Teenagers from Outer Space Movie Review

“Thrill-crazed space kids blasting the flesh off humans!” So screamed the ads for this sadly neglected contender in the Golden Turkey sweepstakes. A flying saucer unloads a rowdy pack of aliens who carry disintegrating ray guns (that look suspiciously like Buck Rogers cap pistols) and unleash on the unsuspecting populace a giant Gargon (or, as we call it on this planet, a lobster). An indication of the limited budget writer-producer-director Tom Graeff had to work with is that the Gargon is only seen in shadow. Chock-full of Woodenesque (as in Ed) touches as an unsteady command of day for night (and vice-versa). Dave Love stars as Derek, the more sensitive of the aliens who mutinies and falls in love with a beautiful local. Reportedly, Dave Love is a pseudonym for Graeff. Picked up by Warner Brothers and released with Gigantis. Variety said, “While Graeff may not have made a good picture, he has made an interesting one that every now and again smacks of brilliance…an artistry that marks Graeff as a filmmaker to be heard from.” Apparently, this was his only film. AKA: The Gargon Terror.

1959 86m/B Dave Love, Tom Graeff, Dawn Anderson, Harvey B. Dunn, Bryant Grant, Tom Lockyear; D: Tom Graeff; W: Tom Graeff; C: Tom Graeff. VHS SNC