Teenagers From Outer Space

Starring:Dawn Bender, Billy Bridges, Don Chambers, James Conklin, Don DeClue, Bill DeLand, Carl Dickensen, Harvey B. Dunn, Bryan Grant, Ursula Hansen, David Love (II), Ralph Lowe, Jim MacGeorge, King Moody, Helen Sage, Gene Sterling, Sonia Torgeson, Frederick Welch, Bob Williams (II)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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In this pulp science-fiction film, a flying saucer full of aliens of a "Superior Race" lands on Earth, searching for grazing grounds for their Gargon cattle. One of the aliens uses a ray gun to kill a curious dog ("They blast the flesh off humans!"). Rebellious Derek inspects Sparky's dog tag and realizes that civilized beings inhabit the planet. He begs his companions to consider the rights of the people of Earth, but the other crewmen turn on him. They leave one of the lobster-like Gargon chained inside of a cave, make responsible Thor hunt down the escaping Derek, and return to their home planet to fetch herds of Gargon.

While Derek befriends Betty, Gramps, and Joe in the nearest suburban utopia, Thor's relentless manhunt results in numerous blasted skeletons and abductions. The fun really gets going when the now gigantic Gargon escapes its chains and goes on a murderous rampage. Spunky Betty begins a romance with Derek, who promises to make Earth his home. Reporter Joe is hot on the trail of the double-murder story that grows into something really big. Teenagers from Outer Space sports primitive special effects and almost-bad acting, but really they just add to the angsty fun of this 1959 flick.
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Thrill-crazed space kids on a ray gun rampage! A strange flying saucer lands in the desert near Hollywood, bringing a deadly menace to Earth: a

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In this pulp science-fiction film, a flying saucer full of aliens of a "Superior Race" lands on Earth, searching for grazing grounds for their Gargon cattle. One of the aliens uses a ray gun to kill a curious dog ("They blast the flesh off humans!"). Rebellious Derek inspects Sparky's dog tag and realizes that civilized beings inhabit the planet. He begs his companions to consider the rights of the people of Earth, but the other crewmen turn on him. They leave one of the lobster-like Gargon chained inside of a cave, make responsible Thor hunt down the escaping Derek, and return to their home planet to fetch herds of Gargon.

While Derek befriends Betty, Gramps, and Joe in the nearest suburban utopia, Thor's relentless manhunt results in numerous blasted skeletons and abductions. The fun really gets going when the now gigantic Gargon escapes its chains and goes on a murderous rampage. Spunky Betty begins a romance with Derek, who promises to make Earth his home. Reporter Joe is hot on the trail of the double-murder story that grows into something really big. Teenagers from Outer Space sports primitive special effects and almost-bad acting, but really they just add to the angsty fun of this 1959 flick.

Description

Thrill-crazed space kids on a ray gun rampage! A strange flying saucer lands in the desert near Hollywood, bringing a deadly menace to Earth: a

Customer Reviews:

