For Universal this was an epiphany: people wanted monsters again, and if Universal could give it to them in 3D, they would have a winner on their hands. Two: RKO re-released King Kong (1933, review), and swept the floor with all major studios. One: Arch Oboler released the first 3D movie, Bwana Devilwith enormous success. Paramount was one of the standard-bearers for the genre with George Pal’s expensive colour epics, but Universal, a ”minor major studio” didn’t have the muscle to compete with such movies. Twentieth Century-Fox made the big-budget splash The Day the Earth Stood Still ( review) in 1951, but then stayed away from sci-fi.
#Revenge of the creature how to
Initially the big studios weren’t quite sure how to handle this new age of space explorations, flying saucers and visitors from other planets. Science fiction had exploded onto the scene in the early fifties, but by 1953 the vast majority of the sci-fi films were being churned out as cheap exploitation fare by Poverty Row studios or as independent productions.
#Revenge of the creature movie
Booth William Alland William Beaudine William Cameron Menzies William Schallert Willis O'Brien Wyatt OrdungĪfter the classic monster movie franchise collapsed in the mid-forties, Universal studios had sort of been floundering a bit without a line of movies they could make for a fairly short buck, and would be sure to draw a big juvenile audience and make for great advertising. Goodkind Sci-fi Science Fiction Sergei Stolyarov Superman The Abominable Snowman Thea von Harbou The Invisible Man The Mysterious Island Thomas Edison Thomas Russell Sullivan Tomoyuki Tanaka Vincent Price W. Cooper Michael Curtiz Milicent Patrick Morris Ankrum Nick Grinde Philip Wylie Ray Bradbury Richard Carlson Richard Denning Robert Florey Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Sheckley Robert Stevenson Robur the Conqueror Roger Corman Sam Katzman Sam Newfield Samuel Hoffman Saul A. Fulton Jules Verne Karel Capek Karl Hartl Karl Struss Kenneth Strickfaden Kenneth Tobey Kurt Siodmak Leith Stevens Mary Shelley Merian C. Ernest Williamson Jack Arnold Jack Pierce Jack Rabin Jaime Salvador James Whale Jane Gail John Carradine John L. Harry Thomas Haruo Nakajima Henry Kuttner Herbert L. Schoedsack Faith Domergue Farciot Edouart Film First Men in the Moon Frankenstein Frank Lloyd Franklyn Farnum Fritz Lang George Pal Georges Méliès George Worthing Yates Godfrey Grayson H.G. Kornbluth Donovan's Brain Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Edward Dmytryk Eiji Tsuburaya Erle C. King Buster Crabbe Charles Gemora Cyril M. Reeves Easton Bela Lugosi Boris Karloff Brigitte Helm Bud Westmore Burton L. Most used tags 20 000 Leagues Under the Seas Alexei Tolstoy Anthony Hinds Arch Oboler Arthur C.
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