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    Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

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    This ultra-low-budget sci-fi film starred a young alien called “Derek” (David Love) who falls for Betty Morgan (Dawn Anderson), a pretty teenage Earth girl.

    The pair team up to thwart the plans of his invading cohorts, who intend to use Earth as a food-breeding ground for Gargons – giant lobsters from their planet.

    The invaders arrive in a flying saucer carrying deadly ray guns that turn Earth-people into skeletons.

    Unfortunately, a single medical skeleton was used for every dead body in the film and a hook on the head and identification markings in permanent marker on the hip can clearly be seen in almost every scene.

    It’s a masterpiece of awfulness – The acting is terrible, the dialogue is even worse, and the “teenagers” are all in their mid-20s to early-30s.

    Tom Graeff was on such a tight budget that the film’s ultimate weapon, the ‘focusing disintegrator’, was actually a Hubley’s ‘Atomic Disintegrator’ toy cap gun with a flashbulb added as a beam.

    In some scenes, the word “Hubley’s” can clearly be seen embossed on the side of the gun.

    Released in the UK as The Gargon Terror.

    Derek
    David Love
    Betty Morgan
    Dawn Anderson
    Thor
    Bryan Grant
    Gramps Morgan
    Harvey B. Dunn
    Joe Rogers
    Tom Graeff
    Spacecraft Captain
    Robert King Moody
    Nurse Morse
    Helen Sage
    Dr C.R. Brandt MD
    Frederic Welch
    Alice Woodward
    Sonia Torgeson
    Professor Simpson
    James Conklin
    Alien Leader
    Gene Sterling
    Moreal – Spaceship Crew
    Ralph Lowe
    Saul – Spaceship Crew
    Bill DeLand
    Hilda
    Ursula Hansen
    Dr Mason
    Don Chambers
    Johnson 
    Bob Regas

    Director
    Tom Graeff

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