low budget, poor acting, so bad it's good!.......2007-04-18

Actually, this movie is not as bad as I remembered it. But there are a lot of issues.
To start with,I guess you would have had to have lived through the fifties to understand the significance of the title. At that time, the word "teenager" was actually synonymous with "juvenile Delinquent" or the modern term "gangster". Normal people of that age were "youths", "young adults" or some other neutral term. "Teenagers" were hormone-driven bundles of rage and rebellion. To imagine such recklessly destructive persons equipped with alien weapons capable of mass destruction was to trigger every parents darkest nightmare.
The story line is pretty thoughtful. We have an alien civilization which is what might have happened if Hitler or Stalin had taken over the world. Children are raised in farms and never know their parents, except for those of high party members, who are not told until maturity.
The main food source for this civilisation is the gargon, a crustacean-like creature which eats anything or anyone that it can catch and being quite huge, it can catch just about anything.
In the opening a scout ship from this civilition lands near an American town. It is crewed by one adult and two teenaged helpers. Their mission is to place a specimen of gargon on Earth to see if it will prosper there. One of the teenagers detects signs of human life and argues against planting the voracious gargons here. He is apparently a member of an underground working against the oppressive government. The other teenager can best be described as a Hitler Youth with ambitions of becoming an SS thug. The good teen is threatened with arrest and runs away. The adult leader then reveals that he is really the son of the Party Leader and must be brought home safely. A small gargon is left in an abandoned mine and the vicious teen is left behind to hunt down and arrest the escapee. The next act of the movie sees the good teen becoming more and more fond of Earth's way of life, while the vicious teen hunts for him, leaving a trail of bodies reduced to skeletons by his ray gun. The vicious teen is eventually captured and his ray gun damaged.
Meanwhile, the gargon has grown huge and broken loose from the mine. It is now roaming the countryside, killing everything and everybody in sight. The good teen struggles to repair the ray gun and finally, using power from a high voltage line, uses it to destroy the gargon.
The scout ship returns bringing the Party Leader intent on recovering his son, and leading a fleet of ships carrying large packs of gargons to be released on Earth.
The good teen seizes control of the scout ship's radio and causes the whole fleet to crash on him, killing the evil teen, the Party Leader, all of the gargons, and himself. By his sacrifice, he saves the Earth and opens the way for revolution on his homeworld.
I think that the reason that this movie hangs on as a cult favorite is that it really is a good basic story. With a good script and and a more experienced director, as well as a good budget for special effects, this could have been a classic. the cast and crew did the best they could with the resources available to them, but those resources were limited and it shows in the finished product. The main complaint, as it is with so many of these low budget movies is wooden acting. A good script writer would have given them the language to express the concepts they were clearly trying to explore, and a good director would have guided them in better ways to perform the lines. Budget enters in too, since they clearly could not afford the film needed to repeat unsuccessful takes.
Bad marks for special effects. The ray gun is clearly a flashlight with a fancy pistol grip and a few useless decorations. But the worst effect is the gargon. It is clearly the shadow of a half dead lobster superimposed over the screen. In the hands of a good stop action animator it would have been a prize-winning effect, but that would have cost more than three times the whole budget for the movie. Such animation is expensive and time consuming.
we really should give good marks for costume. The Alien uniforms really look authentic down to the white footgear.
This movie was originally released on the same bill as "Gigantis, The Fire Monster", Which has recently been released in its original Japanese title as "Godzilla Raids Again". For an evening of fun watching, buy them together.
"Teenagers From Outer Space" is priced low enough to be worth the effort.

Everyone Needs To Start Somewhere.......2007-01-10

Teenagers from Outer Space is a classic B-movie. New actors need somewhere to start! Movies like this are fun, exciting - and a bit humorous. Remember, Peter Graves (Mission Impossible) started his career in classic B-sci-fi movies!

Thomas

A Pulp Sci-Fi Classic!.......2006-10-14

This film frightened me as a kid, when I first saw it on television, and the images stayed with me for a lifetime. There is a metaphor for pure evil in this film, although I find it hard to describe.
The "bad alien" did not have to blast his ray gun at the woman in the swimming pool as she tried to get help. Skeletons don't swim, or float. They quietly sink to the bottom. Brrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-10-09

AS WE ALL KNOW, TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE IS ONE OF THE ALL-TIME CLASSICS OF SO-BAD-IT'S-GOOD CINEMA, GARGON & ALL! DEREK & BETTY FIND TEEN LOVE AS THOR BLASTS THE FLESH OFF IDIOT EARTHLINGS WHO WOULD'VE PROBABLY BEEN BETTER SERVED AS GARGON FODDER. STUPID YET FASCINATING...INANE YET COMPELLING...AN ABSURD MASTERPIECE OF LOW-BROW SCHLOCK THAT TAKES PLACE ALL WITHIN A 12-HOUR TIME-FRAME OF ERRATIC DIALOGUE & IMPLAUSIBLE SITUATIONS. AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR LOVERS OF THIS KIND OF CRAP (LIKE ME ).
THE ALPHA DVD TRANSFER IS CLEAR & CRISP & WORTHY OF PURCHASE IF YOU WANT A QUALITY VERSION AT A BUDGET PRICE...THIS IS THE VERSION IN MY COLLECTION & I FEEL NO NEED TO UP-GRADE. BUY IT....& ENJOY!!!!

