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◎译 名 外星恶客
◎片 名 It! The Terror from Beyond Space
◎年 代 1958
◎国 家 美国
◎类 别 可骇/科幻
◎语 言 英语
◎上映日期 1959-07-24
◎IMDb评分6.1/10 from 2,991 users
◎IMDb链接http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051786/
◎豆瓣评分 4.9/10 from 14 users
◎豆瓣链接 http://movie.douban.com/subject/2139241/
◎片 长 69 分钟
◎导 演 Edward L. Cahn
◎主 演 Marshall Thompson
Shirley Patterson
Kim Spalding
◎简 介
Out of the fiftiesBScience-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It s most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.
The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he d have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, thestoryis believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).
Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can t prove it, and 50 s space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought,unseen menacemay remind you of that highlyoriginalBLAIR WITCH).
As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futiledon t go down there, you jerk!pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim s case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.
The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary,IT!also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn s forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie s suspense is blunt and right to the point:IT!has to kill them or starve, hence they have to killIT!or die. Nothing like thoseno two ways about itchoices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.
For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the charactershelpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot s scary ambience. The black white photography (Yes, it s one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn t stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.
The intelligent script (see what I mean aboutrareity ) was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone sIt s a Good Life )? The picture s taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)
Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio s commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven t claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.
This film s story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt sVOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE.All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.
As long as you re not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don t expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.
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The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form...which stows away on the rescue ship.
Director..........: Edward L. Cahn
Writer............: Jerome Bixby
Starring..........: Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding
iMDB URL..........: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051786
SOURCE TYPE.......: Retail Blu-Ray 16,3 GB Movie @ 30000 kbps / 16,7 GB Full
ViDEO SPECS.......: x264 2PASS @ 14000+ Kbps ([email protected]) - 23.976 fps
AUDiO SPECS.......: English DTS-HD Master 2.0 2038 kbps 48 kHz 24 bit
RUNTiME...........: 1h 10 min
MOViE CROPPED.....: No
FiLM ASPECT RATiO.: 1.85:1 Widescreen
RESOLUTiON........: 1920 X 1080p
EXTRAS............: Sorry no Extras on Disc
SUBTiTLES.........: English
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