It's always fun to watch these old Sci-Fi movies, I always get a kick out of the Cheesy special effects and often hokey dialog. The premise of this somewhat obscure film is pretty straight forward, an alien space craft with a humanoid creature on board lands on a remote Scottish moor and proceeds to control the minds of the inhabitants of a small nearby town. It reminded me allot of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Puppet Master which were of course released many years later, in fact one might even deduce that perhaps this film was the basis for these later films. I'm not going to say this film was great, in all honesty it wasn't, but at least it was interesting enough to keep me watching. The acting was acceptable, the set design tolerable, the alien creature on the other hand was laughable, it kinda looked like an elongated face made out of paper machete, not the slightest bit believable. The film was done on the cheap, it went into production on the 13 December 1950 at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California and wrapped principle photography six days later. To save money, the film was shot on sets for the 1948 Ingrid Bergman film Joan of Arc, using fog to change moods and locations. It stared Robert Clarke as John Lawrence , Margaret Field as Enid Elliot, Raymond Bond as Professor Elliot and William Schallert as Dr. Mears. If ya get a chance I think it's worth watching but keep in mind this is a 1950's B-movie so manage your expectations, Star Wars it aint...
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United Artists
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Producer................Aubrey Wiseberg & Jack Pollexfen
Director.................Edgar G. Ulmer
Writers..................Aubrey Wiseberg & Jack Pollexfen
Box Office Take....N/A
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