Space-- the alien frontier
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 11/21/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The ALIEN WORLDS 20 Movie Pack is a unique mix of the many public domain sci-fi films available from MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT. These 1950's U.S. sci-fi, and later Japanese rocketship/monster flicks and Euro space stories are all are 'B' grade (if not lower). Also included are five episodes of a '50s kid's TV show combined into two feature films ("Rocky Jones") and a whittled-down 1930's Buster Crabbe serial ("Buck Rogers").
MILL CREEK box sets offer good-to-average-quality audio and video transfers of public domain material at a most reasonable price.
For an instant (and gargantuan) sci-fi/fantasy, action/adventure and fright film library, all you need is the HORROR 250 Movie Pack. In this one deluxe foil-covered box are several months of viewing for fans of these genres.
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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
(3.8) The Alpha Incident (1978) - Stafford Morgan/John F. Goff
(2.9) Assignment: Outer Space ("Space Men") (Italy-1960) - Rik Van Nutter/Gabriella Farinon
(2.5) Attack Of The Monsters (Japan-1969) - Christopher Murphey
(3.5) Battle of the Worlds (Italy-1961) - Claude Rains/Bill Carter
(2.6) Cosmos: War Of The Planets (Italy-1979) - John Richardson/Yanti Somer
(4.1) Destroy All Planets (Japan-1968) - Carl Craig/Peter Williams
(3.4) First Spaceship On Venus (E Ger/Poland-1960)
(3.0) The Incredible Petrified World (1957) - John Carradine/Robert Clarke
(2.9) Killers From Space (1954) - Peter Graves/James Seay
(2.3) The Phantom Planet (1961) - Dean Fredericks/Francis X. Bushman
(5.8) Planet Outlaws ("Buck Rogers") (1953) - Buster Crabbe/Constance Moore
(3.3) ("Rocky Jones, Space Ranger") Crash Of The Moons (TV-1954) - Richard Crane/Scotty Beckett
(3.3) ("Rocky Jones, Space Ranger") Menace From Outer Space (TV-1956) - Richard Crane/Scotty Beckett
(2.5) Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964) - John Call/Pia Zadora (in a minor role)
(3.0) Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) - David Love/Dawn Bender
(2.2) They ("Invasion From Inner Earth") 1974 - Paul Bentzen
(3.9) They Came From Beyond Space (UK-1967) - Robert Hutton/Jennifer Jayne
(1.8) Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) - Mamie Van Doren/Mary Marr
(3.4) Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet (1965) - Basil Rathbone/Faith Domergue
(4.2) Warning From Space (Japan-1956) - Keizo Kawasaki/Toyomi Karita"