Atomic Age Sci-Fi Madness – Edward L. Cahn Double-Header!!
Egyptian Theatre
Sunday, June 8 – 7:30 PM
Atomic Age Sci-Fi Madness – Edward L. Cahn Double-Header!!
IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE, 1958, MGM/UA, 69 min. Director Edward L. Cahn was one of the legendary, underrated masters of the grade-Z movie, wringing suspense, well-orchestrated action and authentic cheap thrills from drive-in staple material. IT! is no exception, and is his most famous contribution to genre film history. A reptilian Martian vampire stows away on a rocketship bound for Earth, and the crew has to use every trick in the book to kill it before it kills them. This chilling nailbiter is the film most often credited as inspiring ALIEN. With Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith.
CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN, 1955, Columbia, 70 min. Once again, matinee master Edward L. Cahn crafts a delightfully whacked-out sci-fi monster mash. A ruthless gangster forces a misguided scientist into using his atomic zombies to murder his double-crossing enemies. Richard Denning is the police forensics doctor hot on the trail of the radioactive creatures.
