It Came from Outer Space (1953)
- Directed by
- Jack Arnold
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, horror film, B movie, science fiction film, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 252 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An amateur astronomer and his fiancée see a burning object crash in the desert. He finds an alien spaceship, but a landslide buries it, and no one believes his story. Strange events soon follow, turning local disbelief into fear and hostility.
mysterioussuspensefulparanoiddatedatmosphericcerebraltenseeerie
What happens
It Came from Outer Space is a 1953 American science fiction horror film, the first in the 3D process from Universal-International. It was produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. The film stars Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush, and features Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, and Russell Johnson. The script is based on Ray Bradbury's original film treatment "The Meteor" and not, as sometimes claimed, a published short story. It Came from Outer Space tells the story of an amateur astronomer and his fiancée who are stargazing in the desert when a large fiery object crashes to Earth. At the crash site, he discovers a round alien spaceship just before it is completely buried by a landslide. When he tells the local sheriff and newspaper editor what he saw, he is branded a crackpot. Before long, odd things begin to happen, and the disbelief turns hostile. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Spaceways (1953)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.