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Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

dougdoepke The story is mainly about people running up and down hallways and stairs. I hope they got paid double for all their huffing and puffing. Oh yeah, there's also something about an invisible man in a diving helmet and pajamas. From the way he breathes, he ought to have his adenoids checked. I think he's from outer space, but more likely he's a diving school flunk-out. What can you say about a cheap snoozer like this with its no-name cast. Heck, there isn't even a sexy girl to keep us guys in the back row entertained. Between all the pseudo-scientific palaver and the sprinting back and forth, there's not much left to look at. My guess is it played one or two drive-ins farthest from town, and then disappeared like the phantom in the movie.

grizzledgeezer Looked at solely from a technical and directorial perspective, "Phantom from Space" is a far better film than you'd expect. The acting is consistently competent, and the director keeps things moving briskly, without the longueurs that afflict most low-budget films. Scenes often use multiple camera setups, virtually unheard-of in films shot in a couple of days.I have to take exception to the reviewer who complained about the cheapness of the special effects. They are exceptionally good, done by Howard Anderson, at that time one of Hollywood's leading opticals/effects houses. They wouldn't be out of place in a bigger-budget film (eg, "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man").Don't get me wrong. This is not a particularly good movie, its principal problem being the lack of a compelling story. Had it had one, it might have become a classic.

bkoganbing This low budget science fiction thriller which takes its plot as a combination from King Kong and The Invisible Man is about an invisible invader from another planet who wears a spacesuit and what looks like a diving helmet as he goes around trying to make contact. His suit is radioactive and there are a few fatalities which sends the authorities looking. When the locals figure it out that this guy is not a human that's doing the killings the military is called in. Of course some of the scientists would like to make contact, but they're taking no chances.Sad that this very cheaply shot film does in fact strive to be a bit better than the usual run of budget science fiction. The message about this man's intentions in the paranoid days of the early Cold War would never have been made by a major studio at that time.Worth a look, but I think you'll agree that the intentions outweighed the efforts.

HEFILM Of course as the movie is available in many, mostly, pretty poor copies some people will react that it's awful etc. You have to be able to see past, or get lucky and get a good copy, to really judge and enjoy the movie. If you are part of that sad crowd that is intent on calling every film you don't like or which wasn't made yesterday with your favorite star "the worst film ever made" then you shouldn't bother with this film. And you'll miss out on something with some unique qualities if not total slickness. The director of photography went on to shoot a number of John Wayne movies, so obviously there is at least some talent and skill involved with this little movie.The first 3rd of the movie with the space man running around in his spacesuit and being chased has a few goofy moments. Then once he leaves his suit the movie get quite good. It's modest in scale so matches it's budget and there are some nice fx. Really the writing(and if you check out the writer credits you'll see they ended up writing DUKES OF HAZARD) is that saves the day. The "alien" isn't treated as a monster and some legit problems of being on another world drive the story forward. The alien retains menace though our world's environment is a much a menace to him/it as it is to us.You suspect that this will get resolved and the Alien will be able to speak English or start sucking blood or be revealed to be some kind of stand in for a communist threat (which happened frequently in all types of films form this era) but no they don't sell out the movie or the alien that way and the ending is pretty memorable.Some slop or budget limits can be expected but Billy Wilder's brother makes a legit Sci Fi effort here that moves along quickly and leaves good impression.