Killers from Space
January. 23,1954 NRAtomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them.
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One of my all time favorites.
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
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KILLERS FROM SPACE opens w/ a literal bang, as an atom bomb test results in the requisite mushroom cloud. Dr. Doug Martin (Peter Graves- IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, BEGINNING OF THE END) is along for the ride in one of the aircraft. Oh dear! Something goes haywire, and down they go! The wreckage is located, but where's Dr. Martin? His wife is worried sick! Some time later, Martin simply walks onto his base, w/ no visible signs of injury, save for one mysterious scar! Paul begins seeing visions of floating eyeballs! After a confusing time, including involvement by the FBI, Martin starts to recall what happened to him, thanks to a jolt of truth serum. He tells a story about his having been abducted by a group of pop-eyed aliens. No, honestly, these guys all have cookie monster's spare peepers! They also wear the Phantom's extra outfits... and mittens! They're up to no good, planning an invasion! There are even some "giant", superimposed lizards and bugs running around, apparently filmed at the local zoo's reptile and insect exhibits. Will anyone believe Paul, before it's too late? The problem w/ this movie is that it's an alien invasion movie without an invasion, or any real action of any kind. It just sort of drags along, grinding to a halt whenever something remotely interesting seems to be about to occur! A true rubber mallet to the forehead! A pain lover's dream! Co-stars schlock regular, Frank Gerstle (THE ATOMIC BRAIN, THE WASP WOMAN) as Dr.Curt Kruger...
This is a classic science fiction. It is very scary. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This is scarier then The Shinning and that is not easy to do. This is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street and that is not easy to do. I do not know why this got a 3.1. This is just underrating it. This is a 9. It is not a 3.1 This is scarier then Friday the 13th V a new beginning and that is not easy to do. This scarier then Halloween resurrection could ever be. It is a great movie. See it. It is scarier then The silences of the lambs could ever be. This is one of the scariest movies of all time.
Ah, the A bomb. When you want to clear a region fast, nothing else does the trick. Our hero knows this. Why, he's up in the air watching a-bombs blast the hell out of stock footage when his plane is brought down and he vanishes. His buddies, army folk, wife and nosey FBI all think he's a goner, but then he turns up at the army base with no memory and a scar on his chest.Everybody's flummoxed. Our hero then starts doing weird things, like getting all jazzed up about the next A-bomb nest, and trying to steal secrets to put under a rock in the desert (!). He also sees these weird eyes floating about. But why? Only a shot of good old commie confessor will do the trick.This one has it all, if 'all' means aliens with ping-pong ball eyes and weird eyebrows, giant insects and snakes, and about as much exposition from a bad guy as you can get in a film. Just as well, as the aliens disappear for the rest of the film (but there's still plenty of action).Although the make up on the bad guys is hilarious, I didn't particularly see this is a 'bad' movie, just a nice time capsule before the horrors of Chernobyl sullied the good name of nuclear technology. It doesn't last long either, so that always helps.
Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them.Mission Impossible!This is one of those 50s sci fi flicks that will bore the pants off you.And not in a good way.It was so cheaply made the sound echos when they are indoors. The aliens are bug eyed and then they throw in cheap stock footage of bugs being burnt