{"id":19673,"date":"2011-09-20T21:26:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T04:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19673"},"modified":"2021-02-02T23:57:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T06:57:10","slug":"it-the-terror-from-beyond-space-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19673","title":{"rendered":"It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You honestly believe I&#8217;d murder nine of my closest friends in order to survive on Mars?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Poster-1-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-68209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Poster-1-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Poster-1-128x98.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Poster-1-352x270.jpg 352w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Poster-1.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe lone survivor (Marshall Thompson) of a manned mission to Mars is accused of murdering his crewmates &#8212; until a vicious alien (Ray Corrigan) shows up on the ship sent to take him back to Earth, and the lives of everyone on board are threatened.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>It!<\/em> is primarily known for its sandwiched reputation as the film inspired by Howard Hawks&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19485\"><em>The Thing<\/em> (1951)<\/a>, and as the unofficial inspiration for Ridley Scott&#8217;s bigger-budget variation on the same theme &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16783\"><em>Alien<\/em> (1979)<\/a>.  Despite its labeling by Peary as a Camp Classic &#8212; due to its obviously low budget and stereotypically one-dimensional characters &#8212; <em>It!<\/em> remains a surprisingly effective little sci-fi thriller, one which packs a fairly scary wallop and makes good use of a smart, economical script by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerome_Bixby\">Jerome Bixby<\/a>. Once it&#8217;s established that Corrigan DIDN&#8217;T murder his original crewmates in a fit of survivalist panic (yeah, right &#8212; how likely is THAT?!), we&#8217;re able to focus on the very-real menace of a seemingly un-killable alien presence on board the claustrophobic quarters of a spaceship. As with <em>Alien<\/em>, we&#8217;re kept in suspense about which character will be the next to bite the dust &#8212; and we genuinely feel for the predicament of one astronaut stuck in close quarters with the beast as his air supply slowly dwindles. Don&#8217;t dismiss this one out of hand as simply <em>Alien<\/em>-on-a-diet; it&#8217;s actually worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Director Edward L. Cahn&#8217;s follow-up film &#8212; well, one of SEVEN films he made the next year! (Take <em>that<\/em>, Roger Corman!) &#8212; was <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3089\"><em>The Invisible Invaders<\/em> (1959)<\/a>, which (somewhat surprisingly) received full Criterion treatment for its release onto DVD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effectively creepy low-budget special effects<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Monster-Shadow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Monster-Shadow-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Monster-Shadow-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Monster-Shadow-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Monster-Shadow-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/It-Monster-Shadow.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical importance, and as a fine little B-flick in its own right. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051786\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/classic-horror.com\/reviews\/it_the_terror_from_beyond_space_1958\">Classic Horror Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=1560\">Digitally Obsessed Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3547&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stomptokyo.com\/movies\/i\/it-the-terror.html\">Stomp Tokyo Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/it-the-terror-from-beyond-space-1958.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You honestly believe I&#8217;d murder nine of my closest friends in order to survive on Mars?&#8221; Synopsis: The lone survivor (Marshall Thompson) of a manned mission to Mars is accused of murdering his crewmates &#8212; until a vicious alien (Ray Corrigan) shows up on the ship sent to take him back to Earth, and the lives of everyone on board are threatened. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Aliens Falsely Accused Horror Science Fiction Review: It! is primarily known for its&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19673\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19673"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68210,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19673\/revisions\/68210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}