I'll tell you why so serious

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Roger Corman's NOT OF THIS EARTH is a memorable story about extraterrestrial vampirism. Paul Johnson (Paul Birch) is a rather odd gentleman, in his dark suit, hat, and thick sunglasses. His speech pattern is different as well, sort of artificial sounding. He's also in search of warm bodies, in order to relieve them of their blood! Police are baffled by the gruesome state of his victims. Birch soon hires nurse Nadine Storey (Beverly Garland- SWAMP WOMEN) to see to his medical needs. We quickly learn the reason why Birch has come to Earth from his home planet. Suffice it to say that it doesn't look good for the humans! Can Nadine figure out what Birch is up to, before he fulfills his murderous mission? Original and somewhat creepy, this is one of Corman's best efforts, owing much to Ms. Garland's perfect portrayal. EXTRA CREDIT: For Jonathan Haze (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS) as Birch's lecherous chauffeur / henchman, Jeremy. Watch for Dick Miller as the pushy vacuum cleaner salesman! Low-budget sci-fi gold!...

As cheap and cheesy as this is, it is pretty captivating and has some wonderful characters. Some aliens from a dying planet are teleported to earth to find blood. They have the ability to look into the eyes of a person and drop them to the ground. They then remove the blood and do whatever is necessary with he bodies. Paul Birch plays the principle alien, hiding behind dark glasses so his lifeless eyes can't be seen. Beverly Garland is hired to look after him (he is actually dying and needs the blood to survive). He also hires Jonathan Haze (Little Shop of Horrors), an idiot ex-convict to be his driver and helper. Of course, clues start forming and our young woman, despite being warned, starts to do too much investigating. There is some really interesting 1957 dialogue, especially from Haze. There is also a great scene where an obnoxious vacuum cleaner salesman comes to the door and tries to sell the alien a vacuum cleaner. The only thing that gets vacuumed is his blood. This is just plain fun and has a bit of a kicker at the end. Roger Corman was responsible for many enjoyable evenings in my childhood.

Roger Corman directed this surprisingly good science fiction/horror picture that stars Paul Birch as a cold-hearted alien from a dying planet decimated by nuclear war. As a consequence, he and his race need blood to survive, and find plenty of it here on Earth. He was brought here by a sophisticated matter transmission device hidden in his house, where he has hired a nurse(played by Beverly Garland) to see to his blood transfusion needs, though she becomes suspicious, involving her employer, a doctor who will have an unfortunate encounter with a bat-like creature brought by the alien... Though low budget, this doesn't hurt the film too much, since it keeps things simple but effective, with a creepy atmosphere and memorable end.

Roger Corman managed to produce and direct a ton of films that made the most of his very small budgets. Only one of his films failed to make money (and, oddly, it was one of his better films) and he managed to produce some very good films while making a picture in only one or two weeks in some cases! Now I am not saying they are all great art--some (like this film) had their cheesy moments. But they were very entertaining and fun."Not of This Earth" is a film about a bizarre alien who has come to this planet to try to cure his people from their blood disease caused by the 1950s horror, nuclear radiation. While his purpose for coming here is noble, the guy has no emotions and things nothing of experimenting on people or draining them of their blood to keep him alive. And, the way he does it with those cool eyes is something you'll need to see for yourself--as well as the ultra-cheesy creatures at the end of the film.The movie manages to elicit some good tension and chills and the leading man (Paul Birch) manages a weird other-worldly performance that worked very well. He was pretty darn scary. Plus, seeing him dispose of the bodies (such as perennial Corman actor Dick Miller) was pretty intense. Worth seeing--even if it might make you giggle from time to time.