Fear the Giant Lobsters!.......2006-06-24

David Love stars as Derek a Martian who winds up coming to Earth since he finds out that there is intelligent life on the planet. His fellow Martians are coming to Earth to raise the Gargon Herd which is a bunch of giant lobsters. Derek comes to town and winds up meeting Betty played by the lovely Dawn Bender (Island in the Sky, The Actress). She takes interest in Derek right away. Thor played by Bryan Grant comes to town looking for Derek and to bring him back so that they can unleash the Giant Lobsters. Derek has to make a sacrifice to try to stop the oncoming monsters and save Earth from what's about to happen. I would of given this a star but this was too much fun. Grant it's a horrible movie with bad acting, script etc.... but I just love it. The giant lobster was awesome. Also starring Harvey B. Dunn (My Fair Lady as Grandpa Morgan, King Moody (Nutt House, Sweet November) and the director Tom Graeff. He edited, produced, wrote and did all the things. Classic campy fun.

Classic Sci-Fi Movies (In The Year 2889 / They Came From Beyond Space / Teenagers From Outer Space)

Average customer rating:

WELL worth the extremely low price
Excellent Value
In The Year 2889/ Teenagers From Outer Space/ and more.

Classic Sci-Fi Movies (In The Year 2889 / They Came From Beyond Space / Teenagers From Outer Space)
Starring: Max W. Anderson , Charla Doherty , Hugh Feagin , Neil Fletcher , and Byron Lord
Director: Larry Buchanan
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Classics from Outer Space

ASIN: B00008AOS0
Release Date: 2003-07-15

Description

3 Great Movies on 1 DVD. Star Power, Exciting Genre with Extras on each DVD.

Customer Reviews:

WELL worth the extremely low price.......2006-10-22

but NOT for "In the Year 2889" which somehow escaped being camp and is just plain awful. In fact, it is probably the longest 80 minutes you will ever experience.

"Teenagers," on the other hand, is marvelous, and even well made. How'd THAT happen?

"They Came from Beyond Space" is a British effort that is kinda ok...maybe being British saves it--whatever.

Excellent Value.......2004-11-04

An excellent buy - 3 movies in one.

TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE is excellent. This is a highly entertaining and memorable movie - one of my favorites for all around 50's quality sci-fi. Aliens arrive on a spaceship determined to colonize Earth with craw-dads that will grow to enormous size and become a food source. Nerdy alien teen breaks off and heads into town and takes a room in a house with an earth teen girl and GrandPa. Mean alien teen has to track nerd teen down and bring him back. Suspenseful as he almost catches up to them as they go about the town. Has a ray gun that turns people into skeletons. Car chases. Car crash off a cliff. Pushy press people. Doctor's office in a house (total 50's). The default movie cave thats been in N sci-fi movies.

IN THE YEAR 2889 is pretty good. After a nuclear war 8 people end up in an isolated valley saved by vertical convection from a warm lake that carries radiation away. Grandpa is in charge and carries a side-arm. Donna Reed's son and his brother arrive early and he falls in love with GrandPas daughter. The brother gets infected and loses his appetite - never eats but has a craving for meat, spends all his time roaming the woods looking for rabbits. Alcoholic low-life and 60's psychedelic floosy dancer girlfriend arrive and add suspense to the movie. Pervasive is the lurking outside of GrandPas son who is infected and looks like a monster and roams the woods spying on the girls as they bath in the pool. Movie is worth an hour and half every 15 years or so.

THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE is not very good. Like the cars that went downhill after 1965, this is a 1967 color not very good film. English movie too. Best part is later in the film when the hero and side-kick figure out wearing a metal strainer on their heads will protect them from alien attempts to take over their brains. I saw this about 20 years ago and wouldn't waste my time on it again.

In The Year 2889/ Teenagers From Outer Space/ and more........2004-05-12

IN THE YEAR 2889...It has been thirty hours since the Nuclear attack. Everyone is gone, except for an old, grumpy, father who is protective of his teenage daughter. She fears that her boyfriend is dead. But he does show up at the doorstep with horrible radioactive burns to him. His brother (Paul Petersen, "The Donna Reed Show") who is fine stays with him. Other people begin to show up at this house too who appear to be fine. They all must avoid contamination. Who will survive?
Filmed in 1967, this film is scientifically inaccurate and is not a survival guide to actually surviving outside radiation, which does seep inside a house in real life. But this film is fun to watch. Also recommend THE DAY AFTER (1983) and TESTAMENT (1983).
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE...UFO lands on Earth. The human-like shipmates are from a planet that treats there own like slaves. They are trying to find a planet to release their Gargons. One shipmate wants to do good. He commits treason to try to stop his other shipmates from allowing Gargons on Earth. A book he has kept hidden and read (like a Holy Bible) as changed his mind to do right. He wants to do right. When his shipmates killed a dog, the good alien tells them the creature had life. This is not the place to release Gargons. His shipmates disagree. The good alien, Derek, escapes from his shipmates. He meets the people of this fine town. The bad aliens try to find Derek, but shoot other people into skeletons with a raygun.
Dvd also includes THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE (1967).

