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Larry BuchananZontar the Thing From Venus (1966)

An alien tries to take over the Earth by cutting off all power and seizing the minds of various scientists and military leaders.

This is a remake of the 1956 Roger Corman film It Conquered the World.

You can find out more about this film on its IMDB page.


This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Director: Larry Buchanan
Producer: Larry Buchanan
Production Company: Azalea Pictures
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: alien; invasion; sci-fi; Cold War

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: cosmicola - - July 6, 2009
Subject: So it's a wreck!
But it's a very well-known and much-loved wreck, seen by a lot of people who enjoy it for what it is: a cheap, fun, sci-fi monster flick, based on a musty old script, shot in about a week, with a budget so low it wouldn't pay for a new Prius.

This film is best viewed alone, late at night, on a tube TV set in a room with all the lights turned out. Oh, and switch off the color if you like, to further the late 60s look and better re-create what it was like in those days. Light some incense and turn on a lava lamp, too. Just a suggestion.

Seriously, I can't recommend enough Rob Craig's amazing book, _The Films of Larry Buchanan: A Critical Examination_, for those who want to dig deeper into these crazy little b-movies. Larry B may be gone, but his films (like this one) live on!

And if I had the cash, I'd rather make a film like this anyday than own a new Prius.

Reviewer: SirJekyllAppliance - - July 14, 2008
Subject: Wonderful!
Probably the best film ever made!

Reviewer: FP - - March 10, 2008
Subject: Classic wreck of a film
I got this in a box of 50 monster movies on DVD from Big Lots for $15. This was shown on CHILLER THEATER about a hundred years ago. When I was a kid, I thought it was an awful, cheap, depressing ripoff of a movie, but now I think it's hilarious.