Classic and strange piece of imaginative science-fiction with primitive but enjoyable effects . An alien agent called Paul Johnson (Paul Birch) from the distant planet Davana is sent to Earth via a high-tech matter transporter. Paul apparently suffers from a rare condition and must have constant blood transfusions . Then he enters the hospital where he is greeted by Nurse Nadine Storey (Beverly Garland). There he has come for a transfusion of blood. Later on , he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, butthings go wrong , as the result of a devastating war. Somewhere in this world stalks a thing that is...
Acceptable Scifi movie about an alien invasion in which a nasty extraterrestrial shows up at a peaceable location in order to save his dying planet , as he needs major blood donations from unsuspected Earthlings ; as he results to be a vampire but of the space alien with-telepathic-powers variety who has a particular purpose for coming to Earth . It displays thrills , intricate plot , suspense , traditional special effects and strange aliens . This classic and rare Sci-Fi is considered to be the first serious film about interplanetary escapades .Mediocre interpretation by an average cast. Being starred by little known actors It stars the secondary actor , Paul Birch , Beverly Garland , Corman's regular and Morgan Jones . Furthermore, ordinary actors of the Corman factory as Dick Miller and Jonathan Haze . Rare musical score by Ronald Stein and evocative cinematography by John Mescall , both of whom are habitual of Roger Corman. It was shown in US drive-in on a double bill with other terror or Sci-Fi films . It had various remakes , such as : ¨Not of this Earth¨ 1988 by Jim Wynorski with the porn star Tracy Lords in her character as a nurse , Ace Mask , Michael Delano , Monique Gabrielle . And ¨Not of This Earth¨1996 by Terence Winkless with Michael York , Parker Stevenson , Elizabeth Barondes , Richard Belzer , this is Corman remake of his own 1957 cheapie , it's both sexy and camp . Although these versions not a match for the original rendition .
.This genuine and decently made science fiction was produced in low budget and professionally directed by Roger Corman. He's a prolific craftsman who made all kinds of genres as Sci-fi , exploitation, drama , gangster movie , monster movie , adventure and many others. After his period realizing poverty-budget horror movies as ¨Swamp woman, The beast with a million of eyes, Attack of the crab monsters , Undead¨, and this ¨Not of This Earth¨(1957) then came the cycle of tales of terror based on Poe as ¨ House of Usher, Pit and pendulum, The raven , Tales of terror, The masque of the red death ¨ , and Corman made this undisputed masterpiece , X , that won the Golden Asteroid in the Trieste Festival of Science Fiction Films in 1963. Rating : Acceptable and passable , definitively wholesome watching , Corman's achievement to have bent the Sci-Fi genre with splendid results . Rating : 6/10 , being an agreeable Science Fiction movie . Essential and indispensable watching for SciFi buffs . Well worth seeing.
Acceptable Scifi movie about an alien invasion in which a nasty extraterrestrial shows up at a peaceable location in order to save his dying planet , as he needs major blood donations from unsuspected Earthlings ; as he results to be a vampire but of the space alien with-telepathic-powers variety who has a particular purpose for coming to Earth . It displays thrills , intricate plot , suspense , traditional special effects and strange aliens . This classic and rare Sci-Fi is considered to be the first serious film about interplanetary escapades .Mediocre interpretation by an average cast. Being starred by little known actors It stars the secondary actor , Paul Birch , Beverly Garland , Corman's regular and Morgan Jones . Furthermore, ordinary actors of the Corman factory as Dick Miller and Jonathan Haze . Rare musical score by Ronald Stein and evocative cinematography by John Mescall , both of whom are habitual of Roger Corman. It was shown in US drive-in on a double bill with other terror or Sci-Fi films . It had various remakes , such as : ¨Not of this Earth¨ 1988 by Jim Wynorski with the porn star Tracy Lords in her character as a nurse , Ace Mask , Michael Delano , Monique Gabrielle . And ¨Not of This Earth¨1996 by Terence Winkless with Michael York , Parker Stevenson , Elizabeth Barondes , Richard Belzer , this is Corman remake of his own 1957 cheapie , it's both sexy and camp . Although these versions not a match for the original rendition .
.This genuine and decently made science fiction was produced in low budget and professionally directed by Roger Corman. He's a prolific craftsman who made all kinds of genres as Sci-fi , exploitation, drama , gangster movie , monster movie , adventure and many others. After his period realizing poverty-budget horror movies as ¨Swamp woman, The beast with a million of eyes, Attack of the crab monsters , Undead¨, and this ¨Not of This Earth¨(1957) then came the cycle of tales of terror based on Poe as ¨ House of Usher, Pit and pendulum, The raven , Tales of terror, The masque of the red death ¨ , and Corman made this undisputed masterpiece , X , that won the Golden Asteroid in the Trieste Festival of Science Fiction Films in 1963. Rating : Acceptable and passable , definitively wholesome watching , Corman's achievement to have bent the Sci-Fi genre with splendid results . Rating : 6/10 , being an agreeable Science Fiction movie . Essential and indispensable watching for SciFi buffs . Well worth seeing.