Looking for title of Sci-Fi movie (shot "now", but 50s' style)

[spinnerlys]

Hello.

I just came upon (in my head) some article I read some time ago (up to five years ago) about a current sci-fi movie, that was made in the style of the sci-fi movies of the 50s, including typeface, effects, costumes and more, but in colour.

Does anyone know, what I am talking about?

TIA, or as they often say, shite isn't censored here (the other board I go to, which censors "fuck" and even "shit", did let "shite" through, but now they censored it too; stupid PG 13 ship, blabla).

 

[JD]

It's more of a parody, but there was Alien Trespass, with Erik McCormack, Robert Patrick and Jenni Baird back in 2009. I watched it a few months back, and I loved it.

 

[OmahaStar]

Are you sure it's in color? Christopher R. Mihm is a writer/director from Minneapolis who has been doing 50s style B movies for the last several years. His sixth movie, Attack of the Moon Zombies will be premiering in less than a week.

You might be thinking of his first movie, The Monster of Phantom Lake.

Try the link in my sig ... On that site, he's got trailers for all 6 movies. See if one of them rings a bell.

 

[The Lensman]

The only one I can think of is "The Lost Skeleton Returns Again"...though only the second half of the movie is in color. But it's a riff on old movies in the vein of it's predecessor "The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavera", "Dark And Stormy Night" and the "Tales From The Pub" series (on youTube).

Trailer for "The Lost Skeleton Returns Again":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrcsE72Lnk&feature=related

There is one movie that hasn't been released on DVD yet, "The Trail Of The Screaming Forehead", though I believe it's available on a movie streaming site.

Trailer for "Trail Of The Screaming Forehead":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJIWeiuSge8

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

How about Mars Attacks!

 

[Tiberius]

Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow!

 

[The Lensman]

Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow!

DOH!! The only thing that came to my mind were parodies not homages. Good call! I wonder if that's the one?

 

[RJDiogenes]

I have a number of retro-style homages in my collection, but I can't think of anything in color. I definitely recommend the Christopher Mihm and Larry Blamire (Lost Skeleton et cetera) movies listed above, though.

Well, Amazon Women From The Moon was in color, but that was made back in the 80s.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Might be Sky Captain - it was in color, though greatly manipulated.

 

[Christopher]

The description definitely sounds like Alien Trespass to me. And it's not a parody. It's an homage that's played straight and strives for authenticity, up to a point. I reviewed it on this site a while back. Excerpts:

What it succeeds in being is a smart modern homage to the storytelling style of '50s sci-fi B movies. The story has the cheesiness of the films of the period, but is played sincerely enough that it works; since the actors are playing it straight rather than winking at the audience, you can buy into it as well as you could with any real movie from that period....

What it doesn't succeed in being, however, is what it initially claims to be in the optional introduction and the opening newsreel segment: a plausible simulation of an "actual" 1957 movie that was never released. There is no way in which this could've been a '50s film. It looks like it was shot on digital video, certainly not on authentic period film stock. The visual effects are blatantly computer-animated, and many shots are clearly on virtual sets....

If you go into this expecting a believable simulation of a film made in 1957, you'll be disappointed and aware of all the ways it fails to achieve that. The way to look at this film -- the way it should have presented itself -- is as a 2009 film that does a good job of telling a story in the vein of a '50s B-movie. It's definitely a B-movie, a low-budget production with cheesy effects, but it's low-budget and cheesy in a very modern way. So it captures the spirit of '50s B-movies better than the details.

 

[BigFoot]

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

After looking at the trailer, I have to see Alien Trespass.

 

[Christopher]

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow?

No, that was an homage to films of the '30s and '40s, not the '50s. And it's not very recent.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

He read about it "up to five years ago;" the theatrical release was about seven. That's recent enough unless one's a young'n.

 

[JD]

After looking at the trailer, I have to see Alien Trespass.

You should, it's a blast. I watched it with my mom and we both really enjoyed it.

 

[Christopher]

He read about it "up to five years ago;" the theatrical release was about seven. That's recent enough unless one's a young'n.

Maybe, but Sky Captain was not remotely an homage to the '50s. Alien Trespass is a perfect fit for the description.

 

[marksound]

The only one I can think of is Ed Wood, and it's not really sci-fi, and not in color.

But it's really good.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Thanks for the heads up on Alien Trespass. That will soon be added to my collection.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Thanks for the heads up on Alien Trespass. That will soon be added to my collection.

If you happen to be a Netflix member it's available for streaming.

 

[spinnerlys]

After seeing the trailer to Alien Trespass, it definitely is that movie. I will see if I can get my hands on it, though I am not really a fan of sci-fi movies of the 50s, except War of the Worlds (better than the current version) and some other flick I don't remember anything about.
Thanks for the heads up, didn't think I would get that much information.