Despite the Cold War, the western was a strong influence on Eastern Bloc cinema, which had its own take on the genre, the so called 'Red western' or Ostern.

During the cold war, when nuclear tensions were at their height, rampaging B-movie monsters were the result of accidental exposure to radiation; nowadays plague seems a greater threat to humanity.

The fact that Hollywood is even considering a remake of this movie is insane. Let the Cold War culture of fear rest in the grave where it belongs.