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It! The Terror from Beyond Space can be enjoyed on two levels. On the one hand, science fiction vet Jay Bixby (story credit for Fantastic Voyage, episodes of Star Trekand The Twilight Zone) has penned a tight screenplay that clocks in at less than 70 minutes. In the action you'll see precursors to Alien and other modern science fiction classics. On the other hand, you've got the pleasures of The Future As Envisioned in 1958 (Hey look! Female crew members! Wait a minute, they're serving the men coffee...) and, of course, a rubber-suited space monster. A rescue ship picks up Colonel Carruthers, sole survivor of an expedition to Mars. Carruthers is accused of killing his crew, but he maintains that they were picked off by a mysterious monster. Guess who's right? Keep an eye out for charming details such as analog instrument dials, crew members smoking in flight, and mysteriously large amounts of loose paper flying around the ship. --Ali Davis

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5.0 out of 5 stars It! The Essence of 50's Sci-Fi!, April 30 2004

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Christopher Thomas Rennirt (Louisville, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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Let's face "It," you either love 50's sci-fi, or you don't! If you are one of the lucky who love it, then this is, unquestionably, another of those movies that you'll surely love. It has everything a 50's sci-fi lover loves: painted outer space backdrops, a rubber-suit monster, subservient female astronauts, and a classic missle-shaped rocketship with a sparkler propulsion system. Yes, it's classic 50's sci-fi, and this is the essence of it's charm. It has all the standard nostalgia that the lover's of it's kind have grown to expect and endear. This is the type of movie that should be forgiven for the limitations of it's time and appreciated for it's story--a story which is actually, on it's own, exceptionally good for any time. Yes, any lover of the genre will appreciate it's originality--the fact that never before had a monster been brought back from an alien planet on a ship. Never before had a monster on a ship picked-off astronauts one by one, as it slipped through air ducts. Yes, this reminds me of another of my all-time favorite films from another time and place. "It" also reminds me that great special effects are only a small part of what makes a movie a classic. So, sit back, turn out the lights, forget what the year is and where you are, and enjoy It!

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Movie That Started It All, July 14 2004

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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One of the latest additions to my movie collection is the classic movie It! This is a ground breaking film full of all the things that make some of these movies so enjoyable.

A rescue mission is sent to Mars to find survivors from a crash. One survivor is found and he is charged with the deaths of the rest of the crew as he has no explanation for their disappearance. But before they leave the surface, something gets into the ship and soon the crew becomes aware that something is not right on the ship. Then the bodies are found and the crew goes on the defensive. Impervious to bullets and grenades and capable of tearing open the hatches, the creature poses an immediate threat to everyone on board. What follows are scenes of the crew trying to stop the creature and remain alive.

It! is possibly the first film dealing with an unstoppable monster on a ship. For its age, this film is quite violent. There are hilarious scenes where the female members of the crew are left to clear the tables while the men sit and talk. File cabinets fill the ship. Other low tech equipment abounds. A fun film and a true classic.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Beyond 'Its' Space and Time, May 18 2004

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L. S. Fischer (Monrovia, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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It was the summer of 1959. Every Wednesday night, the local drive-in charged $1.00 per carload for a double-feature of horror films. None of those dozens of old movies stand out in my mind so much as "It! The Terror From Beyond Space". And I was not the only one so impacted -- for those of us crowded into the back seat of Mom's Studebaker that night, it became the film by which we judged all others of that genre from then on.

I was ecstatic when I found it available on VHS years ago -- and not one bit disappointed, either. I hadn't been mistaken; I really had remembered the picture hanging in the office of the space agency director. Just as with several other items unique to the film (women scientists - 2 of them!), I had never even forgotten the last line in the movie. And seeing it again after 40+ years still was (I feel silly admitting this) a bit scary.

Although a black-and-white film, it managed to convey the same thrills as the special-effects-assisted "Aliens", and that says some very impressive things about the creative artistry of the folks who made "It! The Terror From Beyond Space".

I'm going to go and watch it again right now!...

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