The Angry Red Planet (1959) by #IbMelchior
w/#GeraldMohr #NoraHayden

A survivor from a Martian expedition struggles to remember what happened up there.

“Sights beyond belief!”

“In magnificent color”

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The Angry Red Planet (1959) Is another one of those 1950s sci-if movies that feels like a forerunner of modern sci-if horror like Alien (1979). I’ve looked at a few of them in recent months: It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) is one example. The Angry Red Planet Is probably not quite as directly influential, but it’s about a mission to another planet (Mars) that goes awry and unleashes a horror upon the crew. Continue reading →