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

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)

Trailer

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