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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Herbert J. Leder (screenplay)
Amelia Reynolds Long (original story)
Release Date:
December 1958 (UK) more
Tagline:
New Horrors! Mad Science Spawns Evil Fiends! ...Taking form before your horrified eyes!
Plot:
A Scientist, experimenting with telekinetic powers enhanced by a nearby nuclear power plant succeeds in creating a new form of life... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
AMC Fearfest '09
(From LateFilmFull. 13 October 2009, 4:21 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Quite Underrated! more (47 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Marshall Thompson | ... | Major Cummings | |
| Terry Kilburn | ... | Capt. Chester (as Terence Kilburn) | |
| Michael Balfour | ... | Serg. Kasper | |
| Gil Winfield | ... | Dr. Warren | |
| Shane Cordell | ... | Nurse | |
| Stanley Maxted | ... | Col. Butler | |
| James Dyrenforth | ... | Mayor | |
| Kim Parker | ... | Barbara Griselle | |
| E. Kerrigan Prescott | ... | Atomic Engineer (as Kerrigan Prescott) | |
| Kynaston Reeves | ... | Prof. Walgate | |
| Peter Madden | ... | Dr. Bradley | |
| Meadows White | ... | Ben Adams (as R. Meadows White) | |
| Lala Lloyd | ... | Amelia Adams | |
| Robert MacKenzie | ... | Const. Gibbons | |
| Launce Maraschal | ... | Melville |
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USA:74 min | UK:75 min
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1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:12 | West Germany:18 | USA:Approved | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:X (original rating) (passed with cuts) | Sweden:(Banned) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:PG (re-rating)
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Trivia:
The Criterion Collection DVD has a hidden gag on it added by the authors. If you check the disc name/ID on a PC through various means, the ID reads AFIENDINNEEDISAFIENDINDEED, i.e. "A fiend in need is a fiend, indeed". more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Even though it is made clear that the military characters are US Air Force, when the Sergeant (Michael Balfour, a British actor, as were most of the others in the film) reports to Major Jeff Cummings (Marshall Thompson) early in the film, he incorrectly gives the Major a "British" salute, with the palm facing outward. Thompson returns the salute correctly, with the palm facing inward. more
Quotes:
Prof. R. E. Walgate: What have I unleashed? more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Chick Flick: The Miracle Mike Story (2003) more
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One of my favorite of the low budget films, this one is an exercise in doing a monster film RIGHT. The stalwart hero, Marshall Thompson, is posted at a joint US/Canadian base where a nuclear reactor is being used to make radar able to pick up enemies further away. Unfortunatly, a scientist nearby is also tapping into the power and he's created beings from his own subconscience (like the ID from Forbidden Planet) who have the nasty habit of sucking out peoples brains and spines! The end of this film is stellar with effects that had to take up a third of the films budget! No one whose seen this film can forget those little brain monsters! It deserves a higher rating than other voters gave it!