I was cruising the cable and found this, got engaged in it and couldn't stop. It first I thought it was one of those many low rent 50's BW sci-fi/monster flicks, but as I watched I realized that it was quite thoughtful. Making the aliens into reasonable but scared accidental visitors to a primitive planet, wanting to leave but needing to cobble together "stone knives and bearskins" to fix their vessel really works. I'd like to see it in 3D. I wasn't too surprised to see in the closing credits that it was written by Ray Bradbury. This is a gem among the rocks of that era. It's up there with The Thing and The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Review of It Came from Outer Space
