BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER (1960) – Episode 171 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“Sterile?” Yes, sterile! And they weren’t talking about surgical instruments. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr – as they blast off to the distant future of… 2024? The movie is Beyond the Time Barrier (1960).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 171 – Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)

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In 1960, a military test pilot is caught in a time warp that propels him to the year 2024 where he finds a plague has sterilized the world’s population.

 

• Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
• Writer: Arthur C. Pierce
• Produced by: Robert Clarke (produced by); Robert L. Madden (executive producer); John Miller (executive producer)
• Casting by: Baruch Lumet (uncredited), Sidney Lumet (uncredited)
• Music by: Darrell Calker
• Production Design by: Ernst Fegté
• Makeup Department:
  • Corinne Daniel (hairdresser) (as Corrine Daniel)
  • Jack P. Pierce (makeup creator) (NOT the mutants!)
• Special Effects by: Roger George
• Costumer: Jack Masters
• Selected Cast:
  • Robert Clarke as Maj. William Allison
  • Darlene Tompkins as Princess Trirene
  • Arianne Ulmer as Capt. Markova (as Arianne Arden)
  • Vladimir Sokoloff as The Supreme
  • Stephen Bekassy as Gen. Karl Kruse
  • John Van Dreelen as Dr. Bourman (as John van Dreelen)
  • Boyd ‘Red’ Morgan as Captain (as Red Morgan)
  • Ken Knox as Col. Marty Martin
  • Don Flournoy as Mutant
  • Tom Ravick as Mutant
  • Neil Fletcher as Air Force Chief
  • Jack Herman as Dr. Richman
  • James ‘Ike’ Altgens as Secretary Lloyd Patterson (as James Altgens)
  • William Shephard as Gen. York (as William Shapard)
  • John Loughney as Gen. Lamont
  • Russ Marker as Col. Curtis (as Russell Marker)
  • Arthur C. Pierce as Mutant Escaping from Jail (uncredited)
  • Malcolm Thompson as Guard (uncredited)

While testing the latest and greatest airship just above the atmosphere, Major William Allison (Robert Clarke) accidentally travels to the apocalyptic future of… 2024! Little did they know. Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) is a low-budget, sci-fi B-picture from director Edgar G. Ulmer (The Black Cat, 1934; Detour, 1945) and writer Arthur C. Pierce (The Cosmic Man, 1959; The Human Duplicators, 1965). To Chad’s dismay, the plot includes a lot of walking and talking across a set filled with inverted pyramids. Oh, and the mutants… sigh. Check out what the Grue Crew has to say about this B&W, time-travel trainwreck. Also, stick around for the usual batch of feedback from past episodes. 

You might also want to check out these Decades of Horror: The Classic Era episodes:

• THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON (1958) – Episode 41: w/Robert Clarke as writer, director, producer, and star
• THE BLACK CAT (1934) – Episode 67: directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff

At the time of this writing, Beyond the Time Barrier is available for streaming from the Classic Sci-Fi Movie Channel, Amazon Prime, and Tubi. The film is available on physical media as a Blu-ray from Kino Lorber in the Edgar G. Ulmer Sci-Fi Collection, a trio of films that also includes The Man from Planet X (1951) and The Amazing Transparent Man (1960).

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by guest host Michael Zatz, is The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), another silent scream starring Lon Chaney! Sanctuary! Sanctuary! Incidentally, this will be the Classic Era’s tenth discussion of a silent film.

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