Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, Lance Fuller
When an alien in distress (Jeff Morrow) recruits American scientists Ruth Adams (Faith Domergue) and Cal Meacham (Rex Reason) to help him win an intergalactic battle against the evil Zahgons, the Eart...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 22, 2006
Stats: 219 reviews
A intriguing and original idea, not brilliantly executed but that?s half the charm of this and all the other 50's B-movie 'flying saucer' films. The dodgy special effects, un-scary monsters, big-headed Aliens etc, it's all here in all its glory. One of my favourite lines in this ...( read more)
cheesy yet always fun to watch sci-fi from the war of the worlds era. especially interesting for the metalunian mutants towards the end. must've been a bit creepy in its day as the creepiness still lasts a little now despite its age. very well done to the whole team who made this...( read more)
Cheesy as hell. one of those 50s comunist paranoia flicks. despite that, entertaining. view it for its "historical" value.
Not actually terrible, but it's kind of imbalanced. As though it were a short story and the writer realized he was approaching the word limit a bit too late. Decent effects, though, and the acting wasn't even distractingly hammy.
"The supreme excitement of our time"
Nuclear physicist Cal Meacham begins experiencing strange phenomena. First his plane has a burnout and just before it crashes, it is surrounded by a green glown and lands safely. Next he receives the parts for a strange device call...( read more)
FORGET that awful hack job MST3K: "The Movie" did to this 50's classic - for its time, it was an incredible film. If you watch it in context with other 50's sci-fi such as Forbidden Planet, Destination Moon, The Day The Earth Stood Still and the like, it's nearly an equal to al...( read more)
This is kinda a guilty pleasure. The plot is a very minimal but it has a kitschy quality to it.
A great surprise to be sat there and have no memory of about 45% of this film...I mean completely no memory at all...so this was like a first screening in a way. Maybe I?ve never actually seen the first 45%?I remember the rest very well though.
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Okay the description of this movie sounds a lot better then what it actually is. I mean I'm hoping that they just cut some of it out by mistake, because barely anything in the description happens at all. The only way I can suggest this movie is if you watch it on "MYSTERY SCIENCE...( read more)
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