hrkepler 'Not of This Earth' is surprisingly creepier and much less cheesier than one can expect it to be. Most of the creepiness is thanks to Paul Birch's creepy performance as emotionless entity who's not from this Earth, clearly. I can imagine at the time of its release the film had some nice shock value as it contains some quite haunting scenes which isn't even affected by bad special effects.A blood sucking alien arrives to Earth to make experiments to determine if human blood is sufficient enough to cure the blood disease his nation is suffering in his home planet Davanna as the result of ongoing nuclear war. A nurse (Beverly Garland) and his quite clueless cop boyfriend (Morgan Jones) finally figure out the plans of the evil alien and do everything to stop him.'Not of This Earth' remains as one of the finest early Corman films, and is much less laughable than some of his other ventures ('It Conquered the World' for example). The film's serious and constant tone combined with quite good acting makes it easy to overlook some of the cheesy special effects (that flying lampshade). This is highly recommended B science-fiction from the '50s. The remake with Tracy Lords (produced by Corman himself) doesn't stand a chance against this magnificently original film.

thejcowboy22 Another classic Sci-fi /Horror genre from the Fabulous Fifties. Roger Corman does it again by drawing curiosity into his audiences imagination. Our story begins with a twisted tale of a Bespectacled rap-around sun glassed Paul Birch as the Alien Mr. Johnson. Johnson has a problem Iron poor blood. How poor? VERY POOR!! Your imagination runs wild as you see the pupil less eyed Mr. Johnson sitting in his easy chair telepathically communicating to his superior on the wall. So many questions hit your mind and the opening credits didn't even appear on the TV. Off to the Doctor's office for some blood and company. Enter the young blonde and vivacious Beverly Garland as Nadine the inquiring Nurse. Johnson is evasive in his explanation of hemoglobin issues. The Nurse passes the buck to her employer Dr. Rochelle played by William Roerick. Johnson uses mind control to have the Doctor fill his every need discreetly. Nurse Nadine has her trepidation about working exclusively for Mr. Johnson at any price. Johnson minus his pupils(EYES), takes it upon himself to drive around town disobeying traffic rules mainly parking Philadelphia style (any direction). Nurse Nadine's boyfriend Harry (Morgan Jones) who happens to be a cop was ready to write out a summons or two to the ailing Mr. Alien but Nurse Nadine comes to his rescue and tells him,"To put the book away, "Mr. Johnson is a sick man." Off to the mansion enter the chauffeur Jeremy (Jonathan Haze)who at first appears uncomfortable in his uniform but questions his bosses strange habits. Nurse Nadine gets comfortable in her new dwelling taking a dip in the pool but notices smoke coming from the house chimney on a 90 degree day. Her curiosity draws her to the basement furnace. Little does she know that Johnson just cremated a Vacuum salesman moments earlier. Speaking of vacuum salesmen, (Dick Miller) does a fine job of acting. Loses the sale and his life but Johnson keeps the vacuum. Throughout this movie Johnson kills his victims and takes their blood. One more tidbit is the umbrella monster that flies through the neighborhood and lands on the poor Doctor.The rest is up to you. In my estimation Paul Birch gave a strong performance in his only leading role. Beverly Garland shows how she landed parts in Hollywood by flaunting her looks. Just a classic from the vault of 50's Horror schlock films.

eric kallen Vampires from outer space! This flick is a classic of science fiction from 1957. Low budget, but very effective with good special effects, especially the transporter device. All- around good acting, especially Paul Birch as the blank-eyed alien and Dick Miller's comic relief as the hapless vacuum cleaner salesman- a role he would reprise in a word-for-word remake (1988). Miller also played the gun shop clerk in Terminator.Birch even effects a Bela Lugosi accent when inviting Miller into his basement to demonstrate his vacuum cleaner.The introduction has an amusing scene with teenagers and 50s dialog. An excellent copy of this movie is available for free on YouTube. The 1988 remake with Traci Lords has lots of T&A and is also on YouTube.

MartinHafer Roger Corman managed to produce and direct a ton of films that made the most of his very small budgets. Only one of his films failed to make money (and, oddly, it was one of his better films) and he managed to produce some very good films while making a picture in only one or two weeks in some cases! Now I am not saying they are all great art--some (like this film) had their cheesy moments. But they were very entertaining and fun."Not of This Earth" is a film about a bizarre alien who has come to this planet to try to cure his people from their blood disease caused by the 1950s horror, nuclear radiation. While his purpose for coming here is noble, the guy has no emotions and things nothing of experimenting on people or draining them of their blood to keep him alive. And, the way he does it with those cool eyes is something you'll need to see for yourself--as well as the ultra-cheesy creatures at the end of the film.The movie manages to elicit some good tension and chills and the leading man (Paul Birch) manages a weird other-worldly performance that worked very well. He was pretty darn scary. Plus, seeing him dispose of the bodies (such as perennial Corman actor Dick Miller) was pretty intense. Worth seeing--even if it might make you giggle from time to time.