It Conquered the World (1956)
- Directed by
- Roger Corman
- Genre
- horror film, independent film, science fiction film, monster film, science fiction horror film, alien invasion
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 55 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 alien from Venus secretly plots to conquer Earth. It persuades a disillusioned scientist to help, promising that alien rule will end human conflict.
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What happens
It Conquered the World is an independently made 1956 American science fiction film produced and directed by Roger Corman, and starring Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland, and Sally Fraser. Shot in black-and-white, It Conquered the World was released theatrically by American International Pictures (AIP) as a double feature with The She-Creature. It Conquered the World concerns an alien creature from the planet Venus that secretly wants to take control of the Earth. The creature makes radio contact with a disillusioned human scientist, who agrees to help because the scientist believes that such an alien intervention will bring peace and save a doomed humanity from itself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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