Starring Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Marilyn Harvey, Jeanne Tatum, Shirley Kilpatrick
Directed by Ronnie Ashcroft
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
Gangsters holding a debutante and a geologist hostage in a mountain cabin have their plans upset by a female from outer space, who's invulnerable and has a lethal radioactive touch.
Ashcroft, who worked on some of Ed Wood's films and according to IMDB was assisted by Wood on this one as an uncredited consultant, delivers a film that's not very good, but is not completely unwatchable, thanks to Clarke being solid enough as the geologist and Gene Kauer's music having an eerie quality. Detriments include poor sound recording in a number of scenes, probably necessitating the creepy narration of an also uncredited Scott Douglas. Also, most of the plot line (minus the alien) is lifted from the classic Humphrey Bogart film Key Largo, with Duncan playing a cruel gangster toting around a boozy moll while trying to cash in on the kidnapping of a wealthy young woman. Outside of Clarke and perhaps Duncan, no one really resonates in their roles, and as the alien, Kilpatrick never speaks. The filmmakers try to make the most of her presence by clothing her in a very skintight outfit and double exposing the film to make her appear part energy, but for the majority of the film, she's captured in unimaginative scenes walking through the woods. To top it off, the ending of the picture, where the alien's purpose on Earth is revealed, doesn't really jibe with the rest of the movie. Still, I find things to enjoy about this movie every time I watch it, even if it is a turkey.
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