The Day It Came to Earth (1977)

Directed by

Harry Thomason

Genre

science fiction, horror

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

3.4 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of teenagers sees a meteorite crash to Earth bringing an alien creature. When they try to warn the adults in town, nobody believes them.

low-budgetcampydatedlight horrorteen-centeredsuspensefulvintage sci-fimodest

What happens

The Day It Came To Earth is a 1977 film produced by Rainbow Production, directed by Harry Thomason and written by Paul Fisk (as Paul J. Fisk). The film stars Wink Roberts, Roger Manning, Delight De Bruine, and Rita Wilson and guest stars George Gobel. The film was distributed theatrically by Howco International Pictures and was released in November 1977. The film was filmed in Little Rock, Arkansas. The storyline, similar to The Blob, concerns a group of teens who witness an alien, which arrives inside a meteorite, and are unable to get authority figures to believe them. The film enjoyed modest success at drive-ins, was afterwards released theatrical and later became available on VHS/DVD. It was featured via syndicated television on Elvira's Movie Macabre in 1982 and Svengoolie in 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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