The fifties was a transitional decade for horror. In the post-atomic bomb world, we were terrified by mutated creature features reflecting our fear of world altering technology. It was also a decade of mistrusting your neighbors encapsulated by McCarthyism and finding humans to be the monsters we fear most. The decade in horror was split between giant monsters and the dark, brooding evil of humanity. Jerry and Matt tap into both of these concepts with "Them!" from 1954 and "Les Diaboliques" from 1955.