Reviews

This scared the daylights out of me when I was a kid. I never miss an opportunity to see this when AMC runs it. I know I have seen this at least 25 times, and it still scares me. Great movie and the retro clothing, hairdos, cars and design is fun to watch while being creeped out at the same time. How often does one get the chance to see a Nash police car?

Oddly enough (and I may be dating myself here), while the comments have mentioned Carolyn Jones (Morticia Addams), Whit Bissell, Sam Peckinpah and Carmen Dragon's music, no one has mentioned that Virginia Christine, who flawlessly portrayed Wilma Lentz, was Mrs. Olsen of the Folger's Coffee commercials.

Cheesy, Yes! But...

Probably the creepiest and most horrifying scenes in Filmdom was when the Martian crept up behind our heroine and clamped its tarsier-like fingers on her shoulder.

She freaked, but not immediately. She paused. Reacted to that touch. Slowly turned her head around and LOOKED at the offending appendages.

This entire moment of horror and violation took about four to six seconds.

Her mind - finally - comprehended it. IT had touched her.

Then she lost it.

One of the best screams in film history. Great acting and just overwhelming.

For that one scene, I love this movie. Creepy as hell!