The Gamma People (1956)

Directed by

John Gilling

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist and a photographer visit a remote Alpine village. They discover that the town's leader is using radiation to transform local children into mutant geniuses with a cruel and violent nature.

suspensefuleeriedatedsinisterslow-burnmelodramaticcreepylow-budget

What happens

The Gamma People is a 1956 British science fiction horror film produced by John Gossage, directed by John Gilling and starring Paul Douglas and Eva Bartok. The film, shot in Imst, Austria, was distributed by Columbia Pictures and evolved from a script treatment originally written in the early 1950s by Robert Aldrich. The Gamma People was released theatrically in January 1956 in the UK, and played later in 1956 in the U.S. as a double feature with the 1956 British science fiction film 1984. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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