Invisible Invaders / Journey to the Seventh Planet
by Edward L. Cahn, Sidney W. Pink
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Actor: Carl Ottosen, John Agar, Louis Miehe-Renard, Ove Sprog?e, Peter MonchDirector: Edward L. Cahn, Sidney W. Pink
Writer: Sidney W. Pink
Producer: Johann Zalabery
Producer: Robert E. Kent
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Writer: Ib Melchior
Writer: Samuel Newman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 144 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-04-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Invisible Invaders / Journey to the Seventh Planet
DVD Review: Cult film....
Summary: 4 Stars
Saw this when I was just a kid. Finally got my own copy. A good addition if you like "B" rated sci-fi movies.DVD Review: Two lesser Sci-Fi films-much less!
Summary: 2 Stars
This is another in the "Midnite Movies" releases from MGM(double sided disc) and in my oppinion the best film here out of the two is the 1959 production of Invisible Invaders,starring John Carradine.However this film has got to hold some kind of record for killing off it's name star within the first three minutes of the picture! For that's what happens to poor John as one Dr.Noymann in a radiation accident.After his funeral he rises from the dead and visits a friend Dr.Penner,played by another veteran actor Philip Tonge(the department store manager in Miracle on 34th Street).Penner is told by his old friend that he is indeed dead but his body is inhabited by a creature from outer space who,along with many others already there,plan to take over the world.He is given the opportunity to warn the worlds' powers but no one believes him.Eventually the aliens are forced to take drastic action which awakens the world to their presence.Dr.Penner,his daughter,her boyfriend and an air force Major Jay(John Agar) take refuge in a mountain hideout to come up with a solution,as the world is at the brink of destruction at the hands of the alien controlled undead.The solution arrived at is a sound ray that forces the entities to leave the host bodies and then die.Earth one,aliens nothing.
Carradine and Tonge bring their combined acting experiences together which helps an otherwise tepid movie.Because of them the movie at times can appear better than it is.It does move along relatively well and it is a decent little time waster.Unlike the flip side movie here,Journey to the Seventh Planet.
Journey puts the "bad" into the B-movie.It concerns a journey to Uranus(the 7th planet).While the credits roll the rocket ship is passing Jupiter,then Saturn.Come the opening scenes of the film,we see Mars and the captain asks their location.The response is that they just passed the moon and they should be coming up on Mars! Maybe they liked Uranus so much this movie is about their second journey(?).
No matter,just before they land an alien energy/mind force freezes the crew ,explaining it has plans to take over their minds and bodies and destroy them.They land on the planet and discover a breathable atmosphere and the landscape is forested.Upon further exploration they discover they are in a protective force barrier outside of which is the real atmosphere of the planet.They also discover that the creature is making many of their thoughts and desires come true,and where male astronauts are involved there has to be some females to amuse them,which dutfiully appear along the way.Outside the barrier they finally discover the creatures'lair and they hurt it enough to escape in their space ship.A real head scratching moment comes(and there are many!)as they board to leave.Outside is waiting one of the captain's "mirage" women and for some reason he takes her aboard.All along he has been warning the others to keep their distance,that they aren't real and should be avoided;yet he does that!?? Well just after take off the "mirage" lady becomes just that and disappears before the crew as background music swells up as that chart topping tune of the day "Journey to the 7th Planet"plays.Who'd have guessed? This plot is SO weak,the acting so stilted and the aliens so mundane that you wish this MOVIE had gone to Uranus and stayed for the duration.John Agar from Invisible Invaders also plays in this stinker too and adds to the dullness from begining to merciful end.
Both films are in remarkable shape technically speaking,however.Invaders is in B&W (full screen) and Journey is in colour in a nice widescreen format.Both prints are very good and quite clear and crisp.Unfortunately this can't extricate this release from its' two star fate.Invaders is the most appealing of the two with Journey falling far,far behind.I can only see this having appeal to the most compleatist of Sci-Fi fans out there or those who have a tinge of nostalgia for one or both of these flatulant flicks!
DVD Review: This is one "Journey" I'll continue taking!
Summary: 4 Stars
Critics continue to bash "Journey" unmercifully but it's one of my childhood favorites. Many have described the plot in detail so I'll forego a plot description and instead describe the effect it had on me. I saw the film the first week it opened in 1962 at the 1200-seat Palace Theater which was packed, and hearing the audience reactions both during and after the film, many appeared to enjoy it. I was 11 at the time and that cyclops dinosaur creature scared the heck out of me! And judging by the screams it scared many others as well. The giant spider crushed by the falling boulder was a hoot! The film was mesmerizing and entertaining throughout. Even the romantic "Journey" ballad sung over the end credits is a treat. I enjoyed the film so much I followed it to the second run theaters, and then convinced my parents to take me when it opened at the drive-ins.