Average customer rating:

low budget, poor acting, so bad it's good!
Everyone Needs To Start Somewhere
A Pulp Sci-Fi Classic!
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Teenagers from Outer Space
Starring: Dawn Bender , Billy Bridges , Don Chambers , James Conklin , and Don DeClue
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While Derek befriends Betty, Gramps, and Joe in the nearest suburban utopia, Thor's relentless manhunt results in numerous blasted skeletons and abductions. The fun really gets going when the now gigantic Gargon escapes its chains and goes on a murderous rampage. Spunky Betty begins a romance with Derek, who promises to make Earth his home. Reporter Joe is hot on the trail of the double-murder story that grows into something really big. Teenagers from Outer Space sports primitive special effects and almost-bad acting, but really they just add to the angsty fun of this 1959 flick.

Customer Reviews:

low budget, poor acting, so bad it's good!.......2007-04-18

Everyone Needs To Start Somewhere.......2007-01-10

A Pulp Sci-Fi Classic!.......2006-10-14

ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-10-09

Fear the Giant Lobsters!.......2006-06-24

Beyond the Stars: Assignment: Outer Space/Destroy All Planets/Teenagers From Outer Space/The Phanto

Average customer rating:

An unexpected pleasure
not the Martin Sheen/Christian Slater movie
A Journey For Anyone Who Dares To Dream

Beyond the Stars: Assignment: Outer Space/Destroy All Planets/Teenagers From Outer Space/The Phanto
Starring: Martin Sheen , Christian Slater , Robert Foxworth , Sharon Stone , and Olivia d'Abo
Director: David Saperstein
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ASIN: B0002DB52W
Release Date: 2004-07-13

Customer Reviews:

An unexpected pleasure.......2006-09-24

When I read the description, and the film's title, I was expecting some
pretty cheesy 80's TV treacle. However, as a sucker for movies that
involve NASA in some regard, particularly those that deal with the
Apollo Program, I had to give it a try.

I was very surprised, then, to find myself being drawn into it and
caring about the characters. It was much better than I had expected,
and the performances were quite solid. Sheen and Foxworth were very
good, Slater was reasonably believable, and Abraham stole his scenes.
The female characters were sympathetic and believable. I was also
surprised how front and center Apollo was - it didn't just serve as a
disposable backdrop for the drama. All in all Beyond the Stars was well
worth the viewing, but I agree that the sci-fi ending did cheapen the
drama slightly. And the title - whew - they could have done better than
that!

I have to chuckle, however, at a description I read of Slater's
character being a "troubled" teenager. Ha! Most people should be so
lucky to have a kid that respects his parents, wants to follow in his
dad's footsteps and study science and math, and plans to go to MIT.
Yeah - that kid's a real disaster.

Anyway, a few of the technical space details were off (particularly
during the Huntsville trip), and the music was pretty dated, but those
are mostly nits. Overall this was a reasonably intelligent and mature
drama with a strong Apollo background - and an unexpected pleasure.

not the Martin Sheen/Christian Slater movie.......2005-03-03

Looking at a larger view of the cover as shown in the listing, I am certain that this is not the movie I was looking for or described in the other review of the vhs. Although it was not easy to read, the main title was not repeated in the 4 smaller titles. Although all one really has to do is look at the cover to know this isn't the Martin Sheen/Christian Slater movie, I mean really, a sexy siren with a blaster on the cover of a story about friendship and wonder. Definitely not a match.

