IB MELCHOIR CREATED THE BAT RAT SPIDER

Ib Jørgen Melchior, who died March 14, 2015 at age of 97, was "The Man of Imagination" (title of his biography by Robert Skotak) who with small budgets created giant science-fiction movies rich in wonder and far more entertaining that anything made today by big money studio productions. His credits as producer, director and/or screenwriter include: THE ANGRY RED PLANET (1959) featuring The Bat Rat Spider, REPTILICUS (1961) featuring the dragon that ate Copenhagen, ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (1964), featuring the best thing Adam West has ever done outside of starring in "Batman" on TV, PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965) featuring forerunning elements of "Alien" (1979), JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET (1962) featuring a mind-blowing exploration of Uranus! Outside of Reel Life, in Real Life, IB MELCHOIR was a decorated World War II hero, a conterintelligence agent, who killed lots of Nazis. Current Grindhouse superstars, John Link, Cameron Scott & Edward X Young salute this great pioneer of our favorite genre, Classic Drive-In Theatre Science-Fiction Monster Movies!