It Came from Outer Space (1953)

I wanted to but couldn't!

Admirable film.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It Came From Outer Space (1953) is a Horror/Sci-Fi film starring Richard Carlson as John Putnam and Barbara Bush as Ellen Fields. It's about a spaceship crash discovered by John and Ellen. The cinematography is excellent. The music is dark and mysterious. It really enhances the theme especially when Ellen and John get out of the car to look around and then afterword's when they drive off. I recommend people who enjoy horror and sci-fi films or movies about aliens to watch this creepy and spooky feature.

This was far better than the early anaglyph version.It had no ghosting.If i did not write to universal and suggested that they put it out for American audiences ,we never see it in Blu ray 3D.Some time back I found out that Panamint was going to release it with the 3d short ,which had premiered with the feature back in 53, The first Hollywood 3d revue with Nat king Cole and Russ Morgan and his orchestra.The only problem was that universe decided not to include the short ,which was crummy and selfish .The fact that panamint was going to include the short. .Universal did not show it in the widescreen format neither that it was premiered Well if it wasn't shot for wide screen and they just cropped it for premiere well your seeing the whole picture any way.That was the only problem.In spite of not seeing the music in the Morgan manner in 3d ,the feature alone was worth watching.The scene were the monster was portraying Ellen shooting rays at John,the clear Blu- ray 3d ,the rays were more dimensional than in the anaglyph version This also includes a documentary about universal Sci-Fi films .It had an older interview of Bob Furmanek.Fun and entertaining.10/4/16

Missed the whole idea of aliens with some depth of character. I saw this picture when it first came out and I was 11, so I excused myself. But then, as now, I thought the whole idea that aliens could assume the identity of humans was pretty creepy. We can watch friendly, chipper people reappear completely devoid of emotion after undergoing an encounter with the huge, gelatinous eye of a space creature. What a startling contrast in aspect, I remember thinking.These aliens, however, are different from those in other sci-fi movies, because these don't want to do us harm and they are not just one-dimensional - and they just want to go home. In addition, they articulate their intentions clearly, and state that "They, too, have souls". Remarkable concept, and I didn't pick it up the first time. The literate script was adapted for the screen by the author himself, Ray Bradbury, which should come as no surprise.Good acting all around. Richard Carlson is the hero of the piece and is earnest and sincere. He also wears a Harris tweed jacket in the blazing Arizona sun, leading me to believe he is hiding a paunch. Barbara Rush is his girl friend and she is beautiful - and she is in short sleeves. Several other recognizable character actors also appear to round out the cast. Good movie, good story, good suspense.

For A Sci-fi "B" movie to be great it must be; Interesting, Have great looking aliens, have a good and original storyline and be original.Unfortunately, not all films are like this.This is my review on It came from outer space.The plot goes like this; A spaceship crashes on earth leaving a huge hole in the deserts of Arizona. Only one man,John Putnam, witnesses this and is sure that it is the first stage of an alien invasion. However, nobody believes his claims and he becomes obsessed with trying to prove his point. After excavating the site, John Putnam stumbles across the alien beings and their ultimatum becomes clear...Now don't get me wrong, it was a good flick. However it's flawed by a couple of issues.Firstly, the plot isn't really interesting and all the characters are as dull as could be. The main character, played by Richard Carlson, is very well acted, but lacks interesting qualities. His character seemed to spend most of the time trying to prove his point, which was alright for a while but slowly became monotonous. I know you only really watch B movies like this to see the aliens and, while they are interesting to look at, which I will move onto in a moment, They're "plan" is slightly boring. (Spoiler) They are only on earth because they just crashed and have no interest in invading the planet. I was expecting it was some sort of "fake crash" so that they would secretly crawl out and invade. I no, I'm making a plot line up, but I was sort of expecting something round those lines. The fact that it didn't live up to expectations might be part of the reason why I don't like the film as much as I could have.The Movie is very slow to start off with horrendous "talk" scenes that don't seem to add to the story what-so-ever, apart from how the ship got there etc.Now what was good about it. Although I said the alien's motives were boring, their appearance more than makes up for it. They are completely unique and they certainly stand high in my favourite alien list in terms of how they look. They are huge, rock-like monsters with one bulging eye and large tentacles sticking out. This alone makes the movie worth while.They do have some interesting scenes, especially when they first meet Richard Carlson's character, John Putnam. It's both suspenseful and fun to watch. It came from outer space also had a great ending scene with these aliens that made the film a lot better.Im not going to say the film was horrible, but there were a couple of unimaginative scenes in the movie that seemed either taken from another movie or just to dull to be any good. The film has lots of redeeming qualities that do make the film worth while but there is not enough of them to raise it above my final rating.Im giving It came from outer space a 7/10