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Here is a low-budget science fiction movie that has an interesting story and manages to keep the pace moving along. Mysterious objects have landed in an English farm field. Top scientists investigate the object only to disappear. Soon the area around the farm is cut off from the rest of England, and strange events abound.
One of the first kidnapped scientists is Lee Mason (Jennifer Jayne), whose intimate friend Dr. Curtis Temple (Robert Hutton) becomes concerned and then suspicious about the happenings at the farm. Dr. Temple learns that aliens have taken over the minds of the people at the farm, including that of his beloved. Dr. Temple is immune to their machinations because of the silver plate in his head, received after an auto accident.
Dr. Temple is puzzled about the happenings at the farm. He perseveres and eventually enters the underground facilities built by the aliens, and rescues Lee, only she is quite reluctant to be rescued as the alien within her is uninterested in Temple. Fortunately, Temple and a close friend learn to detect and remove the aliens from their hosts, and they do so for Lee. The trio is off to single-handedly halt the alien invasion! Will they survive to the end of the movie? Why are the aliens launching people to the moon? How can the mysterious plague be stop? These and many more answers await those who watch this movie.
This movie is reasonably good. There were a few technical glitches, but the glitches were sufficiently minor to keep those types of distractions to a minimum. The acting was also reasonably good, always a surprise in a movie of this type. The underground sets were nicely done and generally looked good. One interesting and bizarre aspect of this movie was the vision devices developed to detect the presence of the aliens. These devices were used once when trying to expel the alien from the body of Lee, and then we never see them again. When Dr. Temple and his friend walked into the room where Lee was tied up, they were not looking at Lee and were walking very strangely, which makes me suspect these devices, looking much like military night vision goggles, were impossible to see through.
Fans of the Batman movie may recognize Michael Gough, who plays the Master of the Moon. Gough was in the first four Batman movies as Alfred, beginning with the 1989 film "Batman." Gough has been in numerous other films, such as "Top Secret!" and "Sleepy Hollow."
The ending was an interesting surprise to me, and a little out of character for this type of movie. Scott Whear said he thought the ending seemed a bit contrived. I think the movie went out with more of a whisper than a bang, which made the ending seem a little lame, but at least the director tried something different from the endings of other, similar movies. I recommend this movie to those who would like to watch a decent low-budget science fiction movie about aliens invading the earth.
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Remember when drive-ins showed a triple feature on weekends? This is typical of the third feature that usually started about 1:00 A M.
Using the moon as a base of operations, aliens embark on a plot to mind-control British scientists. Initially, the movie looks as if it's a clone of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and other vintage sci-fi flicks. The script struggles with its focus, and goes off in all directions. The busy plot has kidnapped scientists, government agents, moon rockets, ray guns, caped aliens with pasty faces, and a village where everybody is unfriendly to the point of murder. Dr. Who meets the Avengers. I kept waiting for Steed and Mrs. Peel to make an entrance. In fact, one stylish gent appears wearing a bowler hat and carrying a rapier thin umbrella. Sound familiar? Robert Hutton's vintage sports car is certainly an Avengers moment. Things turn comic (unintentionally) when the Earth people try blocking mind control by wearing steel helmets. One guy dons a metal bowl that looks like a kitchen implement used for draining wet vegetables. By this time the viewer doesn't know if one should laugh out loud or just reach for the "stop" button on the remote. We of the cheesy movie fan club soldier on, only to be treated to a dreary climax. If it matters, veteran classic Brit horror director Freddie Francis is credited as the director. The technical quality of the low grade DVD edition is adequate. Stranger, you are on your own. ;-)
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This DVD of the film They Came from Beyond Space (1967) actually sat on my `to watch' shelf for awhile before I finally got around to it last night, and by that time, I had forgotten what my initial interest in it was, other than it being a science fiction film...that is until the credits rolled and indicated this was an Amicus film, produced by Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky. In case your not familiar, Amicus aka The Studio that Dripped Blood, was sort of the less popular sibling to the legendary British Hammer Studios, both primarily known for their exquisitely wonderful horror films (Hammer reveled in bringing to life the Universal creatures of the past while Amicus' forte' was in the horror anthology). Directed by Freddie Francis (The Evil of Frankenstein, Dr. Terror's House of Horrors), the film stars American born actor Robert Hutton (Invisible Invaders, The Slime People). Also appearing is Jennifer Jayne (Dr. Terror's House of Horrors), Zia Mohyeddin (Khartoum), Geoffrey Wallace (Torture Garden), and Michael Gough (Trog, Horror Hospital), probably most familiar to American audiences as Batman's manservant Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films released in the 90's (you know, the ones that went down the toilet after the 2nd one?).
