Review of The Earth Dies Screaming

By the early to mid-60's British sci-fi filmmakers had produced a number of passable, if not classic thrillers (Village of the Damned, the Quatermass films), which makes this short film hard to rate favorably. The same movie in the fifties would have been entirely understandable. The lack of effects and a sudden, simplistic ending reduce the effect of this 1965 film. The premise of survivors trapped in a pub or inn whilst surviving attacks by aliens had been done much better in Devil Girl from Mars and Man from Planet X, which this film resembles. The brief running time, however, makes this a survivable experience for dedicated sci-fi fans.