Creature with the Atom Brain (1955 film)
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Creature with the Atom Brain was a 1955 B-movie
zombie
film from Clover Productions, directed by Edward L. Cahn from a screenplay by Curt Siodmak
and distributed by Columbia Pictures
as the bottom half of a double bill with It Came from Beneath the Sea
. The cast included Michael Granger, Gregory Gaye as well as Richard Denning
, who starred in a number of similar 1950s "B" movies.
) to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation in order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.
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B movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
film from Clover Productions, directed by Edward L. Cahn from a screenplay by Curt Siodmak
Curt Siodmak
Curt Siodmak was a novelist and screenwriter. He made a name for himself in Hollywood with horror and science fiction films, most notably The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain...
and distributed by Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
as the bottom half of a double bill with It Came from Beneath the Sea
It Came from Beneath the Sea
It Came from Beneath the Sea is an American science fiction film produced by Sam Katzman and Charles Schneer for Columbia Pictures, from a script by George Worthing Yates designed to showcase the special model-animated effects of Ray Harryhausen. It was directed by Robert Gordon and stars Kenneth...
. The cast included Michael Granger, Gregory Gaye as well as Richard Denning
Richard Denning
Richard Denning , was an American actor who starred in such movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon and An Affair to Remember , and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in My Favorite Husband , the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy, for which Denning was replaced by Ball's...
, who starred in a number of similar 1950s "B" movies.
Plot summary
Deported American gangster Frank Buchanan (Michael Granger) forces ex-Nazi scientist Wilhelm Steigg (Gregory GayeGregory Gaye
Gregory Gaye was a Russian-American actor. The son of an actor, he was born Gregory De Gay in Petrograd, now known as St. Petersburg....
) to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation in order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.
Legacy
Creature with the Atom Brain inspired the same-named rock band, as well as the Roky Erickson & The Aliens' song of the same nameRoky Erickson
Roky Erickson is an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Texas. He was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre.-Biography:...
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External links
- Creature with the Atom Brain Review at Atomic Monsters.com
- Creature with the Atom Brain at IMDb Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
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