The Monster That Challenged the World/It! The Terror From Beyond Space
by Arnold Laven, Edward L. Cahn
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Actor: Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Harlan Warde, Max Showalter, Tim HoltDirector: Arnold Laven, Edward L. Cahn
Brand: MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD/IT! TE (DVD
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 152 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-15
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of The Monster That Challenged the World/It! The Terror From Beyond Space
DVD Review: The Terror From Beyond Space (1957)
Summary: 4 Stars
Saw this picture as a kid. It still hasn't lost it's mystery and
excitment as an adult. Highly reccomend it for the serious
science buff.
DVD Review: B-Sci Fi Nostalgia
Summary: 4 Stars
Monster that Challenged the World & It! The Terror from Beyond Space work well for me on two levels:
1) the nostaglia level for a nerdy kid who never really grew up where double-feature matinees were an antidote to growing up in a culturally starved steel mill town in the 1950s, and
2) interesting examples of workman-like acting and production values for low budget studio films. Not gems or classics, but serious attempts to deliver some entertainment value wherein the actors, writers, and directors did not carry on as though they were above their material.
Monster is another cautionary about the effects of radiation, with giant amphibious mollusks, reminscent of SNL's landsharks. IT! is a 10 Little Indians in Space kind of tale that inspired ALIEN. Its plot is also closely parallel to The Thing (from Another World)but not at the artistic and iconic level of that strange minor masterpiece.
DVD Review: Two excellent B movies from the 1950's
Summary: 4 Stars
Both of these movies are excellent films for the 1950's style B monster movies. The Monster That Challenged the World is about prehistoric giant snales that must be prevented from spreading into the worlds oceans and It! The Terror From Beyond Space is about a Martian creature that is trapped aboard a ship returning to earth and is stalking the crew for food.
Both take themselves seriously and are consistant in that no miracles happens and the obvious solutions are prevented by plausable complications early on.
A must have for viewers looking for the saturday creature feature shows of the 60's and 70's.
Both are presented in their original Black and White. There are no extras on the disks. This is also a dual sided DVD with one movie per side.
DVD Review: Two of My Very Favorite Sci Fi Films
Summary: 5 Stars
These two are among my very favorite science fiction films of the 1950's. Excellent acting and direction; and I find the quality very good. Thoroughly enjoyable. I highly recommend this series, in general, and this dvd, in particular, to anyone who enjoys good science fiction.DVD Review: TWO GOOD 50'S SCI-FI FILMS! ON ONE DVD! GIANT SNAILS VS ALIEN
Summary: 4 Stars
I have reviewed both these two films on their OOP individual releases. This is a no brainer for fans of these old sci-fi films from the 50's 'The Monster That Challenged The World' is the better of the two films on this disc, but they are both "must have flicks" for old sci-fi horror fans! 'It! The Terror From Beyond Space' is the original idea for 'Alien'. The DVD transfer is very good, assuming that it is, at least on par with the original individual releases of these. It's the same company, so I would bet on it. Not much in the way of extras, a trailer for "It".
Description of The Monster That Challenged the World/It! The Terror From Beyond Space
The Monster That Challenged the WorldCreeping dread! Crawling terror! Oozing fear! The local beaches go from fun-filled swim-fest to horrifying slugfest when a horde of gargantuan vampire snails ooze their way into the water supply and threaten to suck the life out of mankind! Packed with nerve-jangling suspense and excitement (Variety) this slimy sci-fi thriller delivers superior monster action (VideoHound s Movie Guide) that ll pull the most hardened sci-fi cynic right out of his shell!Running Time 69 MinIt! The Terror from Beyond SpaceToo terrifying to even have a name It is a seemingly invincible monster that is hellbent on killing everybody on a mission to Mars. A Martian by birth and Frankenstein by instinct (Variety) this life-devouring alien brushes aside bullets and even nuclear blasts making it the deadliest Cold War-style invader ever to hit the silver screen.Running Time 74 MinSystem Requirements: Running Time 143 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating:?NR UPC:?027616910851 Manufacturer No:?1006944General DVDs
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