This British end-of-the-world sci-fi flick has a cool NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD-vibe going on as it concerns a group of survivors dealing with a doomsday scenario which turns out to be an alien invasion. The ending also, while not as nihilistic as NOTLD, leaves things open-ended enough that it may not be as happy as is evident. Oh, and the aliens can bring back dead humans as radio-controlled "zombies" so maybe George Romero was a fan of this one. The robot-aliens themselves are not all that spectacular but it works well enough for this story.
Director Terence Fisher, who I know mainly as that Hammer and Amicus studios guy, went on to make 2 more alien/monster invasion films, ISLAND OF TERROR in '66 and NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT in '67. Both of which I have not seen but I probably should.
Really eerie film. Low budget aliens and corpses, but it really does work for this film. Dennis Price is excellent as usual.
ReplyDeleteThe other two movies you mentioned have almost the same plot except one is a lab-accident created monster, and the other is from outer space. Both are low budget (including the monsters), but again both work for me. Peter Cushing is in both, and Christopher Lee is in Big Heat.
And I actually found all three of them on YouTube.
Sweet! Thanks, I really liked this one so I will have to give them a look.
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