Film195381 min

It Came from Outer Space

Name: It Came from Outer Space
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1953
Duration: 81 min
Cast: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson

Taste attributes: horrorscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalslowfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarysimpleenclosedfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentary

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"Fantastic sights leap out at you!"

Boxlist takeOtherworldly and fresh: an intimate horror film, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.4 /10

TMDB · 127 votes

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Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

Author & amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona, but Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...

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