Top 13 must-see new classic sci fi movies from classic sci fi movies, including ranked and rated by release date, new classic sci fi movie releases first
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Plot / Synopsis: After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
Tagline: Spine Chilling Terror...
Directors: Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis Stars: Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Mervyn Johns
Plot / Synopsis: A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.
Tagline: HE STRIPPED SOULS AS BARE AS BODIES!...
Director: Roger Corman Stars: Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt, Don Rickles
Plot / Synopsis: An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.
Tagline: Within the Coffin Lies a Man...Yet ALIVE!...
Director: Roger Corman Stars: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel, Alan Napier
Plot / Synopsis: Aliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him.
Tagline: The bride wore terror!...
Director: Gene Fowler Jr. Stars: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Robert Ivers, Chuck Wassil
Plot / Synopsis: A remote mountain resort in Switzerland is invaded by horrible alien creatures that like to decapitate humans. The beings are also in telepathic communication with people and inhabit a mysterious, radioactive cloud at the base of the Trollenberg mountain.
Tagline: WARNING: If you've ever been hypnotized, do not come alone!...
Director: Quentin Lawrence Stars: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro, Warren Mitchell
Plot / Synopsis: A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
Tagline: If she looked upon the horror her husband had become... she would scream for the rest of her life!...
Director: Kurt Neumann Stars: David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman
Plot / Synopsis: When Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
Tagline: Almost beyond the imagination . . . A strange adventure into the unknown ! [UK Theatrical]...
Director: Jack Arnold Stars: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, Raymond Bailey
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Plot / Synopsis: A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Tagline: The original Black & White classic...
Director: Don Siegel Stars: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones
Plot / Synopsis: The electronic engineer Dr. Cal Meacham is a prominent scientist that is studying industrial application of nuclear energy and also a great pilot. One day, he receives a different condenser and soon his assistant Joe Wilson receives a manual instruction and several components of a sophisticated machine. Carl and Joe build a communication apparatus and a man called Exeter...
Director: Joseph M. Newman Stars: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson
Plot / Synopsis: A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert, and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strange.
Tagline: Terror In 3-D... Reaching From The Screen To Seize You In Its Grasp!...
Director: Jack Arnold Stars: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson