Oh boy!, this is one of the best bad movies you'll ever see, with elements of horror and sci-fi blending together to produce a cult classic. It's got one of those 'warning from outer space' themes, complete with invisible aliens who make their point with Earthlings by taking over dead bodies and wreaking havoc and destruction all over the world. The influence on 1968's "Night of the Living Dead" is unmistakable, but made comical by what looks like an army of zombies fresh from a Raymond Burr look alike contest.
I got a kick out of the aliens' first warning - one of the invisible invaders takes over the corpse of a pilot that crashed into the side of a mountain; there was a huge '+' target on the side of the mountain when it hit! Apparently, the aliens had a penchant for American sporting events, as they interrupt a hockey match and an event at a large stadium to make their televised threats to mankind.
Say, do you think their space ships could really have been made out of crumpled aluminum foil?
The goofy story line is remarkably enhanced by some of the best lines in a sci-fi flick ever. The one in my subject line is a favorite, and how about when Phyllis Penner (Jean Byron) warns Major Jay (John Agar) about leaving the bunker to trap an alien - "There's enough radiation out there to kill you, please be careful". Armed with a contamination suit, a shovel and a rope, Major Jay traps an alien by luring one of those walking corpses into an acrylic pit - "Looks like we caught ourselves an invader". (I just write 'em, I don't explain 'em, you'll just have to see it).
Ultimately, the 'vast scientific knowledge' of Professors Penner (Philip Tonge) and Lamont (Robert Hutton) lead to the alien defeat, but not before their military bunker that can withstand a direct A-bomb blast is incapacitated by a smashed beaker of chemicals. This is one flick you'll be sorry to see end, believe me.
The most clever bit - a newspaper front page with the caption - 'First Photo of an Invisible Invader' - it was blank. Beautiful!!!
I got a kick out of the aliens' first warning - one of the invisible invaders takes over the corpse of a pilot that crashed into the side of a mountain; there was a huge '+' target on the side of the mountain when it hit! Apparently, the aliens had a penchant for American sporting events, as they interrupt a hockey match and an event at a large stadium to make their televised threats to mankind.
Say, do you think their space ships could really have been made out of crumpled aluminum foil?
The goofy story line is remarkably enhanced by some of the best lines in a sci-fi flick ever. The one in my subject line is a favorite, and how about when Phyllis Penner (Jean Byron) warns Major Jay (John Agar) about leaving the bunker to trap an alien - "There's enough radiation out there to kill you, please be careful". Armed with a contamination suit, a shovel and a rope, Major Jay traps an alien by luring one of those walking corpses into an acrylic pit - "Looks like we caught ourselves an invader". (I just write 'em, I don't explain 'em, you'll just have to see it).
Ultimately, the 'vast scientific knowledge' of Professors Penner (Philip Tonge) and Lamont (Robert Hutton) lead to the alien defeat, but not before their military bunker that can withstand a direct A-bomb blast is incapacitated by a smashed beaker of chemicals. This is one flick you'll be sorry to see end, believe me.
The most clever bit - a newspaper front page with the caption - 'First Photo of an Invisible Invader' - it was blank. Beautiful!!!