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chowder66

(11,262 posts) Wed Aug 6, 2025, 01:35 AM Aug 6

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Just watched The Magnetic Monster on

Amazon Prime. It’s also on Tubi.
What a great sci fi find. I highly recommend it.

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Just watched The Magnetic Monster on (Original Post) chowder66 Aug 6 OP

Thanks, I'll check it out. FYI - werdna Aug 6 #1

I didn't know that! chowder66 Aug 6 #2

Agreed a great film justaprogressive Aug 6 #3

Welp! I know what's next on my watchlist! chowder66 Aug 6 #4

Watched Kronos last night. It was a lot of fun. chowder66 Aug 10 #5

werdna

(1,105 posts)

1. Thanks, I'll check it out. FYI -

Reply to chowder66 (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:33 AM

Aug 6

- this is one of three in a series. The other two "Office of Scientific Investigation" (OSI) trilogy are Riders to the Stars (1954) and Gog (1954).

chowder66

(11,262 posts)

2. I didn't know that!

Reply to werdna (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 11:20 AM

Aug 6

I found The Magnetic Monster on a lot of lists that came highly recommended.
It's pretty scientific but they also fake some of it really well. They also used old German film footage
of machinery and blended it in.

I was expecting a good amount of cheesiness but it wasn't really all that cheesy for the most part, I guess the title was the cheesiest part.

justaprogressive

(5,430 posts)

3. Agreed a great film

Reply to chowder66 (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 12:54 PM

Aug 6

right up there with Kronos!

chowder66

(11,262 posts)

4. Welp! I know what's next on my watchlist!

Reply to justaprogressive (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 05:13 PM

Aug 6

Thank you!

chowder66

(11,262 posts)

5. Watched Kronos last night. It was a lot of fun.

Reply to justaprogressive (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:25 PM

Aug 10

I was a tiny bit frustrated because the black and white version I found to stream was in pretty bad shape. I ended up opting for the colorized version which was sharper but the colorization was awful. I flipped back and forth for the first 10 minutes to decide. Other than that I got a kick out of it.

Thanks for the recommendation!

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