Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

Calificación de los usuarios:

3.1/10   

Director:

Tom Graeff

Guionista:

Tom Graeff (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

junio 1959 (USA)

Género:

Ciencia-Ficción | Horror

Frase comercial:

Teenage hoodlums from another world on a horrendous rampage!

Plot:

A young alien (David Love) falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl (Dawn Anderson) and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Flying Saucer | Giant Lobster | Skeleton | Surrealism

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Teenagers?

Reparto

David Love	...	Derek
Dawn Bender	...	Betty Morgan (as Dawn Anderson)
Bryan Grant	...	Thor
Harvey B. Dunn	...	Gramps Morgan
Tom Graeff	...	Joe Rogers (as Tom Lockyear)
King Moody	...	Spacecraft Captain (as Robert King Moody)
Helen Sage	...	Nurse Morse
Frederick Welch	...	Dr. C.R. Brandt, MD
Carl Dickensen	...	Gas Station Attendant
Sonia Torgeson	...	Alice Woodward
Billy Bridges	...	Driver picking up Thor
James Conklin	...	Professor Simpson
Gene Sterling	...	The Alien Leader
Ralph Lowe	...	Moreal, Spaceship Crew
Bill DeLand	...	Saul, Spaceship Crew

También conocida como:

Invasion of the Gargon (USA) (working title)
Killers from Outer Space (USA) (working title)
The Boy from Out of This World (USA) (working title)
The Gargon Terror (UK)
Adolescentes del espacio (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

86 min | USA:72 min (DVD)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

USA:Unrated (2005 DVD release) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:PG (video rating) (2004) | UK:X (original rating) (1960) | USA:Approved (PCA #19288)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Tom Graeff Productions

Trivialidades:

The trim on the aliens' costumes is made from masking tape, and their space boots are men's dress shoes covered by socks.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: The teenagers speak English so we the viewers can understand them, but arriving from outer space with suitcase like instruments is another thing. When they first exit their ship and set up their instruments to take readings, one of the suitcases even labeled inside as a "Multi-Channel Mixer".

Citas:

Betty Morgan: Derek, this is Alice.
Alice Woodward: Derek! Hey, I like that. Come on in! The water's fine!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005) (TV)

Teenagers?

My 10/10 rating assumes that you're the type who's decided that you like "Teenagers from Outer Space" before watching it. It portrays an alien race coming to earth to let their lobster monsters grow and devour all humans. As an example of what these aliens are like, they have disintegrating guns that can turn you into a skeleton in the time that it takes to blink. But, one of the aliens named Derek (David Love) decides that he doesn't like their plans and escapes. Most of the rest of the movie has another alien looking for Derek while the latter hides out with human Betty Morgan (Dawn Anderson) and her grandfather.

Yeah, it sounds like your average '50s B-movie, but it's still really neat. One of the many movies that truly makes one nostalgic for the era when one could go to the drive-in and see these sorts of flicks, mainly because Betty was kinda hot (well, duh; it seems like all the women in these B-movies were). And I don't think that the aliens were actually teenagers.

Still, I can't quite figure out: why would an alien be named Derek?