- 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.
Plot summary
Deported American gangster Frank Buchanan (Michael Granger) forces ex-Nazi scientist Wilhelm Steigg (Gregory Gaye) 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 name.
External links
- Creature with the Atom Brain Review at Atomic Monsters.com
- Creature with the Atom Brain at IMDb Internet Movie Database.
Selected filmography of director Edward L. Cahn 1930s/1940s Homicide Squad (1931) · Law and Order (1932) · Laughter in Hell (1933) · Death Drives Through (1935) · The Omaha Trail (1942, uncredited) · Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)1950s Destination Murder (1950) · Two-Dollar Bettor (1951) · Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) · Girls in Prison (1956) · The She Creature (1956) · Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956) · Flesh and the Spur (1957) · Voodoo Woman (1957) · Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) · Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) · Jet Attack (1958) · Suicide Battalion (1958) · Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) · It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) · Hong Kong Confidential (1958) · Guns, Girls, and Gangsters (1959) · Invisible Invaders (1959) · Pier 5, Havana (1959) · The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)1960s Categories:- 1955 films
- American films
- Black-and-white films
- 1950s science fiction films
- 1950s horror films
- Films directed by Edward Cahn
- Screenplays by Curt Siodmak
- Pre-1960 horror film stubs
- 1950s film stubs
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