A Journey For Anyone Who Dares To Dream.......2000-04-08

Everyone who has walked the face of this earth has at one time in his or her life, dreamed of becoming an extraordinary person. It is in our nature to dream of growing into something unique and beautiful. The journey of life is and will never be an easy voyage. Some will fall...and some will succeed; It's up to the individual to turn that dream into a reality. In this movie BEYOND THE STARS, Eric (Christian Slater) has his dream in sight and is willing to do anything to one day accomplish it. Eric wants to walk among the stars and touch the face of the moon. When he is sent to his father's house in Ceder Bay Oregon for shooting a model rocket through a school window; He realizes that an ex-astronaut (Martin Sheen) is living in the same town as his father. To Eric this man is a legend, someone who has been where he one day wants to go. Eric meets a beautiful girl who just so happens to know this living hero. But Paul Andrews (The Astronaut), is nothing but; He is now a drunk, who wants to be left alone and never wants to talk about his time away from our home. Eric is severly hurt but eventually decides to do what ever it takes to be Paul's friend. Eric gets his break when Mr. Andrews offers him to help in constructing a grand greenhouse. Knowing that he won't get any money, Eric still agrees to help him. And through this decision they grow as true friends and there friendship eventually brings Eric and his father closer than they've ever been before. What Eric doesn't know is that some years earlier on Paul's last mission to the moon; He stumbled upon something magical buried within a crater. And as he was attempting to uncover the ancient relic a heavy cloud of radiation caught up with him, taking a piece of his life as it passed by. Paul knew that he was poisoned and that it was too late to escape the wrath of the deadly cloud; So he ordered his men to safely lock the hatch to the pod. They had to set helplessly, knowing that through the passage of many years the radiation would eventually take the rest of him. Paul decided in the dark of the lunar surface that the relic would be his and that no one would ever find out - that is, until Eric comes along. This story is so inspiring. It asks so many important questions and shows us that friendship is an important part of life; Without it this world would be an empty place. This movie in a way models our own life - We all dream - We all want our privacy - And we all question our own existence. BEYOND THE STARS is a film that will forever live within the hearts of every dreamer. It has shown me to never let go of a dream - And to never deny friendship - Both are extremely powerful and vital to every human being. So friend, if you are down and need to be lifted up beyond the stars - Find this movie, or buy it whenever it is re-released.

Horrors From Space Collection (Teenagers from Outer Space, Phantom from Spapce and Killers from Space)

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Cheesy Sci Fi at it's best
A Must-Have DVD From Space.

Horrors From Space Collection (Teenagers from Outer Space, Phantom from Spapce and Killers from Space)
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Release Date: 2000-11-14

Customer Reviews:

Cheesy Sci Fi at it's best.......2002-07-23

The transfer on this DVD could be better, but for the price I couldn't complain. My favorite movie on this dvd is "Teenagers from Outer Space" The acting is horrible and the dialogue simply ridiculous. Cheesy sci fi fans will love this film for the corny special effects, the "Gargon" as they are called is a giant lobster and very poorly done, but it's a hoot, guaranteed to make you laugh.
"Phantom from Space" is actually a pretty good movie, the special effects are not bad for it's time, and the movie will hold your interest, it's an okay storyline. I really enjoyed it and if you are a die hard 50's sci fi fan this is a must have!!
"Killers from Space" has got to be among one of the lowest budget movies ever made. The space men are just great! Men dressed in a one piece hooded suit with ping pong balls cut in half for their eyes. Wow! scary! Plus you get to see them in the "special" green effect! I liked this movie because I like REALLY bad cheesy sci fi.
This dvd also includes 2 bonus features, a Popeye cartoon and a Ray Milland radio broadcast "Night Cry".

A Must-Have DVD From Space........2001-06-01

Phantom From Space is a decent movie for genre fans, sort of an "Invisible Man From Planet X" amalgamation, cheap but intriguing. Killers From Space is not very good at all, managing to be at once ridiculous and rather dull. Both of these are directed by W. Lee Wilder (Billy Wilder's less-successful brother).

On to Teenagers From Outer Space... Sometimes called one of the worst movies ever made, it has received that moniker unfairly. Sure, it is laughable in spots- an alien named Derek, a giant monster which is naught but a lobster shadow, truly wooden performances, and sometimes-hideous dialogue- but be honest as you watch this. You've seen much worse.

