Paul Blaisdell
Biography
Paul Blaisdell was an American painter and sculptor who created monsters and effects for 1950s science fiction and horror B movies. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, and raised in Quincy, Massachusetts, he studied art in Boston before moving to California, where he drew for science fiction magazines and met the agent Forrest J Ackerman. In 1955 Roger Corman hired him to make the creature effects for The Beast with a Million Eyes, and he spent the next several years designing monsters fast and cheaply, sometimes playing the title creature on screen himself. Among the films he worked on were Day the World Ended (1955), It Conquered the World (1956) and Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957). In the early 1960s he helped start Black Shield, which published the magazine Fantastic Monsters of the Films, and he later left the movie business to work as a carpenter. He died in 1983.
55years old at death
- Born Newport
- Died Topanga
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 2 years1955 to 1957
Every film, newest first
- 1957Invasion of the Saucer MenIMDb rating 5.3
- 1957The UndeadIMDb rating 4.8
- 1957Voodoo WomanIMDb rating 4.1
- 1956It Conquered the WorldIMDb rating 5.0
- 1955Day the World EndedIMDb rating 5.4
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Behind the camera
In the 1960s Blaisdell and Bob Burns III started Black Shield, a company that put out the "Famous Monsters"-inspired magazine Fantastic Monsters Of The Films for seven issues during 1962-63.
A role that slipped away
Blaisdell submitted monster designs for the projected films Goliath and the Dragon in 1960 and Jack the Giant Killer in 1962, but neither design was used, though he was still paid for his time.
A first
Blaisdell's She-Creature suit was the only costume still around in 1959, until AIP made him change it for reuse in Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow, removing the female breasts and other features, so he felt it was no longer the same costume.
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Most often with
Roger Corman directed three of these films, Edward L. Cahn two. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Edward L. CahnDirector, 2 films, 1957
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