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Happy Halloween! For this last week of favorite mid-century scary movies, I have links to six of the seven movies I have listed. First up is "The Monster That Challenged the World" (1957) which can be viewed on DailyMotion here. An earthquake in California releases prehistoric giant molluscs with a taste for humans and the ability to reproduce quickly in California's waterways. Can the US navy stop them in time? Find out by watching the film!
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Next up we have "Mysterious Island" (1961) which can be watched here on DailyMotion. Four prisoners being held in a Confederate army prison escape in a balloon along with a Confederate soldier who tries to stop them. A violent storm blows them off course and causes them to crash on an unknown island. Here they struggle to survive while attempting to figure out a way to leave the island, which is full of unusual oversized creatures and a menacing volcano. Will they survive long enough to escape the Mysterious Island? Watch the movie if you want to find out!
The third film, which you can watch on YouTube (above), is "The Quatermass Xperiment" (1955), AKA "The Creeping Unknown" in the United States. A manned rocket designed by Professor Bernard Quatermass crash lands to Earth, and only one of the three astronauts on board survives. As he recovers in a hospital, the astronaut begins to undergo horrendous changes and escapes. Quatermass must track the man down and find a way to stop him before he spreads an alien organism that will destroy the world. Will Quatermass succeed? See the film to find out!
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A giant bug movie is next for your viewing pleasure (I could not find a free video showing for Them! (1954), the second giant bug movie on my list for this week). The link for Tarantula (1955) on Vimeo is available here. Leo G. Carroll stars as a research scientist whose experiments go horribly awry, creating an enormous tarantula that threatens a small Arizona town. Can the local doctor and the scientist's newest research assistant (played by John Agar and Mara Corday, respectively) find a way to stop the horrendous beast? Once again, you can only find out if you watch the film!
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Last but not least for this week is "The Uninvited" (1944), which is my favorite classic ghost movie. The only video link I could find is in two parts on DailyMotion - see Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Brother and sister Roderick (Ray Milland) and Pamela (Ruth Hussey) Fitzgerald accidentally stumble upon and fall in love with an unoccupied seaside abode called Windward House, and are able to purchase it from the owner, Commander Beech (Donald Crisp) for an unusually low price. They soon find out that there is a reason the house was such a bargain, and delve into the mystery of the house which involves the Commander's deceased daughter Mary, his granddaughter Stella (Gail Russell), and his daughter's best friend, the superbly sinister Miss Holloway (Cornelia Otis Skinner). With the help of the local doctor (Alan Napier) they eventually find out why the house is haunted, but not without several perilous moments for young Stella. Throw in a cute little dog, a motherly housekeeper with a fluffy cat, and a few comedic moments from Milland's character, and you have the most perfect cozy creepy ghost story to watch on All Hallow's Eve!
So there you have it - six links to free online videos perfect for scary Halloween viewing! Have fun watching one or more or even all of them today if you so desire, or do whatever it is that makes you happy on this spooky holiday (just pace yourself with the Halloween candy 😜). 👻🎃💀🐍👽
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