‘ Hound of the Baskerville’