Review of Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) by Justin W — 06 Jun 2008

Overall, this was a pretty standard B Grade sci fi movie. The thing I liked about it is that it made an effort not to be in spots. The storyline took a couple bytes from "The Day the Earth Stood Still", which would ordinarily kill a movie for me. With this one, though, they weren't blatant about it, and they did try to make it their own and gave it their own message. The fact that they didn't shove the message down your throat like some of these movies tried to do was what put it over the top for me.

Of course it was badly acted and over acted in spots, but not as bad as most I've seen. And they seemed to make an effort to keep the special effects to a minimum, concentrating more on the characters and actually having a story.

Lastly, this is the first movie I've ever seen to use a lobster as the Ginormous Man Eating Monster. Kudos from the Mainah on that one theya. Ayuh!