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Teenagers from Outer Space
Theatrical Release Date: 1959-06
MPAA Rating: 
Studio: Good Times Video
Editorial Review - Description
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE Thrill-Crazed Space Kids Blasting the Flesh Off Humans! Aliens plan to use the Earth as grazing land for their lobster-like monsters, the Gargons, but Derek (David Love) argues that they should find a planet without "civilized beings. Placed under arrest, the rebellious teen escapes, not knowing he is the son of their leader, so Thor (Bryan Grant) goes after him?with a disintegrator ray that turns people to bones. Derek befriends Betty Morgan (Dawn Anderson) and her grandfather (Harvey B. Dunn), who are placed in jeopardy when Thor begins blasting virtually every Earthling he sees! This no-budget wonder was written, produced, directed, shot, scored, and edited by Tom Graeff, who also did the special effects and, as "Tom Lockyear," co-stars as Joe Rogers. Approximately 86 minutes Black and White
"Morrow! Go below and bring up the young gargon specimen."
A Customer Review by http://ridunkulousexperiences.wordpress.com/
In the great scheme of things, the most hilarious movie in the vein of "so bad it's good" classic cinema is by far Teenagers From Outer Space. Almost nothing is good about it, and yet every bad aspect leads back to hilarity. This is the quintessential science fiction bad movie. The premise is somewhat believable. A race of aliens that happen to speak English, and none of which are teenagers, seek to enslave the world to aid their lobster growing economy, except one of them, the son of the race's supreme ruler (named Derek no less), who befriends the humans and wishes to turn the rest of the invaders back home. It makes some sense. The dialog is cheesy, and the acting is deplorably bad. The strongest point of the movie is it's consistency to surprise. While movies like Plan 9 and Killer Shrews have their low spots where they are boring and do not surprise with any particular moments of idiocy, Teenagers From Outer Space stays really bad all the way through and has more memorable bad moments than other favorites. The sheer magnitude of stereotypes covered in this movie is, to many, off-putting, but it is likely that this movie staked many of them for the first time. Experts (aka my friend who knows ten times more about bad movies than I) cites some of the films best moments as the awkward alien/human cheesy love affair, classy rayguns that immediately turn all humans into the same plastic skeleton instantaneously, and the fact that the main nemesis is not a lobster, but the SHADOW of a lobster. I find few words to describe this movie. You really should get it. In fact, if you are going to get only one bad movie, you had best be getting this one.
SO BAD IT'S GREAT
A Customer Review by Mark Zimmerman
When I was in high school (way back in the 1960s), I remember having a discussion with my friends about the worst horror movie ever made. Most of my friends voted for "Plan 9 From Outer Space." I voted for "Teenagers From Outer Space." Both movies are, in fact, so bad that
they're not merely good...they're hilarious!
Perfect for viewing with a room filled with friends.
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