Zombie Movies of the 1950s

Zombie films are about the dead walking, and what the living do about it. Atomic-age monsters and Hammer's first color gothics drove a new wave of horror. Standouts from the 1950s include Plan 9 from Outer Space, Scared Stiff and Creature with the Atom Brain.

1. 

   Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

   Rated 4.2 on TMDB

   In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried.

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2. 

   Scared Stiff (1953)

   Rated 6.5 on TMDB

   A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island.

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3. 

   Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)

   Rated 5.1 on TMDB

   Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them.

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4. 

   Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

   Rated 5.5 on TMDB

   A fortune hunter leads a search for diamonds guarded by undead sailors off the coast of Africa.

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5. 

   Revenge of the Dead (1959)

   Rated 4.4 on TMDB

   Reports of strange activities out by the Old Willow's place signal new adventures for Kelton the Cop & Co. An apparent mystic, Dr. Acula is engaging in rituals designed to raise the dead.

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6. 

   Womaneater (1958)

   Rated 4.6 on TMDB

   A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.

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7. 

   Invisible Invaders (1959)

   Rated 5.0 on TMDB

   Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thousand years, undetected due to their invisibility, and have now decided to annihilate humanity…

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8. 

   Voodoo Island (1957)

   Rated 4.5 on TMDB

   A wealthy industrialist hires the renowned hoax-buster Phillip Knight to prove that an island he plans to develop isn't voodoo cursed.

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9. 

   Teenage Zombies (1959)

   Rated 3.6 on TMDB

   A boating trip to an uncharted island becomes a fight for survival when two men happen upon a mad scientist, her brainwashed minions and a murderous gorilla.

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