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I Married a Monster from Outer Space

1958 · 78 min

A slow-burning paranoid thriller that makes you question who to trust, with a chilling sense of isolation and a surprisingly emotional core.

Tagline: Shuddery things from beyond the stars, here to breed with human women!
Overview: Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
betrayal
love
parenthood
Places: small town
suburbs
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror, science fiction
Directed by: Gene Fowler Jr.
Written by: Louis Vittes
Starring: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Alan Dexter, Jean Carson, Ken Lynch, Maxie Rosenbloom, Peter Baldwin, Jack Orrison
Music: Leith Stevens, Franz Waxman
Cinematography: Haskell B. Boggs
Runtime: 78 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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