Night of the Blood Beast (The Creature from Galaxy 27) (1958)
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(771 ratings)
The familiar rocks and rills of LA's Bronson Caverns are seen to good advantage in Night of the Blood Beast. The story begins when a manned space rocket develops trouble and plummets back to earth, apparently killing its occupant, Major John Corcoran (Michael Emmet). Unfortunately,… More The familiar rocks and rills of LA's Bronson Caverns are seen to good advantage in Night of the Blood Beast. The story begins when a manned space rocket develops trouble and plummets back to earth, apparently killing its occupant, Major John Corcoran (Michael Emmet). Unfortunately, Corcoran's body has become a breeding ground of extraterrestrial embryos, picked up while the rocket was in outer space. The tiny monsters grow and multiply, and before long Corcoran revives from the dead, literally impregnated by the alien beasts. After this promising and decidedly unorthodox buildup, the film goes downhill, settling for standard eek-eek shocks and a most unconvincing "blood beast", whose costume wouldn't have even passed muster at a Halloween party. Still, Night of the Blood Beast is at least half of a good, well-constructed horror flick. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bernard L. Kowalski
- Written By
- Martin Varnof
- Genres
- Classics, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 1, 1958 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com
The script was produced on no budget as well: none of the reactions to anything or in the least way believable. Not even for 1950s sci-fi horror.
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Cast
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Michael Emmet
as Maj. John Corcoran
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Angela Greene
as Dr. Julie Benson
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John Baer
as Steve Dunlap
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Ed Nelson
as Dave Randall
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Tyler McVey
as Dr. Alex Wyman
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Georgianna Carter
as Donna Bixby
