In the third program of a series of shows on the early Cold War era Sci-Fi films , Jack “The Agnostic” Garcia examines the Alien Invasion as communist parable cycle of movies. Red menace paranoia, concerns over Atomic development and the possible consequences of Radiation , was in fact the undercurrent of virtually all 1950’s Science Fiction films. The alien invasion films linked the anxiety over the Atomic Bomb and the survival of the human race with the fear of subversive infiltration , and the conquest of American society in an often intelligent and entertaining way.
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