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
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.
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.
Derek
