Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by AudioHead on February 15, 2000 at 08:38:10:

There were approximately 124 studio releases of sci-fi films in the 1950s;
considering there were 120 months in that decade, there would have been
slightly more than one film a month released on average for ten straight
years - a highly prolific period no doubt! Sure, many were dogs, but a
number of those were so bad as to be good in a laughable, campy sort of
way. And consider this: 22 films at the IMDb site were rated between 6.0/10
& 6.9/10, while 37 were rated between 5.0/10 & 5.9/10, for a total of 59
films; add these to the 9 films rated 7.0/10 & above, that's 68 fair to
excellent films. That's just over one decent sci-fi flick to watch on
average every two months during the entire decade - not bad!

Here are the IMDb Top 10 & Bottom 10 Sci-Fi Film Lists with unweighted
ratings & # of votes for each film - The Top 10: (1)Invasion of the Body Snatchers-
7.9/10(819v); (2)The Day The Earth Stood Still-7.8/10(2739v);(3)Forbidden
Planet-7.5/10(2230v);(4)The Incredible Shrinking Man-7.4/10(262v); The
H-Man-7.4/10(17v);(5)The Thing From Another World-7.3/10(647v);(6)The War
of the Worlds-7.2/10(640v); 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea-7.2/10(532v);
(7)Them!-7.1/10(404v);(8)On The Threshold Of Space-6.9/10(8v);(9)The Fly-
6.8/10(427v); The 5000 Fingers of Dr T-6.8/10(197v); Godzilla,King of the
Monsters-6.8/10(73v); The Monster Varan-6.8/10(5v); (10)Journey To The
Center Of The Earth-6.7/10(337v); When Worlds Collide-6.7/10(195v).

The Bottom 10: (1)Fire Maidens From Outer Space-1.7/10(81v);(2)Robot
Monster-2.0/10(180v); Terror From The Year 5000-2.0/10(83v);(3)The Unearthly-2.1/10(50v);(4)Teenagers From Outer Space-2.5/10(97v);(5)Attack
Of The Giant Leeches-2.6/10(88v); War Of The Colossal Beast-2.6/10(48v);
Night Of The Blood Beast-2.6/10(27v);(6)The Killer Shrews-2.9/10(83v);
The Giant Gila Monster-2.9/10(81v); Earth Vs The Spider-2.9/10(65v); (7)
Queen Of Outer Space-3.0/10(78v); The Giant Claw-3.0/10(55v); (8)The Brain
From Planet Arous-3.3/10(48v); (9)Plan 9 From Outer Space-3.4/10(2233v);
The Indestructible Man-3.4/10(37v); (10)The Mole People-3.5/10(108v);
The Beginning Of The End-3.5/10(77v). - AH