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bob393 · 16th June 2012, 12:32 AM

Hi everyone.

I want to test your memory.

Back in the middle 1960's I saw the scariest movie on TV that I ever saw. It was B&W and probably a B movie. The name I remember which is obviously wrong was Fahrenheit 454. I think it was B&W but it could have been a B&W TV I was watching, but I think they all were back then?

Now the only clue to the movie I can provide with any accuracy is: people ran into an old farm house chased by aliens or robots that looked like inverted aluminum funnels, large at the bottom and small at the top. These funnels shot fire out of there tops at the people and I seem to remember that the only way they escaped was the floor could not hold the weight of the robots and they fell through the floor into the basement and the people ran away.

Now I only saw it once. It scared the heck out of me. And I have been trying to find it on and off ever since with no luck.

Does anyone have any ideas?

dask · 16th June 2012, 01:34 AM

Maybe a Roger Corman classic?

clovis-man · 16th June 2012, 06:12 AM

My guess would be Gog. Made in 1954, it had pyramidal robots that spouted flame. Haven't seen it in over 40 years though, so memory fades.

http://www.scifimoviepage.com/gog.html

dask · 16th June 2012, 08:32 AM

Richard Egan? Herbert Marshall? Cool! Gotta see this one.

steve12553 · 16th June 2012, 03:00 PM

I saw Gog again a couple of years ago and the fire was right, I believe, but they were in a military complex and there was no falling in the basement. Because of the time elapsed you could be transposing two movies. Gog is available on Netflix and several other places and well worth seeing either way.

bob393 · 17th June 2012, 02:02 AM

Thank you! I'm going to look up Gog right now, this is the closest I have ever come to finding it again. You guys are the best!

bob393 · 17th June 2012, 04:31 AM

Well I just watched Gog, great movie and worth watching but it has way to sophisticated a feel to it. Kind of high budget compared to what I remember. I seem to remember a movie more to the tune of the first Evil Dead movie. Gog doesn't seem to be as scary as I remember but that could be cause I'm a whole lot older but my memory of the robots moving through the woods into an old farm house should be close. Also these were simple robots, I don't remember any arms or tracks. I remember literally inverted funnels kind of levitating over the ground, probably alien in nature.

clovis-man · 17th June 2012, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by steve12553

Gog is available on Netflix and several other places and well worth seeing either way.

Thanks for the heads up, Steve. I watched it on Netflix this afternoon. I'm afraid it hasn't aged well.

Foxbat · 17th June 2012, 05:36 AM

You might want to try having a look at Target Earth. The robot in this does not fit your description but it does have a roughly inverted triangular shape overall. It does contain a group of people trapped in a house by the robot invasion.

bob393 · 17th June 2012, 07:55 PM

Target Earth, I'll have to give it a look. Netflix I presume?

Foxbat · 18th June 2012, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bob393

Netflix I presume?

Don't know. Don't use Netflix.
I bought a copy on DVD years ago from a company called Retroflicks. They no longer seem to exist. You could try Youtube if Netflix doesn't have it.

clovis-man · 18th June 2012, 06:53 AM

Netflix doesn't have it. It's available on DVD at a premium price. But I'm not sure I would be tempted to pay it based on this trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQzgGtoxRTk

Foxbat · 18th June 2012, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clovis-man

Netflix doesn't have it. It's available on DVD at a premium price. But I'm not sure I would be tempted to pay it based on this trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQzgGtoxRTk

That price is just ridiculous. I wouldn't pay it either.

I think I paid about $12 for my copy but that was a long time ago.

Foxbat · 18th June 2012, 01:08 PM

Here's a site you could browse through. You may see something that jogs your memory (and it has a pic of the Target Earth robot).

http://www.filmsite.org/robotsinfilm2.html

bob393 · 19th June 2012, 12:48 AM

[QUOTE=clovis-man;1617670]Netflix doesn't have it. It's available on DVD at a premium price. But I'm not sure I would be tempted to pay it based on this trailer:

I saw that and I only have the streaming service. I don't think I'll add the DVD option so I will look elsewhere for a copy.

