And this week's Friday night movie has been... The Fiend Without a Face!
It may be a tradition to watch some horror movies during October but that doesn't mean there isn't any room for some schlock.
Last week I made mention that Night of the Living Dead invented the modern horror movie. Well, it would appear that this was the type of thing it was moving away from.
This movie is pretty much a product of it's time (the 1950s): Alien invaders, distrust of science, wonky special effects, fears of the atomic age, Cold War paranoia and glorification of the military.
Such aspects may be laughable now (particularly the special effects) but I give this movie credit: It's got quite a bloody climax that I didn't think movies of that time were capable of.
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