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Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

Teenagers from Outer Space poster
Directed by
Tom Graeff
Genre
horror film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
B-15
Rating
4.1 of 10 from 62 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young alien named Derek runs away from his crew after they order him to help wipe out humanity. The crew wants Earth as grazing land for giant creatures called Gargons, and Derek tries to stop them.

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What happens

Teenagers from Outer Space (released in the UK as The Gargon Terror) is a 1959 American independent black-and-white science fiction cult film released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was produced, written and directed by Tom Graeff and stars David Love, Dawn Bender, Bryan Grant, Harvey B. Dunn and Tom Lockyear. The film's working titles were The Boy from Outer Space and The Ray Gun Terror. Teenagers from Outer Space was distributed theatrically by Warner Bros. on June 2, 1959. It played on a double feature with the Japanese film Gigantis the Fire Monster. In the film, a young alien named Derek becomes a fugitive on Earth after he defies his crew's directive to eradicate human life in order to use Earth as grazing grounds for giant voracious livestock they call Gargons. In 1987, the film entered the public domain in the United States because Warner Bros. did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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