Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) – Friday Night At The Home Drive-In

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A sensitive young alien and a teenage girl try to prevent an alien invasion.

“Teenage hoodlums from another world on a horrendous rampage!”

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I always wanted to see Teenagers from Outer Space (1959), but it had somehow slipped past me until last Friday. Would it live up to my expectations? Not likely, but as always, I was hopeful…

Teenagers from Outer Space opens with a couple of boring scientists in an observatory talking about something that they may or may not have seen. Then, somewhere else, a dog howls at a flying saucer landing on earth. Cue the credits… Continue reading

Teenagers Battle the Thing (1958) – Friday Night At The Home Drive-In

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During an archaeological field trip, high school students accidentally release a hairy monster from suspended animation.

“It Could Pop Up Out Of Nowhere!”

2.4 on the IMDb!

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Teenagers Battle the Thing (1958) was apparently shot in 1958, but was only screened in director Dave Flocker’s home town. It didn’t receive any kind of wider release until 1975, when footage from it was included in Curse of Bigfoot (1975) – also made by Dave Flocker. Feeling like this might be a bad sign, I decided to give it a try last Friday….  Continue reading