The Earth Dies Screaming (1965)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Terence Fisher

Writer:

Harry Spalding (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Be There When...

Plot:

A crack space pilot returns to earth to find the planet has been devastated by some unknown forces. There are a few survivors...

Plot Keywords:

Alien Invasion | Evil Robot | Alien | Astronaut | Poison Gas

Cast

Willard Parker	...	Jeff Nolan
Virginia Field	...	Peggy
Dennis Price	...	Quinn Taggart
Thorley Walters	...	Edgar Otis
Vanda Godsell	...	Violet Courtland
David Spenser	...	Mel
Anna Palk	...	Lorna

Runtime:

62 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (Certificate #20758) | USA:Not Rated (DVD) | UK:A

Filming Locations:

Shere, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Lippert Films

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti (1974)

Creepy Invasion Story

This is a great movie. I stumbled upon it in my quest to see all of the "1950's SciFi" movies. I was also drawn to it since the great Terence Fisher directed it.

The plot about a group of people trying to come to terms with an alien invasion has been done before and done since however for what ever reason this film just plays out fantastically well.

Certainly its no better or worse than many other films in the genre, but during the 60 odd minutes that it unspools it holds with rapt attention, something that many other supposedly better films fail to do.

I know that once seen it may fall from memory but while it may not remain foremost in your brain it will forever spring up when you see the title with a "Hey that was a really good film".

If you can see it, preferably late at night with all of the lights off.