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His solution: kidnapping Santa. \[ **SPOILER**: Santa escapes.\] . **_The Astro-Zombies_** **(1968)** ## The title is a bit misleading, as the “zombies” are, in fact, not extraterrestrials, but rather, Frankenstein-like monsters created by (you guessed it) a mad scientist who collects organs from murder victims. The creatures escape—and the CIA becomes involved. . ## **_The Incredibly Strange Creatures_** **_Who Stopped Living and Became_** **_Mixed-Up Zombies!!?_** **(1964)** This monster-horror-musical — arguably the best ever — about a woman who can turn men into zombies through hypnosis puts the _bang_ in [_interrobang_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang). . ## **_The Brain That Wouldn’t Die_** **(1959)** A scientist’s fiancée is decapitated in a car crash, he keeps her head on ice. But there’s a hiccup: his wife’s amazing body didn’t make it, so he needs to find her a new one. Yearning instead for death, (and, understandably, not terribly thrilled by the idea of having to shop for a new wardrobe) she has a laboratory monster kill her husband. . ## **_Plan 9 from Outer Space_** **(1959)** Ignored by world leaders, an alien commander petulantly enacts “Plan 9,” which re-animates Earth’s dead and turns them into zombies. Director Ed Wood added footage from an unreleased vampire movie to this astonishingly awful film (widely considered among the all-time worst). . ## **_Orgy of the Dead_** **(1965)** A young girl (played by a softcore porn actress) and a young man are tied down and forced to watch a strange ceremony involving dead spirits. Watch for some vampire character overlap with _Plan 9 from Outer Space._ . ## **_Frankenstein Conquers the World_** **(1966)** You have to be a spend wisely, though Nazi officers preserve the heart of Frankenstein, who was immortal because of his protein consumption. Years later, in Japan, a feral child eats protein, becomes Frankenstein, and goes on a rampage. . ## **_Robot Monster_** **(1953)** She may not be a native New Yorker, but Swift's already giving back to her adopted city When a production company is divided on which is scarier, _robots_, or _monsters_, you get Robot Monster — a gorilla (monster) with a diver’s helmet (robot). . ## **_Sssssss_** **(1973)**  There may have been some debate about how many _S’_s to include in the original poster (and to clarify, _Sssssss_ is a snake sound—it was released as _Ssssnake_for the less perspicacious UK audience). A deluded pothead turns a man into a snake. . ## **_Death Bed: The Bed That Eats_** **(1977)** Some foods could actually hurt your chances of growing older A demon falls in love, and builds a bed to seduce his beloved. The bed becomes possessed, and unsuspecting travelers, who see an elegant and comfortable bed, face their death as they are sucked into the furniture’s evil digestive tract. [Newly immortalized in a killer (and NSFW) bit by comedian Patton Oswalt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01l1WIC9mBo). . ## **_I Dismember Mama_** **(1974)** ## This film, whose title is a matricidic pun on the title of a play _I Remember Mama,_ features Albert, the man who tried to kill his mother once, failed, and escaped from an asylum for a second go. Ultimately, his heart is melted by the kindness of a young girl. . ## _Attack of the Puppet People_ (1958) ## Mr. Franz, the owner of Dolls Inc. has a rather severe case of jealous separation anxiety. So severe, in fact, that anyone who tries to abandon him is subjected to a special machine that can shrink people and turn them into dolls. That way, they can never leave. . ## _House II: The Second Story_ (1987)  Vetta/Getty Images Vetta/Getty Images When _House_ didn’t quite work out, the writer decided to scrap the original characters, and plotline, and turn what was originally a horror series into a comedy. 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