10 Spectacularly Silly Depictions of the Moon in Sci-Fi Movies

Despite what that luridly coloured DVD cowl might need you imagine, 1953’s Cat-Women of the Moon is definitely a black-and-white film, although it was initially launched in 3D. The plot is about what you’d count on: astronauts (together with, gasp, a lady!) journey to the moon, the place they’re shocked to come across a inhabitants of glamorous, leotard-clad, vaguely feline beauties. The Cat-Women have decided that Earth is a extra sustainable house than the moon, and set about attempting to steal the spaceship utilizing their powers of seduction (cue the slinky trendy dance quantity) and telepathic thoughts management. Cat-Women of the Moon was remade just some years later as 1958’s Missile to the Moon, which adjustments the plot a tad (including in some youthful characters, together with a pair of tough-talking stowaways) however replicates sure parts—there’s one more slinky modern-dance quantity, this time with extra elaborate costumes. It even recycles the identical props that introduced the primary movie’s large B-movie spider monsters (aack!) to life.