Short-lived British company Tigon Pictures produced some impressive horror films -- such as WITCHFINDER GENERAL and BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW. Unfortunately, they also made THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR and this talky science-fiction turkey. But what a cast! European buffs may recognize Robert Flemyng, the HORRIBLE DR. HITCHCOCK, and Allan Cuthbertson, the star of Hammer Films' gruesome STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY, in cameo roles as military men; and Neil Connery, Sean's brother, puts in a rare screen appearance. Hilary Dwyer, who made four films in 1969, is as beautiful as ever.
The best of the British Air Force disappear out of the sky during parachute training, and super sleuth Bob Megan (Patrick Allen) gets the call to find them. He can't figure it out either, but gets a chance to have sex with an alien in human form (Lorna Wilde). It's the old "aliens need virile men to repopulate their dying planet" hooha, with a bit of nudity thrown in to give the movie an R rating.
George Sanders spends the whole movie in an officer's suit that doesn't fit, and Maurice Evans (who had just finished PLANET OF THE APES) wears the pained expression he had when he played Endora's husband in BEWITCHED. Despite mock serious lines such as, "I am Martis from the planet Mygon," and a tacky spaceship that looks like a cruise liner, this film really dull.
The best of the British Air Force disappear out of the sky during parachute training, and super sleuth Bob Megan (Patrick Allen) gets the call to find them. He can't figure it out either, but gets a chance to have sex with an alien in human form (Lorna Wilde). It's the old "aliens need virile men to repopulate their dying planet" hooha, with a bit of nudity thrown in to give the movie an R rating.
George Sanders spends the whole movie in an officer's suit that doesn't fit, and Maurice Evans (who had just finished PLANET OF THE APES) wears the pained expression he had when he played Endora's husband in BEWITCHED. Despite mock serious lines such as, "I am Martis from the planet Mygon," and a tacky spaceship that looks like a cruise liner, this film really dull.