Following a rescue mission to Mars, the survivor of a space expedition claims that his crew was hunted down and killed by an alien creature. Skeptical, and believing that the survivor may have killed the crew in order to survive, the rescue captain dismisses the explanation only to find that a Martian creature has stowed away on the spacecraft and begins to hunt the human hosts.
It! The Terror From Beyond Space stars Marshall Tompson (The Clock) as Col. Carruthers, Shirley Patterson (The Land Unknown) as Ann Anderson, Kim Spalding (The Gunfighter) as Col. Van Heusen and Ray Corrigan (New Frontier) as “It”.
DIRECTED BY: Edward L. Cahn (Pier 5 Havana, Experiment Alcatraz)
YEAR FILMED: 1958
GENRE: Horror/Scifi
LANGUAGE: English
LABEL: Olive Films
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 69 min
RATING: Unrated
ASPECT RATIO: 1.37:1 Aspect Ratio, B&W
AUDIO: Mono
BLU-RAY PRICE: $26.96
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This movie was IT! for this LA kid absorbed with monster and space movies, especially for pre-Star Trek B&W TV of the day. The rubber monster suit and ‘the movie’ easily made this spook flick an absolute favorite and it holds up well if given a fair chance and kept in context. It was thrilling and chilling in the ’50-’60s, and just like The Blob or all the Univeral ’30s classics, if it’s on, I’m watching.