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The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

This has surely got to be one of the all time "greats" when it comes to 1950s schlock. It's certainly got enough moments guaranteed to make the audience laugh out loud.The title ensures a good time is had by all, even if it's not really that accurate. Among these "teenage" aliens is a dude named Derek (!), played by David Love. They arrive on Earth with plans to take over the planet, and let their pet monsters (played by lobsters) loose. But Derek is pretty humanistic for an E.T., and decides that he won't go with the program, defying his superiors.Pursued by a compatriot named Thor (Bryan Grant), he ingratiates himself with local townspeople such as Betty Morgan (Dawn Bender) and her lovable old grandpa (Harvey B. Dunn, "Bride of the Monster").Sometimes, "Teenagers from Outer Space" is dull and tiresome, with the joke being dragged out a little too long. But it provides a generous amount of diversion with its absolutely priceless dialogue ("You will take me to a doctor of surgery to remove the pellets from my flesh.") and wonderfully idiotic performances. It seems to have been a labor of love for co- star Tom Graeff, who plays the newspaperman Joe Rogers. Graeff was also the writer, producer, director, cinematographer, editor, special effects artist, and music coordinator. Whew! An unqualified highlight is seeing a lobster shadow being employed to show the "Gargon" in its full glory. It's also great fun to see the aliens' ray guns immediately strip victims (human and otherwise) of all their flesh and clothing, and leave only skeletons behind.The acting may be terrible, but it's also remarkably sincere by Mr. Love and the pretty Ms. Bender. Particularly amusing are Mr. Dunn, and King Moody (who played Ronald McDonald in the late 1960s and 1970s) as the spaceship captain.Special effects props are by Paul Blaisdell, prominent monster maker of the era.Seven out of 10.

While there may not be a lot of Meat on its bones, TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE is undoubtedly one of the more ENTERTAINING entries from the Golden Age of Atom Age Movies. AgraZiXlak (pronounced "Derek" in Earth lingo) is the "sensitive" twenty-something Teen from Outer Space who, for some unknown reason, decides that the Earth is worth saving (if only he knew...). The far more "Butch" Thor sets off in hot pursuit, his toy implement of Destruction in hand... I've always liked the Insta-skeleton "effect" (carefully timed editing) and the movie overall, as stated, is very entertaining. The behind-the-scenes info provided here on the IMDb made me appreciate the movie even more.

TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE is a classic bad film worthy of the great auteur Ed Wood himself. It's an ultra-cheesy slice of zero-budget sci-fi, a film filled with not-so-special effects and a story neatly tying together the craze for teen rebellion films and alien extravaganzas. Get this: the 'hero' of the piece is a teenage alien, rebelling from his strict elders!It's certainly a sight to see and the sheer cheesiness itself is what makes this worth watching. In parts it feels like THE TERMINATOR crossed with a giant monster spectacle, although the monster is one of the most pathetic ever put on screen. The paucity of the special effects is truly something to behold, from the toy ray guns to the kooky skeleton effects, which are so in-your-face and delightfully camp that they somehow work.What a shame that director Tom Graeff never went on to continue his career as he could have rivalled the sheer enjoyable ineptitude of Ed Wood with a few more flicks like this under his belt. TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE is a bad film, it's true, but it's also a hoot, and never boring. Besides, you can never hate a film which features an alien called Derek...

Teenagers from Outer Space is about a an alien named Derek. He rebels against his oppressive dictatorship home world from trying to turn earth into a place to for creatures called Gargons(actually a laughable lobster shadow). I guess they use them to make lobster soup for the whole population of there planet. The aliens use hand-held death ray weapons that causes human flesh melt away but you don't see it happen. All you see is peoples skeletons fall on the ground. It is gruesome but kind of silly.To me, the movie is far from ridiculous. It has a predictable plot, the special effects for the Gargon are laughable, acting is just ludicrous from the get go. So I would not g you should see it. You may recognize the cave the aliens stash their Gargon in. It is the Bronson Canyon -- home base for Ro-Man in Robot Monster (1953).