[DallasBiff]

I know, this is a cult like movie to some. I don't get it, It's an average film somewhat entertaining, but nothing compared to the really scary "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", released the same year

I know I'm typecasting Leslie Nielsen. I wait for him to say "Don't call me Shirley".

[algore]

Sorry, but this is his seminal moment

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxA1nkAPA6U

[toddausauras]

Love the film.

[mass55th]

Saw that movie at the local theater as a kid. The movie title reminded me that there’s a store in London, England named forbiddenplanet.com. They sell comic books/books, toys, Star Wars, Dr. Who, etc.

[Noumenon]

Monsters in the id.

[Alvin Diogenes]

I’m remembering Morbius here. It’s a classic movie but I haven’t seen it for a *long* time.

[Telepathic Intruder]

This movie was inspiration, at least in part, for Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek series. But gene also wanted something that felt like a space western, which is one reason he brought in Deforest Kelly, who had previously starred in them.

[Fresh Wind]

Monster movies (including alien invasion movies) are easier to accept because they are based on an external threat. The threat in Forbidden Planet is internal, and something evil and destructive that exists within every one of us.

Pretty much all these movies reach a conclusion in which the threat is destroyed (at least until the sequel or the remake), and the viewer can enjoy the sense of relief as he leaves the theater. Not so much with Forbidden Planet, and that’s why it is so scary to those who think about what it means.

Sure, once the Krell machine is destroyed, the ability to project one’s internal evil, backed with almost limitless power, is removed. That gives some relief, but the disturbing reality is that people can always find other ways to project that evil, and given enough time, it can destroy any civilization, just as it destroyed the Krell.

[Fresh Wind]

Forbidden Planet-David Rose & Orchestra

This was the theme used by the late, great Long John Nebel, a NYC midnight-to-dawn radio talk show host, who was the progenitor of Art Bell, Coast to Coast AM, and others.

[Moonmad27]

I love that movie. One of my top favorites, from the set design to the music, actors and the Walt Disney-designed monster from the Id. Perfection!

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Outstanding sound effects, from the landscape echoes to the monster’s bellows!!!

[Widget Jr]

This goes back to my childhood, when science fiction really took off after Star Wars. You had to live through it to really get it.

For Forbidden Planet, there is a lot in favor of a simple story done well, and the director, cast and crew put it all together. For a simple story, there are the character strengths and weaknesses of the human psyche through out. The special effects were excellent and it was the first movie with a completely electronic soundtrack.

They score was made by Bebe and Louis Barron, pioneers in electronic music and recording. They were listed as music department, composer: electronic tonalities, because they were not sure what to call their creations just yet. The score was controversial for its time.

(Are they working on music, or on what will become... the ZOT9000? Only the Mods know.)

As you can see, they used lots of gadgets and gizmos, no computers or software. It also had the Monster from the Id:

Its still coming!

Its cult status is to the post World War II and Korean War era it was made, its technical film making and effects, and how it influenced later movies. You can see its influence in what George Lucas and Steven Spielberg produced, in Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, respectively, and throughout science fiction movies made during the 1980s.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

First time I saw it, scared the crap out of me. That invisible sloth monster...shudder.

[dangus]

The thing about this movie is that introduced so many concepts to American movie-goers that are pop-culture knowledge today. The origin of the monsters was a twist akin to who is included in “I see dead people” or the statue found at the end of Planet of the Apes.

[P.O.E.]

Great soundtrack.

Groundbreaking ideas.

Strong on special effects.

Anne Francis.

[RandallFlagg]

Well, there's......

'nuff said.

[Hootowl]

Different strokes! LOL! Enjoyed “Forbidden Planet.” I remember “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” as bore fest.

[Paal Gulli]

The Altair 8800, the first PC (albeit it kit form) to feature a Microsoft software running on an Intel chipset, took its name from the film.

So did Krell high-end audio equipment.

[D_Idaho]

One of my all-time favorites for certain.

Hmmm? “Monsters from the Id”
Has anyone else considered that what we are experiencing now, culturally, is a similar situation facilitated by the internet?

[Conan the Librarian]

June 18th, Svengoolie will be showing The Forbidden Planet.

Of course it also shows up on Turner Classics, but, this is Svengoolie!

[I-ambush]

The worst thing most fathers have to threaten their daughter’s boyfriend is a shotgun.