Paul Blaisdell
Visual effects · 1927 – 1983 · Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Paul Blaisdell was an American painter, sculptor and visual effects creator, best remembered for his work in science fiction and horror B movies of the 1950s.
Movies9
Movie4.9Science FictionThrillerAn alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife try to intervene.
It Conquered the World
1956 · 55 votes
Movie5.0HorrorScience FictionAfter a nuclear attack, an unlikely group of survivors, including a geologist, a crook and his moll, and a prospector, find temporary shelter in the remote-valley home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter, but soon have to deal with the spread of radioactivity - and its effects on animal life, including humans.
Day the World Ended
1955 · 74 votes
Movie4.5ComedyHorrorA group of drag-racing fanatics, members of a Los Angeles club, move into an old deserted mansion and set up shop, making it their headquarters. They hold a Halloween masked ball for the club's grand opening, and invite everyone to come dressed as their favorite monster! Oddly enough, the festivities turn sour when one of the bright youths discovers an impostor among them in the form of an honest-to-gosh live monster who's been hogging all the dances with the best-looking girls
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow
1959 · 24 votes
Movie4.9Science FictionComedyAliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957 · 48 votes
Movie4.1Science FictionHorrorA mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
The She-Creature
1956 · 36 votes
Movie4.7Science FictionHorrorDeep in the jungles a mad scientist is using the natives' voodoo for his experiments to create an indestructible being to serve his will. When a party of gold seekers stumbles upon his village, the scientist realizes that Marilyn the expedition's evil leader is the perfect subject for his work.
Voodoo Woman
1957 · 21 votes
Movie4.5HorrorFantasyTwo psychics place a prostitute under hypnosis in order to learn about her past-life experiences. When they unwittingly send her back in time, she finds herself in the Middle Ages, suspected of being a witch and on the verge of being executed.
The Undead
1957 · 50 votes
Movie6.3ActionDramaGirl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.
Dragstrip Girl
1957 · 3 votes
Movie5.7DramaA troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised motorcycle club. Friction erupts between him and the new leader about this goody-goody setup, and about the charms of gang moll Terry.
Motorcycle Gang
1957 · 6 votes