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Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)

Directed by Edward L. Cahn

Science Fiction | Crime | Horror

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Overview

Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them.  A police doctor’s investigation of the deaths leads to the discovery of an army of dead criminal musclemen restored to life, remotely controlled by a vengeful former crime boss and a former Nazi scientist, from the latter’s laboratory hidden in the suburbs.

Rated NR | Length 69 minutes

Actors

Richard Denning | S. John Launer | Michael Granger | Gregory Gaye | Angela Stevens | Linda Bennett | Charles Evans | Tris Coffin | Pierre Watkin | Harry Lauter | Larry J. Blake | Paul Hoffman | Nelson Leigh | Edward Coch | Lane Chandler | Don C. Harvey | Richard H. Cutting | Paul Bradley | Karl 'Killer' Davis | Terry Frost | Cap Somers | Tyler McVey | Eddie Foster | Bill Clark | Chuck Hicks | Dick Crockett | George Bruggeman | Charles Horvath | Boyd 'Red' Morgan | Michael Ross

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Viewing Notes

Cracked open the Cold War Creatures box set from Arrow Films. From the golden era of B-movie sci-fi films that often hinge on completely fantastic plots, much like the serials that pre-dated them.

Featuring Richard Denning, better known for his role in CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, released a year before this film; and a spectacularly saucy Angela Stevens as his wife. Given the time it was released, there’s some pretty racy sexual banter in this.

Other than the atom brain undead creatures, the best part of this is all the great dialogue spit out by Denning’s sidekick partner played by longtime character actor Michael Granger.

The packaging and artwork for this set is gorgeous too.

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