This movie is just plain entertaining. The pace is lightning-quick; that alone separates it from a myriad of similar 50's sci-fi efforts. It is better-directed than many films of its ilk, and the story has definite thought behind it, meager as its execution may be. The plot may seem redundant at times, but that was to me in keeping with the suspense of serials from the 30's and 40's. The FX are not that much worse than, say, the CGI on Babylon 5's early episodes, and the story is no more stupid than anything from the Bay/Bruckheimer team. And you know the movie means business when the first thing the aliens do upon landing is skeletonize a dog. Now that's evil!

It is a very earnest movie with a message that, while self-conscious and a tad overinflated, is unduly lampooned in these cynical times. There is camp (valiant misfires, entertaining and good-spirited) and there is dreck (exploitative crap by people who know they are making crap and wouldn't have it any other way). Give me camp any day.

Teenagers From Outer Space is not a good movie, but it is a very fun movie, one to watch again and again. I enjoyed it, and to say so does not make me feel ashamed ... much.

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While Derek befriends Betty, Gramps, and Joe in the nearest suburban utopia, Thor's relentless manhunt results in numerous blasted skeletons and abductions. The fun really gets going when the now gigantic Gargon escapes its chains and goes on a murderous rampage. Spunky Betty begins a romance with Derek, who promises to make Earth his home. Reporter Joe is hot on the trail of the double-murder story that grows into something really big. Teenagers from Outer Space sports primitive special effects and almost-bad acting, but really they just add to the angsty fun of this 1959 flick.

Description

TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE Thrill-Crazed Space Kids Blasting the Flesh Off Humans! Aliens plan to use the Earth as grazing land for their lobster-like monsters, the Gargons, but Derek (David Love) argues that they should find a planet without "civilized beings. Placed under arrest, the rebellious teen escapes, not knowing he is the son of their leader, so Thor (Bryan Grant) goes after him—with a disintegrator ray that turns people to bones. Derek befriends Betty Morgan (Dawn Anderson) and her grandfather (Harvey B. Dunn), who are placed in jeopardy when Thor begins blasting virtually every Earthling he sees! This no-budget wonder was written, produced, directed, shot, scored, and edited by Tom Graeff, who also did the special effects and, as "Tom Lockyear," co-stars as Joe Rogers. Approximately 86 minutes Black and White

Customer Reviews:

low budget, poor acting, so bad it's good!.......2007-04-18

Everyone Needs To Start Somewhere.......2007-01-10

A Pulp Sci-Fi Classic!.......2006-10-14

ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-10-09

Fear the Giant Lobsters!.......2006-06-24

Average customer rating:

low budget, poor acting, so bad it's good!
Everyone Needs To Start Somewhere
A Pulp Sci-Fi Classic!
ALPHA DVD VERSION
Fear the Giant Lobsters!

Teenagers from Outer Space
Starring: Dawn Bender , Billy Bridges , Don Chambers , James Conklin , and Don DeClue
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Amazon.com

While Derek befriends Betty, Gramps, and Joe in the nearest suburban utopia, Thor's relentless manhunt results in numerous blasted skeletons and abductions. The fun really gets going when the now gigantic Gargon escapes its chains and goes on a murderous rampage. Spunky Betty begins a romance with Derek, who promises to make Earth his home. Reporter Joe is hot on the trail of the double-murder story that grows into something really big. Teenagers from Outer Space sports primitive special effects and almost-bad acting, but really they just add to the angsty fun of this 1959 flick.

Customer Reviews:

low budget, poor acting, so bad it's good!.......2007-04-18

Everyone Needs To Start Somewhere.......2007-01-10

A Pulp Sci-Fi Classic!.......2006-10-14

ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-10-09

Fear the Giant Lobsters!.......2006-06-24

Teenagers From Outer Space / Teenage Zombies (Double Feature) (Digitally Remastered)

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Teenagers From Outer Space / Teenage Zombies (Double Feature) (Digitally Remastered)

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TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE: In this sci-fi tale an alien space ship lands on earth with three teenagers and alien animals called gorgons aboard....TEENAGE ZOMBIES: When a group of kids decide to go for an adventure to a remote island and they don't return, their friends become suspicious - They are being held by a mad scientist for his experiment.

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Teenagers From Outer Space/The Terror
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Manufacturer: DVD Cult Classics
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ASIN: B0002Q9VDE
Release Date: 2004-07-27

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Teenagers from outer space
Starring: David Love; Dawn Bender; Bryan Grant
Director: Tom Graeff
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