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1950s SF and Horror films on DVD
A work in progress.

This list began as a thread on Mobius Home Video Forum in which I innocently posted a list of my collection of 50s SF and horror films on DVD, and asked if there were any lists online which would help me determine which titles I was missing. No one knew of such a list, but everyone knew some titles I was missing, and a number of people also posted lists of 50s SF/Horror titles which are not yet on DVD. I decided to share the collected data here.

As of March 3, 2005, this list has only just been posted, and is incomplete. Harryhausen, George Pal, and miscellaneous other in-print titles are known to be missing, and will be added shortly. Titles yet to be issued on DVD are being added as we think of them.


Legend

BLACK TEXT = Titles available on DVD.
GREEN TEXT = Titles not yet issued on DVD.
GREY TEXT = Titles issued on DVD by "public domain" or "grey market" labels such as Alpha or Madacy, which are generally unlicensed and of greatly inferior quality.

Status -- DVD denotes a title which is in print; OOP a title which is thoguht to be out of print. OOP titles are often still available at stores and online retailers; as studios will declare a title OOP without regard for whether warehouse stock has been depleted or not.


Notes

Years covered "The 50s" is, to me, more an aesthetic than a strict calendar standard; the list will include titles from 1949 to 1960.
Hammer Films, Japanese and European fantasy/SF films on DVD have been well documented elsewhere online. I'm constraining this list to American studio and independent films, plus a few errant non-Hammer British films.
Regions -- For the moment, all DVDs on the list can be assumed R1 or R0; DVDs from other regions (The Arkoff Collection is R2, for example) will be included shortly.


Contributors

The list was built from titles suggested by Dave Aulph, John Black, David Scott Butner, Steve Guariento, Chas Lindsay, Jay MacIntyre, Robert Richardson, Nikos D Vassiliou, and Matt Wyatt. Thanks, everyone!


TITLE YEAR Company Catalog Status Comments






123 TITLES
4D MAN 1959 Image ID6599WEDVD DVD
12 TO THE MOON 1960 --- --- ---
13 GHOSTS 1960 Columbia / Tristar 06550 DVD
THE 27TH DAY 1957 --- --- ---
1984 1956 --- --- ---
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA 1954 Disney 27327 DVD
20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH 1957 Columbia / Tristar 07737 DVD






A TITLES
THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE 1959 20th Century Fox 2222054 DVD
THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN 1957 --- --- ---
THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN 1960 Roan
DVD Double feature DVD with
THE INDESTRUCTABLE MAN
THE ANGRY RED PLANET 1959 MGM 1002638 DVD
ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER 1958 Image ID8698CODVD DVD
THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE 1959 Image --- OOP
ATOMIC WAR BRIDE 1960 Image / Something Weird ID1178SWDVD DVD
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN 1955 --- --- ---
ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS 1957 --- --- ---
ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES 1959 Elite ELTDV3848 DVD Double feature DVD with
THE SCREAMING SKULL
ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE 1958 MGM 1001541 OOP Single movie version.
ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE 1958 MGM 1006969 DVD Double feature DVD with
VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS






B TITLES
THE BAT 1959 Anchor Bay DV11196 DVD
THE BAT 1959 Alpha ALP3296D DVD
THE BAT 1959 Roan
DVD Double feature DVD with
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS 1953 Warners 27534 DVD
BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE 1959 Alpha ALP4061D DVD
BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE 1959 Madacy DVD99214 DVD Double feature DVD with
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE
BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE 1959 Synapse SFD0011 DVD
THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN 1956 --- --- ---
THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES 1956 --- --- ---
BEGINNING OF THE END 1957 Image ID1201PQDVD DVD
BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER 1960 --- --- ---
THE BLACK SCORPION 1957 Warners 27518 DVD
THE BLOB 1958 Criterion CC1560D DVD
THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS 1957 Image ID8694CODVD DVD
BRIDE OF THE GORILLA 1951 Alpha ALP4108D DVD
BRIDE OF THE GORILLA 1951 Image ID1799CODVD DVD
BRIDE OF THE MONSTER 1956 Image ID8600CODVD DVD
A BUCKET OF BLOOD 1959 Alpha ALP4033D DVD
A BUCKET OF BLOOD 1959 Madacy DVD99212 DVD Double feature DVD with
THE GIANT GILA MONSTER
A BUCKET OF BLOOD 1959 MGM 1000978 DVD






