I Married a Monster from Outer Space

"Shuddery things from beyond the stars, here to breed with human women!"

1958 1h 18m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 70

HorrorScience Fiction

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Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.

“Shuddery things from beyond the stars, here to breed with human women!”

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Cast

Tom Tryon
Bill Farrell
Gloria Talbott
Marge Bradley Farrell
Alan Dexter
Sam Benson
Jean Carson
Helen Rhodes
Ken Lynch
Dr. Wayne
Maxie Rosenbloom
Max Grady - Bartender
Peter Baldwin
Officer Hank Swanson
Jack Orrison
Officer Schultz

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Writers: Louis Vittes
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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68 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gene Fowler Jr., shot by Haskell B. Boggs. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Victor Young. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor George Tomasini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Tom Tryon and Gloria Talbott and Alan Dexter carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "Shuddery things from beyond the stars, here to breed with human women!".

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The take

Gene Fowler Jr. directs. Haskell B. Boggs behind the camera. Victor Young scores. George Tomasini cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $0.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
368 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Gene Fowler Jr., shot by Haskell B. Boggs. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Victor Young. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor George Tomasini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tom Tryon and Gloria Talbott and Alan Dexter carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Shuddery things from beyond the stars, here to breed with human women!".
9IMDB entry: tt0051756 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 70 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 28 themes, including "spacecraft", "drowning", "paranoia", "honeymoon".
12Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Haskell B. Boggs
Original score: Victor Young
Editing: George Tomasini
Makeup / hair: Charles Gemora
Runtime: 78 min · 1h 18m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $175,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)

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SWITCH.2020-05-27
★ 6/10
'I Married A Monster From Outer Space' doesn't stray too far from the run-of-the-mill 50s sci-fi that has become a pop-culture cliché, but it does distinguish itself enough to almost be regarded a classic of the genre. Real thought has clearly gone into it, to offer audiences at the time something more substantial than the usual B-grade monster scares, and it's for this reason that, over sixty years later, it justifies still being in conversation. - Daniel Lammin Read Daniel's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-i-married-a-monster-from-outer-space-the-world-blu-ray-debut-of-a-1950s-sci-fi-curio

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