
Navy test pilot Lieut. Dan Prescott, in experimental rocket plane Y-13, disobeys orders and becomes the first man to fly outside the ionosphere. Unable to turn, he ejects...and is plastered with metallic meteor dust. The pilot compartment lands with no trace of the pilot... but first cattle, then people, are found with their throats cut as if with an axe, by something that seems to have a craving for blood...... (Full plot summary below)
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Navy test pilot Lieut. Dan Prescott, in experimental rocket plane Y-13, disobeys orders and becomes the first man to fly outside the ionosphere. Unable to turn, he ejects...and is plastered with metallic meteor dust. The pilot compartment lands with no trace of the pilot... but first cattle, then people, are found with their throats cut as if with an axe, by something that seems to have a craving for blood...
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzI've seen a lot of sci-fi films that didn't make as much sense as this one does. |
| DVDJournal.comMark BourneSpace Age hardware footage (including cockpit shots of Chuck Yeager) meets rampaging space-mutant theatrics. |
| User ReviewKevin NSurprisingly decent sci-fi thriller- crudely made, but well plotted with a strong climax. |
| User ReviewPhillip DIt's really a monster movie and a decent one at that. |
| User ReviewPaul DGood b-movie horror that looks very dated now but taps into the fears of the exploration of the new frontier at the time. There's a pretty good make up job on the monster too. |
| User ReviewKyle GI grew up on movies like this but man, I just want to watch like, Fassbinder shit these days. |
| User ReviewBrad GDecent monster movie centered around the hunt for a mutated astronaut after he returns to earth with the thirst for blood. The monster makeup is fantasticâ??I love the tarmac skin, that one jelly eye, and the Darth Vader style gasping. The film takes a little while to really get going but once the manhunt is on the film speeds to its conclusion. From the studio that gave you the excellent Fiend Without A Face, this flick is just below par of that creature feature. VF. |
| User ReviewPaul WThere's no glossing over the film's shortcomings. The effects are cheap, the science is preposterous, the dialogue is bad, and Marshall Thompson is a poor man's Sterling Hayden. But it's ridiculous fun perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon. The shorter a movie is, the more forgiving I tend to be. Predictable, yes, but in a comforting way. The cinematography is also much better than one would expect. |
| User ReviewBryan WAn enjoyably cheesy and dated sci-fi film from the late '50s. Technically not a very good film ( only a few rungs above Ed Wood in terms of competence), but still pretty fun to watch. Flicks like these are the hardest to rate. They're not well-made, but I won't deny that I enjoy watching them. |
| User ReviewWalter C"The conquest of new worlds always makes demands of human life. And there will always be men who will accept the risk." It seems like this tale has been told just too many times. Every other science fiction/horror film in the 50s seems to have involved a guy going up in a rocket, getting manipulated by something, then returning to earth as a slavering monster. This one has a good cast and is well shot. But it's just more of the same. I think The Quatermass Xperiment has a bit more flare. But this one is better than several others I've seen. |