It! The Terror From Beyond Space

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Allan C @RT15713161 Aug 9 ALIEN’s campy space-horror ancestor It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) *** An iconic campy sci-fi thriller that clearly inspired Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, this tight little film follows a spaceship crew terrorized by a martian creature that has hitched a ride home from Mars. It’s surprisingly suspenseful for its low budget, though the limited acting keeps it from being a true classic; still, at just over an hour, it’s an entertaining and smarter-than-average piece of sci-fi. See more Homu L @AkemiLord May 3 Fantastic movie. I really enjoyed watching this. Great film! See more Edward H @TinTan Jan 17 I saw this when it opened in 1958, when I was 10. Three stars and one extra because it was considered one of the better monster movies and the inspiration for others like it to come. I found amusing that in one scene the men are seated at a table and the two women on the ship clear their dishes and serve them coffee! Speaking of furniture, perhaps the greatest threat to the crew is all the unsecured chairs and supplies would go flying around in an antigravity situation. Ah, the '50s... If it wasn't giant atomic insects, then it was men in rubber monster suits. However, there were first class features that have stood the test of time, like The War of the Worlds (1953) and my favorite, Forbidden Planet (1956) a standout for its script, ground breaking special effects and set design, that definitely influenced Star Wars, etc. See more Werner K @wernerrrrr12 Dec 3 Great movie. Fun and creepy! I like it alot! Very cool and dark! See more Blu B @RT43513976 Nov 13 It's not bad actually. This 100% inspired Alien (1979) as it's the exact same setup just done a million times better. The problem is it's B Movie trappings really hold it back. The direction is super basic stuff and the music is pretty generic stuff for a 50's B Movie that you'd expect. Nothing really distinct at all. Everything else is half decent though. The set design can look cheap, the creature is just a rubber suit and it defintely shows, if it were better designed like the Gill Man that would help a lot. Sometime though the black and white looks pretty good and makes things moody and atmospheric, but than it goes right back to looking cheap. It just can't sustain it. Than it just feels like it's one attempt ater another to kill it without really learning anything about the creature that leads to the next thing. Effectively you could rearrange all the ways they try to kill it and not much is changes. The actors blend in for the most part but some stand out more than others and for what it's worth they are trying. It's cool to see a woman on the crew also. I remember some of them but a lot just blend in. There is a very low body count here as well so it's not really horror I'd say but 80-85% Sci-Fi and 10-15% horror. Still very much on the family friendly side. If your a die hard fan of any actors here or 50's B Sci-Fi B Movies this might be worth a watch. Or if your curious to see the precursor to the masterpiece Alien. Most aren't missing much here. Great idea as shown by Ridley Scott, but just not given the love, refinement, and production needed for it to succeed. See more robert b @RT26413437 Oct 9 This is an underrated sci-fi film from the fifties that is dated but still holds up. Take the original movie The Thing and put it on an American spaceship traveling back from Mars and you got it. It scared the crap out of me when I was a kid and that's why I watch it every chance I get. See more Read all reviews

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