Queen of Blood (1966)

The year is 1990. An alien species makes contact with Earth through radio transmission, notifying of an imminent visit. Alien ship crash lands on Mars, and a rescue team is sent out from ... See full summary »

Director:

Curtis Harrington

Writer:

Curtis Harrington

Stars:

John Saxon, Basil Rathbone, Judi Meredith

Cast

Complete credited cast:
John Saxon	...	Allan Brenner
Basil Rathbone	...	Dr. Farraday
Judi Meredith	...	Laura James
Dennis Hopper	...	Paul Grant
Florence Marly	...	Alien Queen
Robert Boon	...	Anders Brockman
Don Eitner	...	Tony Barrata
Virgil Frye
Robert Porter
Terry Lee
Forrest J Ackerman	...	Farraday's aide (as Forrest Ackerman)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
T. Pochepa	...	Woman on alien planet (archive footage)

Storyline

The year is 1990. An alien species makes contact with Earth through radio transmission, notifying of an imminent visit. Alien ship crash lands on Mars, and a rescue team is sent out from Earth. (The plot thickens! :) Eventually a surviving female is located and brought on to the human ship. The female is light green with an amazing hair-do. After some unsuccessful attempts by the human crew to feed her, she is more or less left to herself. (Ominous, is it not?) While most of the crew sleeps, the Alien female hypnotizes the astronaut on guard. When the crew awakens, she is sleeping, and the guard is DEAD! Brief examination shows that the Alien ate his blood. THE QUEEN OF BLOOD! Naturally, there is a lot of blood plasma on the ship, so they feed the alien using that supply. When they are almost home, however, yet another crew member is eaten, a fight breaks out, and the alien is accidentally killed before she can finish the third guy. Phew! The ship lands on Earth, finally! But there is...

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Plot Keywords:

alien | blood | rescue | egg | 1990s | 

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Taglines:

HIDEOUS BEYOND BELIEF... with an INHUMAN CRAVING

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

MGM Studios [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Flight to a Far Planet

Filming Locations:

Major Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinema West Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was an ultra low budget production. The elaborate special effects were taken (uncredited) from two big budget Soviet productions, _Mechte Navstrechu (1963)_, and _Nebo Zovyot (1960)_.

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Goofs

The Cyrillic letters CCCP (USSR) can be seen on the side of the "American" rocket ship, betraying the fact that this film used stock footage from a Russian sci-fi film.

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Quotes

Allan Brenner: How are the musical spheres?

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Crazy Credits

In the ending credits, the last character credited is "Florence Marly as ?"

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Connections

Referenced in Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature (2001)

User Reviews

Sensational special effects

"Queen of Blood" is also known as "Planet of Blood". It was released by American International around 1966.Reguardless of it's low budget,it is a combination of science fiction and horror, with more attention being paid to it's sci-fi side.Cult movie fans should notice that it is actually a foreign movie bought by American International and reworked for american audiences.Curtis Harrington(writer and director)did a fine job on the film. John Saxon would later star in "Planet Earth", a film that closely resembles this movie.I wouldn't be surprized if Gene Roddenberry saw this thriller and hired John Saxon to star in "Planet Earth".If you get the chance, watch this movie, it's pretty good.