Quite a good 50s sci-fi romp from producer/director Roger Corman. With interesting ideas and quick development from scriptwriters Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna. Here quite an unusual fellow named Mr. Johnson (Paul Birch in a pretty good role) donning his sunglasses must get a blood transfusion from the hospital. Quite early in the film we see Mr. Johnson has some mind-control over humans and once that happens you must figure this dude has got to be from another world. After the transfusion he wants Nurse Nadine Storey (Beverly Garland) to be his personal nurse for further transfusions he will have at home. In the end she agrees and she lives with Mr. Johnson in his home and also meeting his personal bodyguard Jeremy Perrin (Jonathan Haze). We see though that this extra-terrestrial is gathering blood to test it on himself to see if he can survive as there is a blood disorder that is killing his own people on his home planet of Davanna.
A pretty good story that moves along at a wickedly fast pace as it is just over an hour long. Unfortunately you can see or tell that Corman needed to keep the money close to the vest when perhaps when the 3rd act starts a little flow of money to up the production quality would have been nice, but it still is worth a viewing. Also starring Dick Miller in a funny little bit as a vacuum salesman. Followed by a remake in 1988 starring Traci Lords and another in 1995 starring Michael York, both produced by Corman I believe.
A pretty good story that moves along at a wickedly fast pace as it is just over an hour long. Unfortunately you can see or tell that Corman needed to keep the money close to the vest when perhaps when the 3rd act starts a little flow of money to up the production quality would have been nice, but it still is worth a viewing. Also starring Dick Miller in a funny little bit as a vacuum salesman. Followed by a remake in 1988 starring Traci Lords and another in 1995 starring Michael York, both produced by Corman I believe.