Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 4
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Release Date: Mar 1, 1966 Wide
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Shot on a miniscule $50,000 budget, and including footage from a 1959 Russian film that was later purchased by Roger Corman, this science fiction feature finds a tiny planet slowly dying. With the inhabitants in danger of perishing, some kind-hearted astronauts bring a green-blooded female alien back to Earth. The extraterrestrial shows her gratitude by going wild for human blood in the fashion of a blood-sucking vampire. John Saxon, Basil Rathbone and Dennis Hopper are some of the actors
Mar 1, 1966 Wide
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... arguably the best of the Corman-produced recycling jobs and as fun a haunted spaceship film as there was until Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires.
Chalk this one up to a campy title that's worth getting for the Hopper factor and the laughs--all unintentional.
Even though it drags its feet through most of the voyage, it still manages to deliver some chills come climax time.
Goes directly to my "So Bad It's Good" list. Like something Ed Wood might have done, had he actually had a budget (and better stock footage). The story is predictable, the acting is as would be expected (fun seeing young Dennis Hopper & John Saxon). While there is actually some fun/kitchy set & costume designs
September 30, 2008Super Reviewer
Surprisingly enjoyable sci-fi/horror made up of beautiful Soviet footage and cheap Americvan footage.
October 28, 2008
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