Terror in the Midnight Sun

Original title: Invasion of the Animal People

1959
1h 12m

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Aliens release a furry critter in the wilds of Lapland where it takes a woman captive and threatens a group of scientists.Aliens release a furry critter in the wilds of Lapland where it takes a woman captive and threatens a group of scientists.Aliens release a furry critter in the wilds of Lapland where it takes a woman captive and threatens a group of scientists.

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Barbara Wilson

Diane Wilson

Sten Gester

Erik Engström

Robert Burton

Dr. Frederick Wilson

Bengt Blomgren

Col. Robert Bottiger

Åke Grönberg

Dr. Henrik
(as Ake Gronberg)

John Carradine

Narrator
(English version)
(voice)

Gösta Prüzelius

Dr. Walter Ullman
(as Gosta Pruzelius)

Brita Borg

Singer
(uncredited)

Steve Conte

American Radio Supervisor #2 (US TV version)
(uncredited)

Doreen Denning

Anna
(uncredited)

Ittla Frodi

Girlfriend in Volvo
(uncredited)

Fred Hoffman

Doctor (US TV version)
(uncredited)

Allan Johansson

G.J. Mitchell

Diane's Psychiatrist (US TV version)
(uncredited)

Chuck Niles

Second Doctor (US TV version)
(uncredited)

Gustaf Unger

Air Passenger with Dark Glasses
(uncredited)

Katherine Victor

Diane's Mother (US TV version)
(uncredited)

Lars Åhrén

The Monster
(uncredited)
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A real cheapie

I have seen a lot of obscure films and am pretty sure that this one must have had the lowest budget in making it. There is a man-like creature that is HUGE- he probably stands 40-60 feet tall. Anyway the Eskimo villagers throw fire torches at it.As for the plot- there may not even be one, other than these people go out into the frozen tundra to look for a cheapie spaceship and then end up skiing half the countryside. I do however, appreciate this show's obscurity- there is , as far as I've ever seen, nothing quite like it- It makes "Plan 9 From Outer Space" look like "Gone With The Wind".

maschmkr
Mar 22, 1999
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Trivia
The scientists fly up to Lappland in an SAS Convair 440 Metroliner, "Trygve Viking", then onto the landing site in a Swedish army Noorduyn Norseman.

Goofs
The English title "Terror in the Midnight Sun" isn't logical. Since it's set in the Swedish winter, the midnight sun is something that occurs in northernmost Sweden during the summer. The same areas in the winter are almost all-day dark.

Alternate versions
Was released in the USA as "Invasion of the Animal People". The film was shortened and scenes with John Carradine were added. Jerry Warren and Virgil W. Vogel are given co-director credit for the U.S. version

Connections
Featured in Censuren - En thriller (2011)

Soundtracks
Midnight Sun Lament
Based on an old Swedish melody
Music and Swedish lyrics by Gustaf Unger
English lyrics by Frederick Herbert
Sung by The Golden Gate Quartet