Greatest 22 Sci-Fi Movies Picks from 1957

After Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him. See more about The Incredible Shrinking Man / IMDB / YouTube

While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended. Get info on The Curse of Frankenstein / IMDB / YouTube

The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic. See more about 20 Million Miles to Earth / IMDB / YouTube

A mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wreaking havoc - at supersonic speeds. Details on Rodan / IMDB / YouTube

Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up. Find out about Quatermass 2 / IMDB / YouTube

Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. Find out about The Giant Claw / IMDB / YouTube

Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community. Check out The Monolith Monsters / IMDB / YouTube

A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south. More about The Deadly Mantis / IMDB / YouTube

Scientists become trapped on a shrinking island with intelligent, murderous giant crabs. Read about Attack of the Crab Monsters / IMDB / YouTube

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City. Details on The Black Scorpion / IMDB / YouTube

When a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters enter the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace. See more about The Monster That Challenged the World / IMDB / YouTube

A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf. Get info on I Was a Teenage Werewolf / IMDB / YouTube

Enterprising journalist Audrey Ames (Peggie Castle) is determined to get the scoop on enormous grasshoppers that were accidentally created at the Illinois State experimental farm, and she endeavors to save Chicago despite a military cover-up. More about Beginning of the End / IMDB / YouTube

An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to Earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There, he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war. Read about Not of This Earth / IMDB / YouTube

Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace. Check out Invasion of the Saucer Men / IMDB / YouTube

Aliens from another world send a huge robotic accumulator to invade the Earth and absorb all energy it comes in contact with. Explore Kronos / IMDB / YouTube

Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world. Explore The Land Unknown / IMDB / YouTube

A wrongfully accused South Seas prince is executed, and returns as a walking tree stump. Info on From Hell It Came / IMDB / YouTube

An evil alien brain from the planet Arous hijacks the body of an Earth scientist in order to control the Earth. Explore The Brain from Planet Arous / IMDB / YouTube

Aliens take five people, give them small capsules which can kill mankind without additional damage, with the understanding they will colonize Earth only if they use the weapons. Read about The 27th Day / IMDB / YouTube

Mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls, with disastrous results. Details on The Unearthly / IMDB / YouTube

A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite. Explore The Invisible Boy / IMDB / YouTube