Killers from Space

1954 "The last word in science-fiction thrills!"
3.5| 1h11m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 23 January 1954 Released
Producted By: Planet Filmplays
Country: United States of America
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Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them.

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ShangLuda Admirable film.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Leofwine_draca KILLERS FROM SPACE is a typically cheap and cheerful science fiction B-movie of the 1950s, notable for featuring MISSION IMPOSSIBLE actor Peter Graves in an early role. It's best known as the movie that features a bunch of goofy aliens hanging around in a cavern who possess these crazy ping-pong ball eyes which look absolutely ridiculous, so it was a hoot for me every time they appear on screen. The film's plot is lightweight and everything's rather cheap and silly, but Graves certainly seems commited to his performance which helps things a bit, and you have to love those aliens. It's no INVADERS FROM MARS, but you could do worse.
soulexpress Before he landed his lucrative gig on TV's "Mission: Impossible," Peter Graves spent years acting in low-budget, black-and-white sci-fi dreck. KILLERS FROM SPACE is a good example: cheesy script, an all-white cast, bargain-basement acting, static camera work, gobs of stock footage, riotous-looking aliens, and Atomic Age paranoia that now seems quaint.The plot: Dr. Douglas P. Martin (Graves) is in Soledad Flats, Nevada, monitoring A-bomb tests by air. When a test goes wrong, his survey plane crashes in the desert. The plane is wrecked and the pilot incinerated, but Martin is nowhere to be found. He turns up at the Army base, intact but for two things: a fresh surgical scar on his chest and a lack of memory regarding what happened to him. It turns out, there are space aliens occupying a cavern beneath the Earth's upper crust. The sun on their planet is dying, which necessitates relocating all one billion of their race to a new planet: ours. To ensure minimal interference from us humans, the aliens have bred an army of gigantic reptiles and insects they will unleash on the Earth's surface. After they've explained all this to Martin, the aliens erase his memory and cut him loose (instead of doing the smart thing and killing him).Item: Dr. Martin's survey plane is called "Tar Baby 2." Did that racist phrase mean something different in the '50s?Item: the wall map in Dr. Martin's office has the Santa Fe Railroad logo in its bottom left corner. Is it the same map that Ed Wood used in "Plan 9 From Outer Space?"Item: Dr. Martin's memory returns only after he is involved in a car accident. The film never explains why. Item: the aliens have big, bulging eyes and Groucho Marx-like eyebrows. And their suits reminded me of The Phantom.Item: Dr. Martin was killed in the plane crash and is only alive now because the aliens operated on his heart (hence the scar). It's never explained how his body stayed intact in a crash that reduced his pilot to ashes.Item: when the alien scientist hands Dr. Martin a set of calculations (on what looks like a sheet of tinfoil), they are written in Earth numbers.To his credit, Peter Graves remained stoic throughout this turgid 71-minute exercise. Still, it's amazing he ever had a respectable acting career when he starred in so much crap.
jacobjohntaylor1 This is a classic science fiction. It is very scary. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This is scarier then The Shinning and that is not easy to do. This is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street and that is not easy to do. I do not know why this got a 3.1. This is just underrating it. This is a 9. It is not a 3.1 This is scarier then Friday the 13th V a new beginning and that is not easy to do. This scarier then Halloween resurrection could ever be. It is a great movie. See it. It is scarier then The silences of the lambs could ever be. This is one of the scariest movies of all time.
Red-Barracuda Aliens take control of the mind of a scientist and use him to steal military secrets as part of a nefarious plan to take over the world.This very cheap science fiction movie was directed by W. Lee Wilder, the brother of the much more famous Billy. It stars Peter Graves who of course would go on to considerable fame as Jim Phelps in the inventive TV series Mission: Impossible. It's one of those old sci-fi flicks that appears especially ridiculous today. But despite what you might reasonably expect, this one is surprisingly mundane for the most part, although it is certainly enjoyable enough hokum to be fair. Its single most significant aspect is easily its alien villains. They are supremely silly creations, dressed in jump-suits and sporting ping pong ball eyes. Aside from them, there isn't really a lot to note in this one but it should still appeal to 50's sci-fi devotees, at least to some extent.