ThiefHott Too much of everything

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

utgard14 A strange visitor from outer space lands on a remote Scottish island where a renowned astronomer has set up an observatory to study the mysterious Planet X, which will pass close to Earth in a few days. The astronomer, his pretty daughter, his assistant, and a visiting American reporter make contact with the alien and try to communicate with it. But things take a turn for the worse when the assistant tries to use the alien for his own ends.The hero of the movie is played by Robert Clarke. With his pencil mustache, bomber jacket, and turtleneck, he's the definition of cool. William Schallert plays the villain. It's a different type of role than I'm used to seeing Schallert in but he plays bad very well. Margaret Field (mother of Sally) does fine as the astronomer's daughter and potential love interest for Clarke. Roy Engel is great in a small part as the constable. This is a very good, low-budget sci-fi film from the Golden Age of Sci-Fi (the 1950s). It's helped a lot by a short runtime and Edgar G. Ulmer's atmospheric direction. Most of the movie takes place at night, with lots of scenes on the fog-shrouded moors or the castle observatory. Creepy fun for fans of classic horror and sci-fi. Also, this was made back in the days when stories involving space and aliens were still filled with wonder and the fantastic, not the boring "realism" that permeates modern sci-fi. So here we have a big-headed alien in a neat-looking spacesuit traveling in an awesome rocket ship. Very entertaining for those who appreciate such things.

Scott LeBrun "The Man from Planet X" is routine overall, but it has a reasonably interesting concept - that of a wandering planet that has left its orbit - and has enough heavy atmosphere to make it an entertaining view. Said planet will come closest to Earth around the area of an island off the Scottish coast. Soon the locals realize that a representative of an alien intelligence has landed. The amusing looking creature seems to be harmless at first, but when ambitious and greedy scientist Dr. Mears (the solid veteran character actor William Schallert) starts bullying the creature into giving him information, it changes its mind and gets hostile, turning Mears and others into zombie slaves. It's up to intrepid American reporter John Lawrence (Robert Clarke) to figure out a way to stop an invasion from taking place, and to get word to the authorities.B movie perennials Clarke and director Edgar G. Ulmer are in fine form here; Ulmer did a fine job of working his way around the low, low budgets of his films. Here he has the crew add fog to the sets of the Ingrid Bergman film "Joan of Arc" to create an eerie feel. There's a minimum of characters until the climax when citizens are mobilized against the menace; until then there's a rather intimate feel to the proceedings, and the pacing is deliberate, with a focus on mood and feel rather than action.The acting is sincere from all concerned, with Clarke a likable, low key leading man, and lovely Margaret Field (mother of Sally Field) an appealing leading lady. Schallert is malevolent fun as the self centered Mears; other nice characterizations are by Raymond Bond as eminent scientist Professor Elliot and Roy Engel as Tommy the Constable. Clocking in at a trim 71 minutes, "The Man from Planet X", written and produced by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen, is a good if not great little film worth a look for genre buffs.Seven out of 10.

Woodyanders A mysterious alien (Ray Goldin in a genuinely eerie costume) lands his spaceship in a remote Scottish village and stirs up the locals. Director Edgar G. Ulmer, working from a smart script by Aubrey Wisberg and Joack Pollexfen, works wonders on a very tight and modest budget: the absorbing story unfolds at a steady pace, there's a vivid evocation of the isolated fog-shrouded hamlet, and the potently gloomy and spooky atmosphere never falters for a minute. Moreover, this movie deserves extra praise for not making the extraterrestrial malevolent from the get go; the alien starts out as ambiguous in its intentions and only turns malign after being cruelly treated by evil opportunistic scientist Dr. Mears (superbly played by veteran character actor William Schallert). Kudos are also in order for the restrained and convincing acting by the sturdy cast, with especially praiseworthy work from Robert Clarke as affable American reporter John Lawrence, Margaret Field as the perky Enid Elliot, Raymond Bond as the practical Professor Elliot, and Roy Engel as resolute town constable Tommy. Both John R. Russell's sharp black and white cinematography and Charle Koff's stirring score are up to par. Recommended viewing for fans of the genre.

sol (Some Spoilers) It's when famed Scottish Astrology Professor Elliot,Raymond Bond,spotted this heavenly body heading straight towards earth that he got in touch with his good friend back in WWII days American reporter John Lawrence, Robert Clarke, to get the first rights on breaking to the world this earth shaking story.Showing up at the dinky and fog covered town of Burry in Northern Scotland Lawrence is shocked to find that Prof. Elliot's assistant is the sleazy unscrupulous as well as brilliant Dr. Mears, William Schallert, who was just released from prison. To balance things out there's also the professor's daughter Enid played by Margaret Fields, actress Sally Fields mom, who's had a crush on the handsome American when she was a little girl back in war torn WWII England.As the brilliant professor Eillot calculated the heavenly body-that he named Planet X-that he's been tracking for the last two or three days is due to hit the earth on the evening of September 17,1950 just three days hence! And the the place it's to collied with on earth is no less then Burry Scotland! The very place where he and Enid make their home!Checking out the moors outside of Burry Lawrence and Enid spot this landing craft stuck in the soft fog covered earth. Later this alien the Man from Planet X, known as the X-Man in sci-fi lingo, played by midget actor Pat Goldin unexpectedly pop up out of the craft. Looking like the famous Tin-Man in "The Wizard of Oz" the X-Man suddenly suddenly go into convulsions in that his air,or whatever he's breathing, supply gets jammed in his space suite. With Lawrence and Professor Elliot helping the X-Man back to his feet he seems to become friendly to the earthlings whom he owes his life to. It's only when he's brought to Professor Eillot's home and greedy and rotten Dr.Mears begins to work the defenseless X-Man over to find the secret of his or fellow X-Mens ability to travel through space and build spaceships to do it with that he turns violent! Escaping from the Elliot house the X-Man uses his ray gun to turn the people of Burry into mind-controlled zombies and do the bidding of him and fellow X-Men who are planning to take over the earth and, in their planet about to become instinct of life, make it their home away home.***SPOILERS*** In order top prevent the X-Men from taking over the earth the local British National Guard is called in by Lawrence and Burry's Constable Tommy(Ron Engel), two of few men in town who weren't zombafied, in order to put an end to their plans. With Lawrence de-zombafying those already zombafied by the X-Man in getting the mind controlled population of Burry, that includes both Professor Elliot and Dr. Mears, back to normal it's now up to the British Army to put an end of this planned alien invasion of the earth by blasting the X-Man and his spacecraft to kingdom come! That's before he can set the stage for his fellow X-Men to launch their full scale invasion, D-Day style, of the planet earth. And the one person, or earthling, who's against that happening is non-other then Dr.Mears! As it turns out that besides him being a lowlife and rat faced bottom feeder, in getting information that would make him rich & famous from the X-Man, he's also a traitor to not only his country but his fellow earthlings! And like the traitor that Dr. Mears is he ends up getting exactly what he deserves! By him getting blasted by a squad of British Army bazooka men as he makes a run for it back to the X-Man's soon to be pulverized,together with the X-Man, spacecraft!