It also gave birth to some of the hokiest and most abysmal scifi and horror to date. Shirley patterson, kim spalding, and marshall thompson in it. France, germany, spain and italy is used occasionally to provide. His second film, law and order 1932, is considered a classic western. Marshall thompson, shirley patterson, ann anderson, kim spalding, ann doran, dabbs greer 1958, 69 minutes, directed by. A rescue ship travels out to mars to retrieve the only survivor of a space probe that has experienced some sort of cataclysm. Genre buffs will recognize this 1958 cheapie as the inspiration for the 1979 hit alien. It is a martian by birth, a frankenstein by instinct, and a copycat. The terror from beyond space 1958 it creeps in before blast. The terror from beyond space the kind of monster that uses bullets.
He claims some kind of martian monster killed nine of his fellow crewmen and inexplicably left him alive. Unfortunately, the ship did indeed crash upon arrival and the crew were quickly killed by some unseen martian lifeform, leaving only him. 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. The terror from beyond space, lands on bluray courtesy of olive films. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that amc sent you when you purchased your ticket. The terror from beyond space and alien double feature. Mary royce ann doran is a doctor, but we see her waiting on the male crew members, making them coffee and feeding them, before we even realize she has a role beyond being a space waitress. The crew of a lone spaceship headed back from mars after picking up the single survivor of a previous mission there, who keeps insisting that a ruthless monster killed the rest, doesnt realize until its too late that theyve also picked up said superpowered creature who would have thought a monster who looks just like a guy in a very stiff rubber suit with zero facial expression. In 1973, a nuclearpowered spaceship blasts off from mars for earth, bringing with it the sole survivor of the first mission, col.
The terror from beyond space 1958 that kind of monster. With marshall thompson, shirley patterson, kim spalding, ann doran. Cahn entered the film industry in 1931 as a novice director at universal. When a rescue ship arrives, its crew discovers only one survivor, colonel carruthers, who relates a weird tale about an unknown creature that massacred his shipmates. In the futuristic year of 1973, mans first rocket expedition to mars is a disaster, with every crew member of a crashed spaceship being left for dead except for one, col. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. In a formula that will be familiar to anyone who has seen a few episodes of star trek or the xfiles, the stalwart crew holds the beast off with a number of ingenious methods while the brainy chicks try to figure out what makes the monster tick. An interplanetary ship rescues the sole survivor of a martian scouting mission and heads for home, unaware that a bloodsucking creature has stowed away in the cargo hold and is. In the far, far future year of 1973, a manned american space ship crashes on mars. Cahn an alien monster manages to find its way onto a spaceship and then kills off the crew members one by one.
The audio is presented in the mono platform the film was released in back in 1958. The terror from beyond space 1958 popcorn pictures. The terror from beyond space it creeps in before blast off. The great space race united states space explorations 1958, nasa historical archive.
The terror from beyond space united artists 1958 col. This classic if dated antecedent of alien looks good on bluray, but considering its influence it deserves much more than this barebones release. He is suspected of having murdered the other nine members of his crew for their food and water rations, on the premise that he had no way of knowing if or when an earth rescue mission would ever arrive. The crew theorizes that the monster could be part of the remnant of a martian civilization that somehow destroyed itself and returned to prehistoric barbarism air vent escape. Too terrifying to even have a name, it is a seemingly invincible monster that is hellbent on killing everyone on a mission to mars. The terror from beyond space 1958 2016 the cult movie collection bluray one of the best scifi flicks of the 1950. While this gives space for such analogous readings much of its science has aged badly. The terror from beyond space 1958 yts movie torrent. The first manned expedition to mars is decimated by an.
Since almost 90% of the action in the film takes place on board the confines of the space shuttle, there is a certain degree of entrapment and claustrophobia present here. Fast eddie entered the film industry in 1931 as a novice director at universal. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. The first manned expedition to mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship. 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. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Mars is almost as big as texas which will leave audiences to wonder. The terror from beyond space subtitles 27 subtitles. Until further notice all elvis cds and dvds are available on sale or for special price. The terror from beyond space stars the alien before. The script follows a traditional 1950s theme with a mostly male crew, two females, and a lack of space knowledge to fill a tome.
The first manned expedition to mars is decimated by an unknown life form. A deep space mission is returning to earth with a crew of five men and two women. There is the ubiquitous outer space wail musical effect for all the exterior space shots, which must have annoyed kids back in 1958 too. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film. Marshall thompson, shirley patterson, kim spalding, ann doran, dabbs greer, paul langton, ray corrigan director. The terror from beyond space 1958 movie movieclipsfilm. Clearly, this 1958 sci fi horror served as the blueprint for ridley scotts classic alien 1979. The terror from beyond space 1958 scifi movie page. The efficient script is by professional scifi writer jerome bixby, later a writer for star trek, and includes some rationalizing babble about how the monster survives on mars and how its bacteria. Loves all things popculture especially if it has a bit of a counterculture twist.
The fact that the space craft is travelling back to earth adds to the dilemma. A second ship is sent to return carruthers to earth to be courtmartialed for the murders. That survivor, col ed carruthers is accused of murdering his fellow crewmen. In 1973, the first manned flight to mars is marooned and by the time the rescue ship arrives, there is only one survivor. The times square fleapit movie scene in the later midnight cowboy is almost a spoof of soporific exterior spaceship in flight shots from scifi films around this time. Plays video games basically from the start when a neighbor brought home an atari 2600, comic loving for almost 30 years, and a true critic of movies. Edward carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others. Where the creature hid its two first kills, and hides itself for part of the first act artistic license physics. There are no exploding chests or sexy astronauts in panties and its pretty cheap and dated set in the far off future of 1973 but this is a fun little movie and provides an interesting blueprint for ridley scotts films.
But ed claims that the killer was a martian monster, and hopes to prove his assertions by signing up for a second journey to the red planet. Edward carruthers is the sole survivor of mans first mars expedition, the remainder of the crew brutally slaughtered. Colonel edward carruthers he commanded the challenge141, the first spaceship to land on the planet marswell, if by land you mean crash. The terror from beyond space is an independently made 1958 american science fiction horror film, produced by robert kent, directed by edward l.
See more ideas about sci fi movies, sci fi films and scary movies. Thompson plays astronaut edward carruthers, the sole survivor of the first manned mission to mars. Unsecured grenades, and a bazooka from point blank range, you got to be kidding. With ridley scotts prometheus about to set down, i thought it might be fun to revisit my 1979 story about alien and it. Two of the murders do take place in silhouette, and there is a nosferatuesque shadow of it as it skulks up the stairwell, but the ambience is. In 1973, the first manned expedition to mars is marooned.
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