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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuIn Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth.In Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth.In Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth.
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A warm-up by director Fisher for his "Island of Terror"(66) and "Night of the Big Heat"(67), this is a template for alien invasion pictures: there's a small group of survivors (in rural England) and marauding invaders, here in the form of slow-moving robots. Since the invaders never do move beyond a slow walk, they never seem to pose a serious threat unless you happen to run right up to them (which one of the characters does indeed do). Then they zap you with a touch of their cold hand and you eventually turn into a controlled zombie. It sounds a bit silly, but the film manages to convey an eeriness to the whole setting. Maybe because it's in black & white, it also reminded me a bit of "Night of the Living Dead"(68). The sense of isolation and the threat are very similar.
What sets this above other sci-fi films of the fifties & sixties is the lack of clunky, melodramatic dialog. The intent by the filmmakers and actors is that this is really happening. The survivors are an average group of citizens, caught in a traumatic situation. None of them are prepared or trained for something like this. There's always that one troublemaker in the group, of course, brandishing a revolver and behaving like an ass. But the story needs that extra tension to make it more interesting. It's low budget, but they didn't really need a lot of money to show empty streets or just several bodies littering the landscape. This one, though, really begs to be remade with a decent budget, as a full throttle invasion story. A similar Americanized version was the earlier "Target Earth"(1954).
What sets this above other sci-fi films of the fifties & sixties is the lack of clunky, melodramatic dialog. The intent by the filmmakers and actors is that this is really happening. The survivors are an average group of citizens, caught in a traumatic situation. None of them are prepared or trained for something like this. There's always that one troublemaker in the group, of course, brandishing a revolver and behaving like an ass. But the story needs that extra tension to make it more interesting. It's low budget, but they didn't really need a lot of money to show empty streets or just several bodies littering the landscape. This one, though, really begs to be remade with a decent budget, as a full throttle invasion story. A similar Americanized version was the earlier "Target Earth"(1954).
I taped The Earth Dies Screaming when Channel 4 screened it some years ago, but, unfortunately I never saw the last five or 10 minutes as the tape ran out. It hasn't been on again since nor has it been released on VHS or DVD.
Aliens have invaded the UK and killer robots are reviving dead humans as zombies and the few survivors have to try and stop them.
The thing I remember most about this movie are the scenes of the robots slowly walking through the rural village. Very eerie.
The cast includes Willard Parker, Dennis Price, Virginia Field and Hammer and sci-fi regular Thorley Walters (Frankenstein Created Woman, The People That Time Forgot).
It would be nice to see The Earth Dies Screraming again, especially the ending. Come on Channel 4 or any other channel, let's have it on again.
Rating: 3 stars out of 5.
Aliens have invaded the UK and killer robots are reviving dead humans as zombies and the few survivors have to try and stop them.
The thing I remember most about this movie are the scenes of the robots slowly walking through the rural village. Very eerie.
The cast includes Willard Parker, Dennis Price, Virginia Field and Hammer and sci-fi regular Thorley Walters (Frankenstein Created Woman, The People That Time Forgot).
It would be nice to see The Earth Dies Screraming again, especially the ending. Come on Channel 4 or any other channel, let's have it on again.
Rating: 3 stars out of 5.
I watched this movie late on cable and enjoyed every minute. It had all the ingredients of a classic B Movie. Aliens,Zombies,Quaint english village,Survivors of an environmental disaster,Hapless females,and dodgy acting. You have to love the old B Movies to really enjoy this film.
A low-budget film directed efficiently by British horror master Terence Fisher. The cheesy special effects and the poor aliens design don't ruin in any moment this very attractive science-fiction movie. Although the first part of the film is higher up of its last thirty minutes, the movie keeps the interest until the ending. Atmospherical shots, a conventional plot line ( a group of survivors of an environment disaster fight for their lives against an alien invasion )supported by a convincing script and fine actors direction. Not so fine as other science-fiction titles by Fisher himself as " The night of the big heat " or "Island of terror "it contains some splendid, very creative moments like the astoundin gopening credits where we assist to a chain of strange and apparently disconnected accidents ( including a train derailment ): a lesson of cinematographic economy and atmospheric invention worthy of this subversive and very talented director .
The first few minutes of "The Earth Dies Screaming" are very promising. There is an eerie silence showing how most of humanity has been wiped out, right at the beginning. (It also helps that the movie was shot in black and white - I find apocalypse movies that have been shot in black and white more effective than those shot in color.) As the characters are introduced, they are promised to be a colorful bunch.
But after this promising beginning, the movie starts to fall apart. We never learn why the invaders attacked Earth, nor do we learn much about them. In fact, the robots are treated very casually at times by the characters! In fact, the movie feels too casual elsewhere; although this is a '60s movie, it feels more like one of those innocent '50s sci-fi movies; there is a dated feel to this movie. The ending feels unfinished; since the movie runs only about an hour, surely they could have come up with a more concrete ending had they extended things.
It's not a TERRIBLE movie, but it's disappointing - you'll see the wasted potential.
But after this promising beginning, the movie starts to fall apart. We never learn why the invaders attacked Earth, nor do we learn much about them. In fact, the robots are treated very casually at times by the characters! In fact, the movie feels too casual elsewhere; although this is a '60s movie, it feels more like one of those innocent '50s sci-fi movies; there is a dated feel to this movie. The ending feels unfinished; since the movie runs only about an hour, surely they could have come up with a more concrete ending had they extended things.
It's not a TERRIBLE movie, but it's disappointing - you'll see the wasted potential.
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- WissenswertesThe village featured is Shere, Surrey.
- PatzerWhen Jeff Nolan first arrives at the village he takes out what appears to be a bolt action Enfield P14 / M17 rifle, later in the film this turns into a semi automatic 30-06 Garand rifle.
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Peggy Hatton: Do you know what's happened?
Jeff Nolan: No I don't. I took a plane up this morning for a shakedown flight and when I went up everything was normal. When I came down, everyone was dead. I drove all day. You're the first folks I've seen alive.
- VerbindungenEdited from Seven Sinners (1936)
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