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need title to sci fi film

posted 8 years ago by eman654
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Got a Question. Can anybody identify the sci-fi movie (probably from the fifties) that involves the following scene? A pair of astronauts on another planet are trapped behind some rocks-- the only thing that is protecting them from the intense heat of the sun. Then they are approached by a slow-moving rock monster. They know they will be killed by it very soon, but also know the risks of exposing themselves to the direct sun rays. They choose a quicker death and leap from cover of the rocks-- only to be instantly incinerated. Anybody know what the name of this film is? I haven't seen it since I was a kid and I've been curious about it ever since. Thanks.

[–] rednaxela54 8 years ago

Sounds like The Monolith Monsters (1957)

[–] ironjade 8 years ago

It doesn't sound anything like The Monolith Monsters, which is entirely Earthbound and has no astronauts.

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[–] rocinante-421-313928 8 years ago

Sounds like Missile to the Moon (1958). Is this the scene you're talking about?

https://youtu.be/64agSGLeH3Y?t=4496

[–] brux (14724) 7 years ago

Wow, that was quick.

I lived in Houston, TX, as a kid and there were two
Sci-Fi/Horror shows on the weekend, "Weird" and
"Late Weird".

On I think it was "Late Weird" there was a movie I
got to stay up and watch one time where a rocket
with a bent nose was stranded on the moon. On
the moon was a giant ape, no kidding, like King
Kong ... but it was so stupid, but also scary to a
little kid.

I've never forgotten that, but I also never remembered
the name of it, or maybe it was a big hallucination?
You would not know the name of that movie would you?

I remember the ape reaching into a passage of the ship
like King Kong trying to get Faye Wray in the Empire
State Building. What a laugh.

I'll bet it was a very old movie that was so bad no one
thought to convert it from nitrate to modern film? I don't
know, but I'd like to find out what that movie was and maybe
see part of it again to be sure it was a dumb as I recall.

[–] eman654 8 years ago

That was it! Thanks. I hadn't seen it in probably 50 years, and a lot of the details were different from how I remembered it (to be expected)but that was definitely the movie I was looking for. Thanks again for your help.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

How did the Academy Awards miss that one?

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