# Favorite Sci-Fi film of 1956? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100 "2007-10-01T01:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/1 "2007-10-01T01:43:07Z")
Inspired by the DVD I’m watching tonight: “_X The Unknown_”. Fun flick, but my choice is _“Earth Vs The Flying Saucers”_. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/2 "2007-10-01T01:44:33Z")
**Invasion of the Body Snatchers** ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/3 "2007-10-01T02:04:33Z")
**Forbidden Planet** ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/4 "2007-10-01T02:10:30Z")
_It Conquered the World_, by Roger Corman. It didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/5 "2007-10-01T02:51:17Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] Fun flick, but my choice is _“Earth Vs The Flying Saucers”_. [/QUOTE] aka Invasion of the Flying Saucers, which explains why I always get that one mixed up with **Invasion of the Saucer Men** , with Frank Gorshin. Saucer Men was sorta schizo. If I remember right, the aliens injected something that either made you silly drunk, or it killed you – maybe both. It was funny and then people started dying. Or did they just pass out and people thought they were dead? I need to watch that one again. It’s hard to choose between Body Snatchers and Forbidden Planet. Both of them gave me nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/6 "2007-10-01T02:53:46Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] \*\*Invasion of the Saucer Men[/b [/QUOTE] ‘And we thought they were mad at the car!’ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/7 "2007-10-01T03:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] aka Invasion of the Flying Saucers, which explains why I always get that one mixed up with **Invasion of the Saucer Men** , with Frank Gorshin. Saucer Men was sorta schizo. If I remember right, the aliens injected something that either made you silly drunk, or it killed you – maybe both. It was funny and then people started dying. Or did they just pass out and people thought they were dead? I need to watch that one again. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen it in 3D! I’d put it as above average for 50’s SciFi low budget films. I’ve got to pick the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I think it holds up best of all of the 1956 crop. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/8 "2007-10-01T03:14:07Z")
Another vote for \* The Forbidden Planet,\* the original Star Trek pilot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/9 "2007-10-01T03:18:33Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] _It Conquered the World_, by Roger Corman. [/QUOTE] I learned too late that man is a feeling creature… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/10 "2007-10-01T03:38:46Z")
I’m gonna go with **Invasion of the Body Snatchers**. But let’s not forget our British friends. How about a shout-out for [The Quatermass Experiment (a/k/a The Creeping Unknown)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0049646/), released in the US in '56. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/11 "2007-10-01T07:30:05Z")
Cool. I was born in '56. Next birthday I’m going to have to watch these. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/12 "2007-10-01T09:42:51Z")
I was going to say _Sincerely Yours_ starring Liberace as a piano-playing playboy, but was disappointed to learn that was released in '55. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/13 "2007-10-01T11:03:51Z")
That would be the 1956 classic [Amazon Women on the Moon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_women_on_the_moon). I haven’t managed to see it all the way through yet without interruption, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/14 "2007-10-01T11:47:53Z")
**Bill Door** got it – **Forbidden Planet** is not only my favorite SF flick of 1956, but on alternate days it’s my favorite science fiction film of all time. On the other days it’s **2001**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/15 "2007-10-01T11:56:03Z")
Well, if we’re making a list, let’s not forget [Godzilla](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0197521/), fer cryin’ out loud. And then there’s the classic B-movie (wait, is that possible?) [The Mole People](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0049516/). (Or don’t science-fictiony monster movies count?) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/16 "2007-10-01T12:00:16Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] It’s hard to choose between Body Snatchers and Forbidden Planet. Both of them gave me nightmares. [/QUOTE] Hard choice to make, real world paranoia or unreal world psychosis? Edit; Now I see Godzilla is up there too, hard choices! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/17 "2007-10-01T12:11:09Z")
Found another one, which I haven’t seen, but which gets a pretty good rating (6.2) at IMDb: [X: The Unknown](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0049967/). > [@](#): > > Radioactive mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village during the 1950’s. Hmm. Anyone seen this one? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/18 "2007-10-01T12:16:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Found another one, which I haven’t seen, but which gets a pretty good rating (6.2) at IMDb: X: The Unknown. > Quote: > Radioactive mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village during the 1950’s. > Hmm. Anyone seen this one? You mean besides the OP? I’ve seen it plenty of times. I wasted my younger years consuming mass quyantities of sf and horror films on TV. Interesting film, but not particularly notable. One of many “blob” films on the fifties and sixties. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/19 "2007-10-01T12:25:05Z")
Day of the Triffids The Midwich Cuckoos/Village of the Damned ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100/20 "2007-10-01T12:29:01Z")
Lot of good ones, to for me _Forbidden Planet_ blows the rest out of the water. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sci-fi-film-of-1956/421100.md?page=2)