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Summary: This is a "must have" for 50's Sci-Fi fans!
Review: This movie purchase was the best money I have spent in a long time...truly a priceless classic! The sound effects brought me back to a Saturday afternoon in our small town movie theatre! The acting was WONERFUL and the special effects riveting....coupled with the sound effects that give this movie the campy appeal that makes me love movies 1950's Sci-Fi!!
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Summary: One of the first classic alien invasion Sci Fi films
Review: One night astronomer John Putnam (Richard Carlson from "Creature From the Black Lagoon") is watching the night skies when he sees a flash in the desert night sky. Dragging the pretty Ellen Fields (Barbara Rush from "When Worlds Collide") with him, he goes off to investigate what he thinks is a meteor. But what he discovers at the bottom of the creater is not a giant meteor but a space ship composed of glowing hexagons. Of course, back in town nobody will believe him, not even Sheriff Matt Warren (Charles Drake) who also likes Ellen. But then people start wandering around town in zombie-like trances and our heroic astronomer starts to figure out that there is an alien invasion taking place in his little town, which means the little love triangle here need to be put on hold. "It Came From Outer Space" was one of the first 3-D films (you can easily guess what parts were directed out at the audience) and provides a nice mix of cheesy horror effects with eerie sci fi music. The original story is by Ray Bradbury and has all the earmarks of a pulp magazine alien invasion story. Of course, this was a period when UFO sightings were starting to be covered in the press as well. The story has a strong resemblance to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," but remember that this 1953 film came out three years earlier and if you are looking for elements of paranoia about the Commies the subtext is a lot stronger in this film. Also, the recent film "Evolution" clearly uses this Fifties Science Fiction classic for its basic framework. Director Jack Arnold was one of the kings of Fifties "B" films having done not only "It Came From Outer Space," but "Creature From the Black Lagoon," "Tarantula," and "The Incredible Shrinking Man," all of which are films you need to screen at some point as you learn all about the roots of contemporary science fiction.
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Summary: First Rate Production
Review: For an early 50s science fiction film this is very good. Don't let the title fool you. Universal put a little more money into this one and it pays off. Richard Carlson gives a very good performance. The script and music are very good. It is worth seeing.
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Summary: Second best...
Review: I thought this maybe the best 50's UFO science fiction after "The day the earth stood still". What I like is not the UFO itself (the alien's also pothetic), but the situation. You can imagine how to react when you know there's aliens among us have to unearth their spaceship.
I knew this movie from local teen magazine in 70's which written about UFO and the movies about it. Too bad, I forgot all the movies except "It came from outer space" and "the day the earth stood still". So I'm happy at last I found it..
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Summary: Excellent SI-FI Movie
Review: I agree with all the good things said about this movie. My only disappointment is that the DVD did ont include the 3-D verison. I well remember seeing it in 3-D years ago and the effects provided by the 3-D process were great. I wish producers of all the old movies that originally were 3-D would give us that version on their DVD's.
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Summary: Not in widescreen?
Review: How could this movie not be presented in widescreen? What a tragedy! I was all prepared to purchase this until I discovered this. Why even put it on DVD if you are going to preserve the movie in the manner in which it was originally presented? I can see if the 3-D components have been lost & this is the only way it can be presented. But not producing the movie in widescreen is inexcusable. As a matter of fact, I just convinced myself to downgrade this version to 1 star. (If this movie was filmed in full format, please disregard this review.)
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