
Working for O.S.I., the Office of Scientific Investigation, A-Man agent Jeffrey Stewart and his partner Dan Forbes are sent to a local hardware store where they find a strong magnetic field has magnetized every metal item in the store. Investigating further, they eventually trace the source of the magnetism to an airborn flight carrying scientist Howard Denker, now dying of radiation poisoning, who has carted on board with him a new radioactive element which he has bombarded ... (Full plot summary below)
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Working for O.S.I., the Office of Scientific Investigation, A-Man agent Jeffrey Stewart and his partner Dan Forbes are sent to a local hardware store where they find a strong magnetic field has magnetized every metal item in the store. Investigating further, they eventually trace the source of the magnetism to an airborn flight carrying scientist Howard Denker, now dying of radiation poisoning, who has carted on board with him a new radioactive element which he has bombarded with alpha particles for 200 hours. The element, dubbed 'serranium' grows geometrically by creating matter out of energy which it absorbs from metallic objects surrounding it. Stewart calculates that if the substance is not destroyed soon that within 24 hours or so it will have grown large enough to throw Earth out of its orbit.
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| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonWhat sounds like a ludicrous exercise in 1950s sci-fi actually turns out to be a fairly involving thriller ... even if there really isn't a monster in the traditional sense. |
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| User ReviewChristopher BA rather ludicrous premise is carried off remarkably well by the cast & crew in this Ivan Tors production. Though I would characterize this as a horror/fantasy film, not proper sci-fi. Specifically, the danger in this film is from being bombarded with alpha particles (helium nucleus stripped of electrons). Alpha cannot penetrate a single sheet of paper, not even skin! It travels a few millimeters and literally ceases to exist as it hasn't the energy to go further. It is only a danger in ingested in quantity. |