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George Barrows and Claudia Barrett - Robot Monster (1953)

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In failure, may we find dignity. In loss, may we find wisdom. In pain, may we find growth. May our souls rise. Ever rise.

Phil Tucker

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On October 19, 1996, Robot Monster was screened on Svengoolie.

Here's some new art inspired by the z-movie classic!

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Robot Monster (1953)

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Robot Monster will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 25 via Bayview Entertainment. Celebrating its 70th anniversary, the movie is presented in frame sequential Blu-ray 3D, anaglyphic 3D, and standard 2D.

Also known as Monsters from Mars and Monsters from the Moon, the 1953 sci-fi horror film is directed by Phil Tucker and written by Wyott Ordung. George Nader, Claudia Barrett, and George Barrows star.

Robot Monster has been newly restored in 4K from 35mm 3D archival elements by the 3-D Film Archive. Special features - some of which are presented in 3D - are listed below, where you can also watch the new trailer.

Versions of the film:

Frame sequential Blu-ray 3D

Anaglyphic 3D (with a pair of glasses included)

Standard 2D

3D special features:

Stardust in Your Eyes - Robot Monster's original prologue starring Trustin "Slick Slavin" Howard

Interview with actor Greg Moffett

Travels Through Time & Space - Vintage slide presentation curated by stereoscopic anthropologist Hillary Hess

Adventures in 3D - 1953 3D comic book

Restoration demo

Vintage shorts

Trailers

2D special features:

Audio commentary by Greg Moffett, Mike Ballew, Eric Kurland, and Lawrence Kaufman.

Saving Slick - Featurette on actor Trustin "Slick Slavin" Howard

Mistakes & Innovations - 3-D Film Archive’s Bob Furmanek describes the original day-for-night footage and Robot Monster’s innovative use of “double film”

Rescuing Ro-Man - Featurette on how the discovery of 35mm prints saved the only complete 3D footage

Memorabilia gallery

Trailers from Hell - Trailer commentary by filmmaker Joe Dante

Bela Lugosi on “You Asked For It” - 1953 live TV appearance

A cosmic catastrophe has wiped out humanity, and now the last six survivors must outwit that strangely iconic alien menace, Ro-Man (George Barrows). Taking orders from the pitiless Great Guidance, Ro-Man wavers in his pursuit of human annihilation when he falls in love with a girl (Claudia Barrett). Can dashing young Roy (George Nader) save her?

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“Scorpio awoke from death in a tomb of hammered copper.”

Aaaaa!!!! That is a hell of a first sentence!

I already know I am going to love this novel! (Start of latest fantasy series by Phil Tucker, author of one of my favorite and criminally underrated fantasy series Chronicles of the Blfk Gate.)

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Los Angeles exteriors as seen in Phil Tucker’s incongruously titled Broadway Jungle (1955)