The movie opens with some groovy music played over the credits, which then we switch to the English countryside to witness some meteorites, flying in formation, and crashing to Earth. Cut to stock footage of satellite dishes and then to an interior shot where we meet a couple of the primary players in Dr. Curtis Temple (Hutton) and his assistant/girlfriend Lee Mason, played by Jennifer Jayne (you know Doc, it's not wise to dip your pen in the company ink...)...anyway some gooberment type shows up and tells the Doc and his assistants they're needed to investigate the recent phenomena, but Temple can't get clearance from his physician due to a recent accident and the subsequent installation of a silver plate in his head (which I'm figuring will be a critical element later on given the clumsy way it was related to the audience). The scientists (sans Temple) depart and begin their investigation, soon discovering (the hard way) the meteorites are more than just chunks of space rock but vessels for some type of as yet to be determined creatures. Soon after the discovery Temple stops receiving updates from the site, and decides to investigate. What he finds is his peculiar acting colleagues (his girly friend Lee has certainly developed a layer of frost) have since holed themselves up in a heavily guarded compound containing the landing site, one which he can't gain access. Not only that but the nearby townspeople are suffering from a mysterious, lethal plague, one that comes on quickly and with little warning. Temple finally manages to break into the facility (rather clumsily...stealth isn't among his strengths) and finds something utterly fantastic...and nefarious...is this the beginning of the end for the human race? Watch and see...
The story is based on a book by Joseph Millard titled `The Gods Hate Kansas', which I haven't read, so I can't provide any comparison information on that aspect. Some have compared this to science fiction films released by Hammer, and it's certainly a valid point as Amicus and Hammer both regularly utilized the same actors and directors for their productions. As I mentioned before, Amicus wasn't really known for their science fiction fare, and this film would be a good illustration as to why...it's decent enough, but overall pretty tame and, as someone else already mentioned, derivative of what came before. Despite that, I still enjoyed the film for what it was, a cheapie sci-fi thriller with decent acting and good direction. One thing I noticed quickly was a lack in the production values, but then I think this was due to a lot put forth later on in the film towards the underground alien lair...the weakest element here, in my opinion, is probably the story, only because it just seemed so familiar (hence the derivative quality mentioned earlier). The oddest aspect for me was the music. It was much more suitable for a spy movie rather than a science fiction film. As far as the cast, they did alright, but Hutton hardly seemed like he was a little lost in the lead role and it seemed like much more was expected of him than he could have provided. I will say, for a scientist, he had some pretty good hand-to-hand combat skills, more than I would have expected of the character. One element of the story that annoyed me a little was the quickness in developing scientific theories and putting them into practice, specifically when Dr. Temple, assisted by an associate named Farge (Mohyeddin) came up with methods of identification, protection, and such. These guys must have been a couple of real geniuses for the short amount of time (like a day or two) it took them to turn their theories into reality. There were three scenes I found really funny, but I don't think they were meant to be...the first involved an attempt to subvert Dr. Temple (the silver plate in his noggin protected him)...when it was discovered the method had no effect on Dr. Temple, the aliens dumped him and ran away, much like children in fear of getting caught for doing something naughty. The 2nd scene featured Dr. Temple developing protection for others in the form of a silver colander worn on the head and the 3rd was a further extension of said device, complete with google eyepieces allowing humans to spot the aliens. The ending felt pretty weak, as if those pages of the script were lost and they had to come up with something on the 'fly' (actually, I think it was probably written this way, so something thought up on the spot may have been preferable).
I noticed a number of different DVD releases for this film, but my review is for the Platinum Disc Corporation release. The picture, presented in full screen format (it was obvious this wasn't the original aspect ratio, especially at the end as the credits were cut off on either side), looked decent, but did show signs of wear exhibited by a couple of missing frames and the occasional vertical line. The case claims the audio is presented in Dolby Digital stereo, and it did come through well enough. There are chapter stops, and the only special feature is a really lame interactive quiz (five questions) that uses screen shots from the film based on your answer (if you get a question right, you'll see a screen shot of a smiling character, and if you get one wrong you get a stern expression).
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This film went from an "Avengers" episode to James Bond meets "Space 1999" and "The Thunderbirds" to a classic Star Trek clone.YOW! Jolly Good Old B'n (movie).
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This movie has always had a soft spot in my heart. I love cheesy British Sci-fi flicks from the 1950s and 1960s, and They Came From Beyond Space is no exception. We've seen it all before. Meteorites land in an isolated farm. But we know better. Soon scientists from the city descend to the farm, and when they return to their associates, the scientists are far from what they used to be. Is there an Alien invasion of destruction and death? Nah! The Aliens have controlled the scientists and members of the farming community to help rebuild their spaceship. The end.
Isn't this the same plot of a Lee Grant/James Franciscus TV movie, Night Slaves?
Based on a short story, The Gods Hate Kansas, this movie most likely doesn't do the story justice. But for a quick B fix, this hits the spot.
BTW, I own a double bill of this film with Warning From Space as the second feature. I was able to buy this at a local Big Lots department store for $1.00! Believe me! The visual quality of this film (both films for that matter) is miles ahead of Diamond, Brentwood and God knows whatever label releases this Golden oldie. Now if someone would release another 60s fave, Invasion of the Body Stealers (aka Thin Air)
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