Them! opens across the U.S. in 1954. Directed by Gordon Douglas and starring James Whitmore, James Arness, Fess Parker and Edmund Gwynn, and is one of the nuclear monster movies of the 1950s. The film is nominated for an Oscar for special effects and still considered one of the 1950s best sci-fi films.
This Day in Halloween: Classic Oscar-nominated atomic monster movie "Them!" opens across the U.S. in 1954. / Illustration by Ryn Heller