Unearthly Stranger

1963

Action / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi

8
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1137 1.1K

scientist sleeping with eyes open

Plot summary

A series of scientists working on a new techology to facilitate man's conquest of space are killed in mysterious circumstances. Suspicion falls on the wife of another scientist on the project, who may not be what she seems.

Director

John Krish Photo
John Krish

Top cast

Philip Stone Photo
Philip Stone as Prof. John Lancaster
Warren Mitchell Photo
Warren Mitchell as Prof. Geoffrey D. Munroe
Patrick Newell Photo
Patrick Newell as Maj. Clarke
Jean Marsh Photo
Jean Marsh as Miss Ballard
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728.29 MB
1280*768
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 1
1.32 GB
1802*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Stevieboy666 6 / 10

Interesting British SF effort

Just watched this on Talking Pictures TV, here in the UK, an independent channel that is always screening little known or forgotten movie gems. Unearthly Strangers being a good example. It starts off with one of the main characters running up a superb spiral staircase, had this been filmed in colour instead of black and white the effect would not have been anywhere near as good. But talking of effects, in regards to the aliens they are practically non existent. The only give away signs are that they don't blink, nor do they suffer burns when handling hot casserole dishes without wearing gloves! Acting is good. Gabriella Licudi is gorgeous. The film is very reliant on dialogue and may bore some viewers but the final scene is genuinely chilling and worth waiting for.
Reviewed by austex23 7 / 10

An almost lost film that deserves much better

There are a handful of fine films that have never been released on tape or disk. Sometimes they show up on the few independent TV stations around the country that still have access to the old collections of movies that used to circulate in the days before cable. Nearly lost films, except in the memories of people who saw them at drive-ins or on TV before the current age of homogenous viewing. Unearthly Stranger is a perfect example of this kind of film. Not the masterpiece that Invasion of the Body Snatchers is, Unearthly Stranger is still a wonderful science fiction story with trappings of the paranoia that characterizes Body Snatchers, I Married a Monster, and other, earlier, SF films. Stranger was a throwback when it was new, and that may be why it was pretty much ignored when it was released. With DVD releases of an awful lot of true garbage, there really is no excuse for the continued neglect of this stylish, almost lost movie.
Reviewed by g-hbe 7 / 10

Unusual sci-fi thriller

We love digging up neglected low-budget sci-fi films and we really enjoyed this one. In some ways it is quite typical British sci-fi of its period, in other ways it is odd and unusual. It had a feel of an extended TV production, and reminded us of the soon-to-come Patrick Macnee & Diana Rigg series 'The Avengers', not surprising really as several names in the credits later showed up in that series. Overall, this film is an enjoyable entertainment, a cut above the B-movie fayre that characterises the early 60's.
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