Zurian

Good Grief...I know this is supposed to be a classic and all but is this the best the producers could do? Maybe I'm missing the point but I've seen better "C" category movies...what's up with the one robot mass invasion? How did they get here? What shot down the military planes? I could even see the eyes of the person inside the tin foil outfit...the characters seem to stay neatly cleaned and pressed throughout, or maybe that's part of the fun...well ha ha....

Target Earth

I saw the movie as a child when the movie was only out for 6 years. It fascinated me back then, now it's kind of cheesy - but still fun to watch. Good buy for a sci-fi buff like me.
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A Classic 1950s Sci-Fi Flick - Cheesy But Entertaining

This film terrified me when I first saw it at the age of 9, but I doubt it will terrify anyone who has been raised in the era of sophisticated special effects. Nonetheless, it is a short (75 minutes), entertaining, and fun movie that captures the mood generated by the 1950s flying saucer scares.

The story centers on Nora and Frank, two strangers who've been left behind while the city was evacuated in response to an unknown (to them) threat. The eerie opening music creates the mood as Nora wakes from the stupor of an attempted suicide via sleeping pills. Alarmed to discover that both her rooming house and the entire city (as seen through her window) seem to be deserted, she gets dressed and goes off in search of someone.

With overhead photography worthy of Hitchcock, we follow Nora through the streets as she stumbles upon a dead body and eventually meets Frank, an out-of-town businessman who was also left behind after being mugged and knocked out the previous evening. They join forces, and eventually meet up with a drunken, bickering couple in an abandoned nightclub.

Together the four go outside, determined to find a way out of town. It is then that they have their first encounter with the invaders, robots from space armed with a deadly heat ray. Here is where you have to suspend judgment about the primitive special effects, but the rest of the movie is fast-paced and suspenseful, right up to the end.