Thursday, October 15, 2026

Tubi Thursday: The Unearthly (1957)

 I decided to go back to the good, old days of terrible, cheesy sci-fi movies.  

John Carradine is here- naturally.

A woman is admitted to a Private Hospital run by Carradine.  He just wants to help her...right?
Yeah, no.

He's a Mad Scientist who is trying to find the source of immortality.
The source- glands.

It didn't work for this guy.
As luck would have it, a man is caught wandering around outside of the building.

He's caught by Lobo- Tor Johnson- and turns out to be an escaped criminal.
He's blackmailed by Carradine into being a test subject for him.

He has created a 17th gland and is trying to use that to make us live forever.
Who wants that?
The place has a few other residents, including this stressed out lady who Tor has a thing for.

There's also a constantly complaining guy.  He's...annoying.
Carradine tests his new gland on the lady above and it goes poorly.

Our Hero tries to convince the brunette that things are dangerous and she finally believes him.

When his escape attempt fails, he reveals that he is actually an undercover Cop.
Carradine flees, but the once comatose guy from Image #2 stabs him to death.

The Cops save the brunette from Tor and the Lady Scientist.

They go down to the basement and find a bunch of monsters (that are all over the Trailer and Poster).
...and that's it.  The End.
A Film that almost has a point...I think.

What do you want here?
It's got John Carradine.
It's got Tor Johnson.
It's got mutants (very briefly at the end)!
It's got lots of people smoking.
It has a 35-year-old 'young man' that John Carradine fawns over.

It's nothing special.  It's very stock.
Lots of these Movies were not made with a mission in made, a message to tell or even much thought.

This one is definitely a Mad Libs version of a 1950s B-Movie.
'They're trapped with a ____  ______ who is making ______ by experimenting on ______.'

It's alright.  I had a good time.  Don't judge me!

A really by the numbers Film.  Even so, it has John Carradine, constant smoking and Tor Johnson.

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