Night of the Blood Beast (1958)

Director:

Bernard L. Kowalski

Writers:

Gene Corman (story)
Martin Varno (writer)

Release Date:

August 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror

Tagline:

No girl was safe as long as this head-hunting thing roamed the land!

Plot:

An astronaut returns from space dead. The base that recovered him is then cut off from the outside world by an alien...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Alien Invasion | B Movie | MST3K | X Rayed Skeleton

Cast

John Baer	...	Steve Dunlap
Angela Greene	...	Dr. Julie Benson
Ed Nelson	...	Dave Randall
Georgianna Carter	...	Donna Bixby
Michael Emmet	...	Maj. John Corcoran
Tyler McVey	...	Dr. Alex Wyman
Ross Sturlin	...	The Creature

Also Known As:

The Creature from Galaxy 27
The Monster from Galaxy 27

Runtime:

62 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

This was released in one of American International's prepackaged double features. It was paired with Roger Corman's She Gods of Shark Reef (1958), which had been sitting on the shelf for a year and a half.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: During some shots, part of the camera's for-end is visible along the top of the screen. Possibly due to a problem with the lens mounting.

Quotes:

Dr. Alex Wyman: A wounded animal that large isn't good!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)

Gulity Pleasure from B movie Hell

If you analyzed all of the elements and faults of this picture it would seem that there would be absolutely no reason for enjoying it but still I go back to it as late night comfort food again and again.It just has a bottom of the barrel we got no money but screw it sincerity to it that I have to admire and if you took away all the stale acting,looney dialogue and dire effects you can find a pretty good and original concept or two for a teen flick of it's time one of it's notions would crop up twenty some years or more for ALIEN.Pretty cool.If this movie had a script by Charles Griffith,Beverly Garland as one of the Femmes and had a much better critter than the left over Monster from Teen Age Cave Man than this would be more of a minor Corman classic like Not Of This Earth .Roger Corman executive produces for the company that his brother Gene briefly tried to maintain.Bernard Kowalski keeps it grim and moving faster than he did in Attack Of THe Giant Leeches. Give it a break. I bet the people slamming it even enjoyed it a little.