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By Daran Paige
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I was expecting a bargain-bin DVD and was pleasantly surprised. It was a re-mastered copy in a good-looking package. Highly recommended for the B-movie fan.
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Loved it! Sci-Fi at it's best, who needs the latest computer generated special effects when this treasure is available. We watch it again and again....
By Robert Badgley
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It Came From Outer Space is another 50s Sci-Fi Classic that I highly recommend to all.
The story revolves around a professor and his fiance' in a small southwestern U.S.town.Seems the prof has moved to this town to get away from the rat race and along the way has fallen in love with a local girl.
One day a meteorite falls just outside of town and the prof and his beau go to investigate.Seems the "meteorite" has lodged itself in the bottom of a crater which he duly investigates.He finds there's more to this than meets the eye and discovers a space ship "of some kind" sitting there with possible occupants.
The prof being the straight shooter he is tells it like it is from the start only to be met by derision from the local newspaper,law enforcement and towns folk.Just as he starts second guessing himself about what he actually DID see,strange things start happening as the aliens start to explore(and more!)and he and his girlfriend are soon caught up in a fight to save not only the town but possibly the world.
Even though the plot sometimes gets a little see through the performances of its' principal stars carry the movie along in a most believable fashion.A great tool the director uses in this movie is to reveal the aliens to us(and to the characters) in increments.So when we do finally get a full and long glimspe at them we,like the prof,are quite taken aback,i.e.scared!
Technically this is a fine grain print of the movie.However this movie was originally shot in 3-D(that wonderful process that tried to lure the 50s audiences out of their home and away from their new TVs and back into the theaters) and I thought that Universal could have included a 3-D version also,c/w glasses.Considering the price of the disc,that's the very least they could have done.Thus the 4 star rating.
In conclusion grab this Sci-Fi gem for your collection now.A good movie with good performances and a fine print to boot.Couldn't ask for more.....except for some popcorn?
The story revolves around a professor and his fiance' in a small southwestern U.S.town.Seems the prof has moved to this town to get away from the rat race and along the way has fallen in love with a local girl.
One day a meteorite falls just outside of town and the prof and his beau go to investigate.Seems the "meteorite" has lodged itself in the bottom of a crater which he duly investigates.He finds there's more to this than meets the eye and discovers a space ship "of some kind" sitting there with possible occupants.
The prof being the straight shooter he is tells it like it is from the start only to be met by derision from the local newspaper,law enforcement and towns folk.Just as he starts second guessing himself about what he actually DID see,strange things start happening as the aliens start to explore(and more!)and he and his girlfriend are soon caught up in a fight to save not only the town but possibly the world.
Even though the plot sometimes gets a little see through the performances of its' principal stars carry the movie along in a most believable fashion.A great tool the director uses in this movie is to reveal the aliens to us(and to the characters) in increments.So when we do finally get a full and long glimspe at them we,like the prof,are quite taken aback,i.e.scared!
Technically this is a fine grain print of the movie.However this movie was originally shot in 3-D(that wonderful process that tried to lure the 50s audiences out of their home and away from their new TVs and back into the theaters) and I thought that Universal could have included a 3-D version also,c/w glasses.Considering the price of the disc,that's the very least they could have done.Thus the 4 star rating.
In conclusion grab this Sci-Fi gem for your collection now.A good movie with good performances and a fine print to boot.Couldn't ask for more.....except for some popcorn?
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Surprisingly Good!
When I first saw this film last November, I was expecting your average alien film where people are attacked by hostile aliens. Was I ever wrong! Read more
Published on May 4 2004 by The Dark Knight
4.0 out of 5 stars
An early Sci-Fi Gem from the fifties...
The great thing about 1950's sci-fi movies is the way in which they took the psychological fallout from the Soviet-USA Cold War confrontation that dominated the decade (paranoia,... Read more
Published on April 3 2004 by Commander Adama
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It Came, It Saw, It Left...
Richard Carlson (Creature From The Black Lagoon) stars as an intense astronomer who witnessess a "meteor" crash in the desert near his home. Read more
Published on Jan 23 2004 by Bindy Sue Frřnkünschtein
5.0 out of 5 stars
Extra Added Attractions
I first saw this film when I was a little kid and it was showing at theaters in 3D! I don't remember much about that, expect that it frightened me a little. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars
Xenophobes That Came from Outer Space
1953's IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE is often touted as the first of the 1950s sci-fi films to depict extraterrestrials as intrinsically benevolent, but that distinction actually... Read more
Published on Nov 12 2003 by Michael R Gates
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not in widescreen?
How could this movie not be presented in widescreen? What a tragedy! I was all prepared to purchase this until I discovered this. Read more
Published on Oct 16 2003 by James Nelson
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic
Great sci-fi fun. I would have really enjoyed the commentary on the Special Features a lot more if film historian Tom Weaver hadn't exhausted me by talking so fast and giving out... Read more
Published on May 20 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
it from outer space
just because does't have 3-d does't mean its not a good movie alot sci-fi movies were't made them deadly mantis monster that chaellenage the world angry red planet it the terror... Read more
Published on April 9 2003 by william donovan
4.0 out of 5 stars
They Came From Outer Space is a bit more accurate
I love old movies. They are an entertaining glimpse into who we thought we were filtered through a fun house history mirror. Read more
Published on Mar 15 2003 by Wayne Klein
4.0 out of 5 stars
Vintage Sci-Fi
What I like most about this movie, is the beginning setting.
Filmed in the California desert (movie narration depicts Arizona), Barbara Rush looks radiant. Read more
Filmed in the California desert (movie narration depicts Arizona), Barbara Rush looks radiant. Read more
Published on Jan 26 2003 by CANDINI
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