Cult of the Cobra
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Theatrical Release Date: August 5th, 1955
Starts off with six boisterous US soldiers (including Richard Long and David Janssen) who are caught sneaking into the temple to watch a cult of cobra-worshippers, who reputedly have turned women into cobras and vice-versa. After they return to the States, they begin dying one by one, and it's all seemingly tied to the appearance of a mysterious beauty (Faith Domergue). Domergue is an awesome enough reason to indulge and it flows quite smoothly with an expected conclusion. Great fun!

Gary Tooze

Dr. Cyclops
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Theatrical Release Date: April 12th, 1940
Marvelous performance by Dekker as the villainous Dr Cyclops - as bald as Lorre's Dr Gogol and going blind behind his pebble glasses, hence the echo of Homer's Polyphemus in his name and his ultimate fate - who lurks in the Amazonian jungle conducting experiments in which he shrinks people to manikin size. An engaging fantasy with brilliantly executed (though mostly rather unimaginative) special effects which look back to The Devil Doll and forward to The Incredible Shrinking Man. Let down by a dull supporting cast, but retrieved by the attractively pale, tremulous Technicolor.

Excerpt from TimeOut Film Guide located HERE

The Land Unknown
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Theatrical Release Date: August, 1957
On route to an isolated Antarctic outpost a helicopter must make an emergency landing in a storm and three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater several thousand feet below sea level. They encounter strange prehistoric creatures and a psychotic doctor who has survived, stranded in the area for years. It's the old Lost World/Land that Time Forgot thingy, but I liked it better than the Doug McLure version(s). It doesn't step too far beyond its boundaries but the monitor lizards with taped on fins is always a giveaway. The dinosaurs (men in suits aside a miniature helicopter) were much better in my opinion. How can you not love this?

The Deadly Mantis
Director: Nathan Juran
Theatrical Release Date: May, 1957
After tarantulas and ants, it was only fair to give the praying mantis a crack at world domination and Nathan Juran's cult classic does just that. Thawed out from its polar icecap prison, the prehistoric ancestor of today's sensible sized predators lays siege to both American bases and Inuit villages in the frozen wastes before heading for New York where an army man (Craig Stevens) and scientists William Hopper and Alix Talton fight to save the city.

Excerpt from Channel 4 located HERE

The Leech Woman
Director: Edward Dein
Theatrical Release Date: May, 1960
A woman, worn by alcoholic abuse and, at the end of a failing marriage to a doctor travels with him to Africa in search of a secret to youthful restoration. One catch - the potion requires the fluid from a pineal gland of a man hence the film's edict 'Forever young! Forever deadly! She lived off the life blood of male victims! ' . Grim and amusing film flawed by its incongruities but folks you are supposed to accept the faux-pas... and if you do it is more 'B' fun!