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The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Good Hammer Peter Cushing thriller
It's low-key, but typical of the fine horror movies Hammer put out in the 50s and 60s. Black-and-white is perfect for the atmosphere. I'm always glad to see a movie with terror working in your mind rather than splattered all over the screen. Note: Letterboxing for this film is a must, because many interactions between characters are positioned all the way left and right in the Hammerscope (2:35) aspect ratio: pan-and-scan couldn't keep up! The VHS copy was a crisp print with mono optical sound as good as you could ask for.
This isn't an action film by any means, but the story keeps it moving just enough. I'm so glad that letterboxing has taken off to showcase a good wider-screen horror classic like this.
Target Earth (1954)
Scary concept, typical dialogue.
The beginning of this movie could have been a Twilight Zone episode. The dialogue is similar to what you hear in War of the Worlds; you might say it's a typical post-WW2 outer-space movie. There's not much violence, but the suspense from "What's going on here?" to "Run for your life!" as the robot gains on the hapless couple makes good early-50's sci-fi the way it should be.