C TITLES
THE CAPE CANAVERAL MONSTERS 1960 --- --- ---
CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON 1953 Image ID8603CODVD DVD
THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK 1958 --- --- ---
CONQUEST OF SPACE 1955 Paramount 05407 DVD
THE COSMIC MAN 1959 Image ID8702CODVD DVD
THE CRAWLING EYE 1958 Catcom 02266 OOP Double feature DVD with
THE KILLER SHREWS
THE CRAWLING EYE 1958 Image ID8701CODVD DVD
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
LEGACY COLLECTION		 Various Universal 25455 DVD
CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA 1959 Alpha ALP4009D DVD
CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN 1955 --- --- ---






D TITLES
DAUGHTER OF DR. JEKYLL 1957 All Day ADED9648 DVD
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951 20th Century Fox 2005005 DVD
THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED --- --- --- ---
DEMENTIA 1953 Kino K185 DVD
DESTINATION MOON 1950 Image ID8754CODVD DVD
DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS 1954 Image ID8589CODVD DVD
DINOSAURUS! 1960 Image ID6605WEDVD DVD
DONOVAN'S BRAIN 1953 MGM 1002048 DVD






E TITLES
EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS 1956 Columbia / Tristar 07865 DVD
EARTH VS THE SPIDER 1958 --- --- ---






F TITLES
FIEND WITHOUT A FACE
Criterion
DVD
FIRST MAN INTO SPACE 1959 --- --- ---
FIVE 1951 --- --- ---
THE FLAME BARRIER 1958 --- --- ---
FLIGHT TO MARS


DVD
FIRE MAIDENS FROM OUTER SPACE 1956 --- --- ---
THE FLY / RETURN OF THE FLY 1958 / 1959

DVD
THE FLYING SAUCER 1950 Image ID8711CODVD DVD
FORBIDDEN PLANET
MGM
DVD
FRANKENSTEIN 1970 1958 --- --- ---
FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER 1958

DVD
FROM HELL IT CAME 1957 --- --- ---
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON 1958 --- --- ---






G TITLES
THE GAMMA PEOPLE 1956 --- --- ---
GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW 1959

DVD
THE GIANT CLAW 1957 --- --- ---
GIANT FROM THE UNKNOWN 1958

DVD
THE GIANT CLAW --- --- --- ---
GIANT GILA MONSTER 1959 Image ID9765CODVD DVD
GIANT GILA MONSTER 1959 Alpha ALP4076D DVD
GIANT GILA MONSTER 1959 Elite EE3749 DVD Drive-In Discs #2
Double feature DVD
with THE WASP WOMAN
GOG 1954 --- --- ---






H TITLES
HIDEOUS SUN DEMON 1959 Image ID8586CODVD DVD
HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM 1959 VCI D8301D DVD
HOUSE OF WAX 1953 Warners 11054 DVD Double feature DVD with
MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL 1959

DVD
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL 1959 Roan
DVD Double feature DVD
with THE BAT
HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER
--- --- ---






I TITLES
I BURY THE LIVING 1957 Alpha ALP4257D DVD
I BURY THE LIVING 1957 Elite EE3850 DVD Drive-In Discs #3
Double feature DVD
with THE HAND
I BURY THE LIVING 1957 Madacy
DVD Double feature DVD
with THE KILLER SHREWS
I BURY THE LIVING 1957 MGM 1002642 DVD
I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE 1958 Paramount 058024 DVD
I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN
--- --- ---
I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF
--- --- ---
INCREDIBLE PETRIFIED WORLD 1960 Alpha ALP4115D DVD
INCREDIBLE PETRIFIED WORLD 1960 Image / Something Weird ID183SWDVD DVD Triple Feature DVD with
THE ATOMIC BRAIN and
LOVE AFTER DEATH
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN --- --- --- ---
INDESTRUCTABLE MAN 1956 Roan
DVD Double feature DVD with
THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN
INVADERS FROM MARS 1953 Image ID1362COSDVD DVD
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1956 Republic A052018 DVD Note: Not grey market,
but the transfer is awful.
INVASION OF THE SAUCERMEN
--- --- ---
INVASION USA 1952 Synapse SFD0018 DVD
THE INVISIBLE BOY 1957 --- --- ---
INVISIBLE INVADERS 1959

DVD Double feature DVD with
JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET
IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA 1955 Columbia / Tristar 10018 DVD
IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE


