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    They Came from Beyond Space (1967)

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    Strange glowing meteorites land in a field in Cornwall and anyone who gets close to them is taken over by an unknown alien mind control force. Others in the area are dying from a mysterious “crimson plague” which covers their bodies with drops of blood.

    The authorities investigate this puzzling mystery, and hopes come to rest on American scientist Dr Curtis Temple (Robert Hutton) – who has a metal plate in his head as a result of a car accident and is therefore immune to the alien mind control.

    Hutton is a very dull leading man and Jennifer Jayne is sadly turned into a mind-controlled alien slave far too soon.

    They Came From Beyond Space looks cheap for a sci-fi film, the special effects and props are rather hokey (and recycled from the film Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 AD) and there are lots of scenes in the countryside rather than on sets (to keep production costs down).

    Things perk up at the end when Michael Gough (pictured below) appears and plays one of the alien leaders. Gough wears a fluorescent cape and reads his lines as if he’s in Hamlet.

    Dr Curtis Temple
    Robert Hutton
    Lee Mason
    Jennifer Jayne
    Farge
    Zia Mohyeddin
    Richard Arden
    Bernard Kay
    Master of the Moon
    Michael Gough
    Stilwell
    Maurice Good
    Bill Trethowan
    John Harvey
    Alan Mullane
    Hedger Wallace
    Mrs Trethowan
    Diana King
    Dr Rogers
    Paul Bacon
    Peterson
    Dermot Cathie
    Dr Frederick Andrews
    Norman Claridge

    Director
    Freddie Francis

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