“It Came From Outer Space” (1953) / Z-View

It Came From Outer Space (1953)

Directors:  Jack Arnold

Screenplay:  Harry Essex from a story by Ray Bradbury

Starring: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake and Russell Johnson

Tagline: Terror In 3-D… Reaching From The Screen To Seize You In Its Grasp!…

The Overview:  Beware of spoilers…

When John Putnam (Carlson) and his fiancé, Ellen Fields (Rush) see a meteorite crash nearby, they go to investigate.  What they discover is an alien spaceship.  They escape to inform the town folk, but no one believes them… until people begin to act strange!

When I was a kid, I didn’t like It Came From Outer Space.  There’s more suspense than action.  The aliens look goofy instead of scary.  It’s also a movie where the aliens don’t want to cause harm.  Like ET, they just want to get home.  I recently re-watched It Came From Outer Space, it’s not great but it’s also not a bad way to spend 81 minutes.  ; )

It Came from Outer Space earns 3 of 5 stars.