Its many critics fail to realize that it was basically aimed at the teen and pre-teen market which I believe it satisfied very well. It was certainly new and offbeat for its time with beautiful color, swirling psychedelic patterns, and that weird compelling music which suited the film perfectly (yes, I realize a good portion of the music wasn't composed for the film but was culled from various sources). When viewed today some of the acting (though not all of it) admittedly leaves a little to be desired, and the special effects and sets are not of the highest calibre. But none of this was apparent through the eyes of an 11-year-old in 1962 as the sets and effects were certainly ominous looking. Although even back then I did think it was strange when the actors spoke and their lips fit the words perfectly in some scenes but not in others.
Upon their first viewing of the film the honchos at American International deemed it "unreleasable" in the U.S. The entire film was redubbed, and scenes of the original Danish monsters were apparently so poor they were cut and replaced by two new creatures AIP considered more marketable for American audiences. The original music score was entirely replaced as well. Somewhere in some vault lies a print of the original uncut Danish version that I'd love to see.
I was lucky enough to meet John Agar at a Hollywood Autograph Show shortly before he passed away in 2002. I asked if he enjoyed making Journey to the Seventh Planet, and he said yes, very much so. He also mentioned he took the family along and they all had a great time vacationing in Denmark while he made the film.
Journey to the Seventh Planet should be enjoyed for what it is - a very low budget but imaginative and colorful space adventure. The print used for the DVD is a beauty with rich vivid colors and a sharp image. I haven't yet watched Invisible Invaders so I cannot offer a thumbs up or down on this one. But it does star the great John Agar!
DVD Review: Tongue-in-cheek 1959 sci-fi cult film
Summary: 3 Stars
The story: Earth's scientists are fooling around with the atom again and inhabitants of the Earth's Moon are quite unhappy about it. Of course, once atomic energy becomes a household word, the next thing you know, man will be on the Moon -- and the Moon Aliens plan to put the skids to THAT!
To prevent earthlings from exploring space, the "Invisible Invaders" (alien Moon residents) plan to attack, invade, and take over planet Earth, killing all the Earthlings in the process. Since these moon folks and their spacecraft are invisible it's clearly difficult to do battle with them. The invaders DO pre-warn Earth's residents to just give up the planet, but you know how stubborn Earthlings are. The Invisible Invaders can re-animate corpses so we end up with a sort of either "Night of the Living Dead" or "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" -type scenario as the battle for earth ensues.
As the situation deteriorates for the Earthlings a small band of Earth's scientists ultimately retreat to a secret military bunker where they attempt to devise a new weapon which will derail their alien attackers. It soon becomes apparent to these scientists that the only real weapon that the Moonsters (my word) have is invisibility itself. I'll have to stop there to avoid giving rise to a Spoiler!
The 1959 film, "Invisible Invaders" is shot in black-and-white and runs 67 minutes in duration. The aspect is full frame. Produced by Premium Films, the movie was directed by Edward L. Cahn and the big stars are John Carradine (superb!), John Agar, and Robert Hutton. The music was composed by Paul Dunlap (pretty good) and the special effects are by Roger George.
I'm a huge fan of this genre of period films and this one is okay - the actors played their roles quite well but both the story and the special effects are just a little too silly and absurd. Still, if you savor the old Drive-in Movie sci-fi flicks, "Invisible Invaders" might be right up your alley.
DVD Review: What's That Smell, oh it's this little piece of cheese from the past, that I really like
Summary: 4 Stars
Fond Memories of after school movies and rainy days flooded me as I watched these moldy oldies again. Sure they both stink and are bottom of the barrel sci-fi movies, but I happen to like the bottom of this barrel very much.
The feeling of being a kid again as I watched these with my sons was great and even though they said the fx's were bad, they had fun with the movie. Not for all taste, but if you grew up in the 60's and 70's or you are a young person looking for some cheesy fun you can stop looking and get this set.
Description of Invisible Invaders / Journey to the Seventh Planet
INVISIBLE INVADERS JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANETAn absolutely guileless piece of anti-nuclear agitprop, Invisible Invaders' unwavering single-mindedness and artful, bargain-basement effects have contributed to its deserved reputation as a early sci-fi classic. Essentially a didactic play of ideas--closer to Shaw than Spielberg--the story line follows a reluctant nuclear scientist (played with genuine sensitivity by Philip Tonge) whose conscience forces him out of the military-industrial complex. When a race of invisible aliens declares its intention to destroy Earth, Tonge must scramble to find their weakness. Veteran B-movie hunk John Agar lends support as a courageous army major who takes charge of the experimentation, and, in the process, supplies the film with its only shred of a subplot by romancing the scientist's daughter (spunky Jean Byron). Substantial newsreel footage and seemingly unrelated canned shots add to the creepy atmosphere, and the film's one real special effect--concentric circles representing sound waves--proves quite effective in its pure minimalism. Shot, apparently, on a budget of pocket change and bounced credit- union checks, Invisible Invaders stands as an inspiration to cash-poor indie filmmakers everywhere, and to anybody who understands that the true measure of a science-fiction narrative is not the force of its explosions, but of its ideas. --Miles Bethany
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