16th June 2012, 12:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
bob393 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New York Posts: 12	Old movie Hi everyone. I want to test your memory. Back in the middle 1960's I saw the scariest movie on TV that I ever saw. It was B&W and probably a B movie. The name I remember which is obviously wrong was Fahrenheit 454. I think it was B&W but it could have been a B&W TV I was watching, but I think they all were back then? Now the only clue to the movie I can provide with any accuracy is: people ran into an old farm house chased by aliens or robots that looked like inverted aluminum funnels, large at the bottom and small at the top. These funnels shot fire out of there tops at the people and I seem to remember that the only way they escaped was the floor could not hold the weight of the robots and they fell through the floor into the basement and the people ran away. Now I only saw it once. It scared the heck out of me. And I have been trying to find it on and off ever since with no luck. Does anyone have any ideas?

16th June 2012, 01:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
dask dark and stormy knight Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Washington Posts: 2,045 Blog Entries: 22	Re: Old movie Maybe a Roger Corman classic?

16th June 2012, 06:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
clovis-man Prehistoric Irish Cynic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,689	Re: Old movie My guess would be Gog. Made in 1954, it had pyramidal robots that spouted flame. Haven't seen it in over 40 years though, so memory fades. http://www.scifimoviepage.com/gog.html

16th June 2012, 08:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
dask dark and stormy knight Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Washington Posts: 2,045 Blog Entries: 22	Re: Old movie Richard Egan? Herbert Marshall? Cool! Gotta see this one.

16th June 2012, 03:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
steve12553 The Enigma of Steel Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,256 Blog Entries: 16	Re: Old movie I saw Gog again a couple of years ago and the fire was right, I believe, but they were in a military complex and there was no falling in the basement. Because of the time elapsed you could be transposing two movies. Gog is available on Netflix and several other places and well worth seeing either way.

17th June 2012, 02:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
bob393 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New York Posts: 12	Re: Old movie Thank you! I'm going to look up Gog right now, this is the closest I have ever come to finding it again. You guys are the best!

17th June 2012, 04:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
bob393 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New York Posts: 12	Re: Old movie Well I just watched Gog, great movie and worth watching but it has way to sophisticated a feel to it. Kind of high budget compared to what I remember. I seem to remember a movie more to the tune of the first Evil Dead movie. Gog doesn't seem to be as scary as I remember but that could be cause I'm a whole lot older but my memory of the robots moving through the woods into an old farm house should be close. Also these were simple robots, I don't remember any arms or tracks. I remember literally inverted funnels kind of levitating over the ground, probably alien in nature.

17th June 2012, 05:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
Foxbat Haggis Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,943	Re: Old movie You might want to try having a look at Target Earth. The robot in this does not fit your description but it does have a roughly inverted triangular shape overall. It does contain a group of people trapped in a house by the robot invasion.

17th June 2012, 07:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
bob393 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New York Posts: 12	Re: Old movie Target Earth, I'll have to give it a look. Netflix I presume?

18th June 2012, 06:53 AM	#12 (permalink)
clovis-man Prehistoric Irish Cynic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,689	Re: Old movie Netflix doesn't have it. It's available on DVD at a premium price. But I'm not sure I would be tempted to pay it based on this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQzgGtoxRTk

18th June 2012, 01:08 PM	#14 (permalink)
Foxbat Haggis Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,943	Re: Old movie Here's a site you could browse through. You may see something that jogs your memory (and it has a pic of the Target Earth robot). http://www.filmsite.org/robotsinfilm2.html

19th June 2012, 12:48 AM	#15 (permalink)
bob393 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New York Posts: 12	Re: Old movie [QUOTE=clovis-man;1617670]Netflix doesn't have it. It's available on DVD at a premium price. But I'm not sure I would be tempted to pay it based on this trailer: I saw that and I only have the streaming service. I don't think I'll add the DVD option so I will look elsewhere for a copy.

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