Gog (3D) - Herbert L. Strock - (1954) DVD

This film was ahead of its time in its style - the claustrophobia and (well, relative) realism in the portrayal of terror in an underground research lab predated The Andromeda Strain by about 15 years. And the final revelation that the robots have run amok because of devious signals being sent to them by this unseen spy plane overhead was a canny prediction of the emergence of computer viruses (a similar idea was explored in the 1960's sci-fi novel Babel-17 by Samuel Delaney). This movie very conspicuously avoids all of the '50s sci-fi clichés and seems to have been made for thinking adults instead of teen-agers. The cold war paranoia does not detract from this, many of the best suspense films of the era used the cold war as a back drop - the Manchurian Candidate and The Chairman are at least two I can think of.

There are unforgettable images which have stayed with me, especially the horrific scene as Dr. Hubertus (Michael Fox, perfectly cast) finds himself trapped within the test chamber with the slowly oscillating window wiper, and the growing panic that follows with the grim realization that his screams for help cannot be heard. And then that stare through the glass as his spectacles ice over ...

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