DVD
IT CONQUERED THE WORLD




IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE 1958

DVD






J TITLES
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 1959

DVD






K TITLES
THE KILLER SHREWS 1958 Alpha ALP4027D DVD
THE KILLER SHREWS 1958 Catcom 02266 OOP Double feature DVD with
THE CRAWLING EYE
THE KILLER SHREWS 1957 Madacy DVD99210 DVD Double feature DVD
with I BURY THE LIVING
KILLERS FROM SPACE
Alpha ALP4059D DVD
KRONOS 1957 Image ID8602CODVD DVD






L TITLES
THE LOST CONTINENT
Image ID9215CODVD DVD






M TITLES
THE MAGNETIC MONSTER
--- --- ---
MAN BEAST
Rhino
DVD
THE MAN FROM PLANET X 1958 MGM 1001546 OOP?
THE MAN WHO TURNED TO STONE 1957 --- --- ---
THE MAN WITHOUT A BODY 1957 --- --- --- 1
THE MAZE 1953 --- --- ---
MESA OF LOST WOMEN 1953

DVD
MISSILE TO THE MOON 1959 Image ID8687CODVD DVD
MISSILE MONSTERS 1958 --- --- ---
THE MOLE PEOPLE 1956 --- --- ---
THE MONOLITH MONSTERS
--- --- ---
MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL 1958 Image ID8689CODVD DVD
MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR 1954 Rhino
DVD
MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCAS
--- --- ---
MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS --- --- --- ---
THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD 1957

DVD
MONSTERS CRASH THE PAJAMA PARTY 2001

DVD Compilation of
spook show reels
from various decades.






N TITLES
THE NEANDERTHAL MAN




NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST
Retromedia
DVD
NIGHT OF THE DEMON / CURSE OF THE DEMON
Columbia
DVD
THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED 1957 --- --- ---
NOT OF THIS EARTH 1957 --- --- ---






O TITLES
ON THE BEACH
MGM
DVD






P TITLES
PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES
Retromedia RMED 007 DVD
PHANTOM FROM SPACE 1953 Alpha ALP4045D DVD
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
Image
DVD
PORT SINISTER 1953 --- --- ---
PREHISTORIC WOMEN 1950 Alpha ALP4104D DVD
PROJECT MOONBASE 1953 Image ID8688CODVD DVD






Q TITLES
QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE 1958 --- --- ---






R TITLES
RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON 1952

DVD
RED PLANET MARS 1952 --- --- ---
RIDERS TO THE STARS 1954 --- --- ---
ROBOT MONSTER 1953 Image ID8703CODVD DVD
THE ROCKET MAN 1954 --- --- ---
ROCKETSHIP X-M 1950

DVD






S TITLES
SATELLITE IN THE SKY 1956 --- --- ---
THE SCREAMING SKULL 1958 Alpha ALP4095D DVD
THE SCREAMING SKULL 1958 Elite ELTDV3848 DVD Double feature DVD with
ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES
THE SCREAMING SKULL 1958 MADACY DVD9219 DVD Double feature DVD with
WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN
THE SHE-CREATURE 1956 --- --- ---
SHE DEMONS 1958

DVD
THE SNOW CREATURE 1954 Alpha ALP4080D DVD
THE SPACE CHILDREN 1958 --- --- ---
SPACE MASTER X-7 1958 --- --- ---
STRANGER FROM VENUS 1954

DVD






T TITLES
TARANTULA
--- --- ---
TARGET EARTH


DVD
TEENAGE MONSTER 1958 Image
DVD
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE 1959

DVD
TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000 1958 --- --- ---
TERROR IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN
INVASION OF THE ANIMAL PEOPLE		 1958
1962

DVD
THEM


DVD
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD


DVD
THE TIME MACHINE 1960 Paramount 65231 DVD
THE TINGLER 1959

DVD
THIS ISLAND EARTH 1955 Image ID4268USDVD OOP
TWO LOST WORLDS 1950 Image ID5377FWDVD DVD






V TITLES
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED 1960 Warners 66918 DVD Double feature DVD with
CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED
VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET 1960 --- --- ---






W TITLES
WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST 1958 --- --- DVD
WAR OF THE SATELLITES
--- --- ---
WAR OF THE WORLDS 1953 Paramount 053037 DVD
THE WASP WOMAN 1959 Elite EE3749 DVD Drive-In Discs #2

Double feature disc
with GIANT GILA MONSTER
THE WEREWOLF 1956 --- --- DVD
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE 1951 Paramount 051064 DVD
THE WOMANEATER 1957 Image
DVD
THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL 1959 --- --- DVD
WORLD WITHOUT END 1956 --- --- ---