You won't be disappointed!

Wow! Such a good movie.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

With Barely a Budget, the Brits Managed to Pull this Off with such Seriousness and Overload it with so many Angles that when Viewed Today it is a Surprising Amalgamation of Genre Conventions.This Obscure Movie has Flying Saucers, Manipulation of Magnetism that Interferes with the Earth's Protective Layer, Giant Bugs both Slimy and Crawly and a Reptile to show there is no Prejudice when Man Tinkers with the Unknown. An Ambassador from Space from the Klatu Klan, a Ray Gun, a Scientist who goes Mad in a Mad Lab, and just for Kicks a Breathtaking Scene where a Hungry Bug Gnaws away on the Face of a Fallen Woods Walker.For No Money, barely over an Hour Long, and made with Hardly an Actor on Set, this is a Strange Find. There are more things Crammed in here than Usual for this Type of Thing. It has some Creepy Scenes with the Highlights, a Bug Siege on a Trapped Shapely Teacher in the Country School, and an Obligatory Lovely getting Trapped in a Spider's Web where She Lingers Long Enough to Witness what might be Called a Big Bug Battle for Her Charms.Eagle Eye Viewers and Other Nit Pickers could point to some Painted Backdrops and Curtain Hangings that some of the Children at the Aforementioned School could have Made. But Overall there is more here than meets the Eye. That is to say it is a Smorgasbord of Fifties Sci-Fi Angst that is a Neat Discovery that got Lost on a Double Bill at the Drive-In a Half Century Ago and Needs to be Rediscovered.

In a small lab in rural England, three scientists work on experiments involving magnetism. There's British Dr. Laird (Alec Mango), American Gil Graham (Forrest Tucker), and French Michele Dupont (a badly-dubbed Gaby André ). A mysterious stranger named Smith (Martin Benson) shows up and warns them about their experiments. He turns out to be right because the experiments have had unpredictable results, including releasing giant bugs on the English countryside.Not bad but not great sci-fi movie from across the pond. Most of the special effects are admittedly pretty lousy. Still, it's far better than its reputation. The romance between Tucker and André is nauseating. The overt sexism is pretty amusing, though. My favorite scene is when Smith first appears to a little girl in the woods. There's some funny dialogue there.

Some people have criticised this British science fiction movie as being too talkative almost like " illustrated radio " and you can see their point . It's interesting to note that it's the big screen version of an ITV serial from the 1950s and it wasn't unknown for that regional station to make sci-fi teleplays like THE TROLLENBERG TERROR and NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT to cash in on the success of the BBC QUATERMASS serials . There is a difference however and that Nigel Kneale could take the most ludicrous scenario and make it totally thought provoking and convincing . This is where X falls down - there's little credibility to it and is entirely implausible I read John Bronson's excellent critique of movie science fiction Future Tense at an impressionable age and he points out that due to an ants psysilogy if it grew to the size of a dog it wouldn't be able to breathe due to its respiratory system being dependent upon holes in its side and air pressure . I also learned this in O Grade biology classes . THEM did manage to suspend my disbelief but this movie didn't and we're mistreated to implausible scenarios involving a mad scientist , electro magnetics , giant bugs and a visitor from space who refers to insects as including spiders . An insect has six legs where as a spider is eight which means it doesn't qualify as an insect and is classed as an arachnid . When an on screen child knows the difference but a visitor from outer space doesn't it makes you wonder how advanced this alien character might be . You wouldn't get simple mistakes like this with Nigel Kneale who'd also develop a scene with two people talking in a room o its most dramatic potential The film is rather dated but in some ways this might be a saving grace as to how we compare attitudes from the 1950s to today in 2013 . A scene in a public bar lets us know that 18 pounds sterling was a large amount of money and pubs closed at 10.30 . People smoked like chimneys and worst of all women had little career advancement unless they were young , pretty and French with the implication being that the only reason they got the job was because they're ... well I think the phrase might be " Ooh la la " so I'm guessing we might be living in more enlightened times

Well, it's all a bit strange. Here's an old British low-budget (wheren't they all?) science-fiction thriller, and all the commentators are American.That won't do.I saw this little treasure as a kid at the local flea-pit. It had an A-rating, meaning that a child could see it if accompanied by an adult. I think it perhaps should have been an X-rating. It certainly scared the pants off me.In Britain, it was actually screened as simply 'The Strange World'. The 'Planet X' bit was omitted until it appeared on television some years later.Stray radiation has been up to no good (ain't it always the case). We are warned by some know-it-all that it will have the effect of 'making things smaller. Or very much bigger'. Oh-dear. The worst effects appear to be concentrated around a little corner of England called 'Brierley Wood'. Some things seem to have got bigger big-time. We're talking insects here. There are no giant bunnies or anything else monster-cute. Unpleasant deaths begin happening to solitary people, especially after dark. 'It isn't very good in the deep, dark wood, in the middle of the night, when there isn't any light' - Enid Blyton. This is no time for nocturnal mushroom pickers. We humans are helped by a friendly alien who has turned up to warn us about our meddling - alas, too late. Well, almost.Eventually a company of soldiers are dispatched to sweep the wood and a battle takes place between over-grown bugs and the army, a bit like the earlier movie 'Them'. Humans come out on top, but there are some grisly killings.Evidently made with a budget about equal to today's family shopping-bill, special-effects are almost non-existent. Ordinary insects are filmed in huge Attenborough-like close-up. But the plot is well paced, there is some decent acting, and an adequate script. Skillful lighting and location create suitably spooky ambiance.We made a few nice little black-and-white scarers back in the good old days. Fans should check-out the original and best 'Village Of The Damned', based on John Wyndam's 'Midwich Cuckoos'.