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It Came from Outer Space

1953 · 80 min

A slow-burning, atmospheric 1950s sci-fi that mixes small-town paranoia with eerie alien mystery and a plea for understanding.

Tagline
Fantastic sights leap out at you!
Overview
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • fate
  • freedom
  • survival
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism4
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
science fiction, horror
Directed by
Jack Arnold
Written by
Harry Essex
Starring
Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson, Kathleen Hughes, Dave Willock, Alan Dexter
Music
Herman Stein, Henry Mancini
Cinematography
Clifford Stine
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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