Some completely missed the mark
A man, victim of radiation, turns into a lizard-like creature every time he's exposed to sunlight.
A professor comes into contact with the blood of a prehistoric fish and turns into, you guessed it, a monster.
A woman realizes her husband was swapped by an alien.
AKA 'Beautiful Women and the Hydrogen Man,' this film is about a a slimy green monster.
Being a teenager is not easy, especially when you're turned into a monster by Professor Frankenstein and start killing people. Talk about teenage angst!
It's not hard to guess what these parasites do, right?
A doll shop owner shrinks people with a machine he designed. Maybe this movie was used as inspiration for 1989's 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'?
When aliens invade a small town, a group of teenagers come together to fight them off.
When astronauts land on the 13th moon of Jupiter, they discover that a man and his 15 daughters are being terrorized by a monster.
A group of archaeologists discover an ancient civilization of subterranean creatures in Mesopotamia.
We don't know about the other plans, but Plan 9 seems to be pretty malefic to us. Aliens resurrect the dead on Earth as zombies and vampires, all to try and stop humans from making a sun-powered bomb.
An ex-Nazi mad scientist uses radio-controlled zombies to help an exiled mobster regain power. Sounds like a great plot, right?
An atomic bomb awakens a prehistoric monster who terrorizes a city. Sound familiar?
This is essentially a movie about giant mutant ants. Radiation was a hot topic in the '50s!
A group of astronauts discover an ancient civilization living in a cave on the moon. They happen to be a group of women who like to drink, eat, and steal spaceships.
A spaceship falls in the Arizona desert, and the locals start to act weird. This was the first 3D film released by Universal.
A TV set possessed by a being from the future takes control of the life of a college professor.
A deep oil drill disturbs a race of mole people who live underground, so they come to the surface to take a look around. A scared, angry mob tries to destroy them, but luckily Superman intervenes.
A mad scientist breeds giant spiders so that he can extract their poison and inject women with it. Why? To create super spider-women, of course!
The movie is about a giant lizard that causes havoc in rural Texas.
A scientist's girlfriend turns into a 30-foot-tall giantess after being exposed to radiation.
A killer Jell-O from outer space? Sure. Starring Steve McQueen? Say no more, where do we press play?
Crabs can really be terrifying creatures. Especially if they are exposed to radiation and mutate into giant monsters with an appetite for human brains!
Okay, this movie is not from the '50s, but it deserves an honorable mention. A doctor keeps the head of his decapitated girlfriend alive and experiments with transplant techniques.
Sources: (The Hollywood Reporter)
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Giant starfish monsters from outer space? Sure, we'll definitely watch that! This Japanese movie is also known as 'Warning from Space' and 'Unknown Satellite Over Tokyo.'
The 1950s were a very interesting decade in Hollywood. The Cold War was in full swing and so was the fear of atomic energy, radiation, and, of course, communism! Many low-budget movies exploited the science fiction and horror genres in the most hilarious ways. With sensationalist titles, aimed to shock audiences, these B movies have some of the most hilarious names in the history of cinema. Beware of mutant creatures, aliens, and mad scientists!
Browse through the following gallery and discover the most hilarious B movie titles from the 1950s.
Hilarious B movie titles from the 1950s
Funny, cringey, and totally sensationalist!
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The 1950s were a very interesting decade in Hollywood. The Cold War was in full swing and so was the fear of atomic energy, radiation, and, of course, communism! Many low-budget movies exploited the science fiction and horror genres in the most hilarious ways. With sensationalist titles, aimed to shock audiences, these B movies have some of the most hilarious names in the history of cinema. Beware of mutant creatures, aliens, and mad scientists!
Browse through the following gallery and discover the most hilarious B movie titles from the 1950s.