1. 1950’s Horror Films

2. Bell Work Fill in the blank of the movie title with your best guess:
The Day the ________ Stood ___________
Invasion of the ______ _______________
Creature from the _______ _________

3. The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as they are a danger to other planets.

4. The Day the Earth Stood Still
First big budget sci-fi film by a major motion picture company.
20th Century Fox
Klaatu (alien)
Gort (robot)

5. Gort
Genetically
Organized
Robotic
Technology
8 feet tall

6. Trailer

7. Remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
Keanu Reeves
Gort is now 28 feet tall
Moves location from
DC to NYC

8. Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954
“Gill Man”

9. Creature from the Black Lagoon
A scientific expedition traveling the mighty Amazon River encounters a prehistoric humanoid / “Gill Man” in the mysterious Black Lagoon. Expedition members capture the amphibious fish creature, but it soon escapes – only to return to kidnap the lovely Kay – with whom the creature has apparent affection for.

10. Two Sequels The Revenge of the Creature (1955)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

11. The Creature from the Black Lagoon: Live Show at Universal Studios

12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates

13. Dr. Miles Bennell learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. After returning to his small-town practice, Dr. Bennell believes that several of his patients are suffering a paranoid delusion that their friends and relatives are impostors. Although skeptical, he is eventually persuaded that something odd is happening and determines to find out what is causing the phenomenon.

14. Invasion on the Body Snatchers
19 days to film
Total cost: $300,000
Only $15,000 on special effects

15. Remakes of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
Wv5M

16. The Invasion 2007 Another remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Nicole Kidman
Daniel Craig

17. The Blob
1958
Steve McQueen

18. An alien life-form lands on Earth and consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. Looking like a blob of jelly, The Blob spreads from town to town and just keeps getting bigger.

19. The Blob Mixture of silicone and red dye Blob Fest
3 day in July; Phoneixville, PA

21. BEWARE! THE BLOB Sequel to The Blob 1972 Also known as: SON OF BLOB
A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers

22. The Fly
1958
Vincent Price

23. A top scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device. Unknowingly, a fly was in the device during his experiments and the scientist is transformed into a half human / half fly creature!

24. Return of the Fly 1959 Vincent Price
15 years after the events of "The Fly," Andre's son does some transportation experimentation of his own

25. The Fly Remake 1986 Jeff Goldblum

26. Create Your Own Horror Film
What will the hero be like? (personality traits)
Who will play the hero?
Who will play the hero’s sidekick?
What will the alien/monster/ghost be like?
Can this be played by a real person? If so, who?
If not, what will the computer generated image look like?
What will the setting/location be?
What will be the general plot line?