La Fusée de l'épouvante

Titre original : It! The Terror from Beyond Space

1958
Approved
1h 9min

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6,0/10

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Ray Corrigan, Shirley Patterson, and Marshall Thompson in La Fusée de l'épouvante (1958)

The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship.

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Monster Horror Space Sci-Fi Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

Une mission envoyée pour sauver la première expédition habitée sur Mars est envahie par une forme de vie inconnue, qui s'embarque sur le navire de sauvetage.Une mission envoyée pour sauver la première expédition habitée sur Mars est envahie par une forme de vie inconnue, qui s'embarque sur le navire de sauvetage.Une mission envoyée pour sauver la première expédition habitée sur Mars est envahie par une forme de vie inconnue, qui s'embarque sur le navire de sauvetage.

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6,5 k

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Récompenses
- 1 nomination au total

Rôles principaux16

Modifier

Marshall Thompson

Col. Edward Carruthers

Shirley Patterson

Ann Anderson
(as Shawn Smith)

Kim Spalding

Col. Van Heusen

Ann Doran

Mary Royce

Dabbs Greer

Eric Royce

Paul Langton

Lt. James Calder

Robert Bice

Maj. John Purdue

Richard Benedict

Bob Finelli

Richard Hervey

Gino Finelli

Thom Carney

Joe Kienholz

Ray Corrigan

Stuart Hall

Reporter
(non crédité)

Mike Morelli

Reporter
(non crédité)

Monty O'Grady

Reporter
(non crédité)

Bert Stevens

Reporter
(non crédité)

Pierre Watkin

Spokesman at Press Conference
(non crédité)

Réalisation
- Edward L. Cahn
Scénario
- Jerome Bixby
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6/10

" When Mankind sought knowledge in the 50's, he did so with a gun in his hand "

This is one of the many early sci-fi movies released in the 1950s. Standard for these types of B-Pictures was to put more drama and excitement in the film, than real science. Few directors during that day and age ever sought good solid factual science facts, instead they wanted good old fashion monster vs Earthling type action. They were hooky and poorly made, but without knowing it, they created the nightmare memories of our youthful dreams. As a result, they gave audiences what they sought, trills and cheap entertainment. The story in this film is the foundation of modern films like 'Alien' and for its day had formulas which worked. Marshall Thompson plays Col. Ed Carruthers and Ray "Crash" Corrigan, the stunt man for many other films, plays the Space Monster called " It ." Dabbs Greer plays Eric Royce. Although it is an early sci-fi movie, when seen through the sleepy eyes of a youngster, at the Drive-In theaters of the day, it's nothing less than a Classic. Fun for anyone with a yearning to be frightened by a space monster. ****

thinker1691
15 avr. 2009
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Anecdotes
The mask of the monster suit was altered considerably. When Ray Corrigan was fitted for the suit, the mask was initially too tight. Paul Blaisdell, who made the suit, had to remove and rebuild the monster's lower jaw so the mask would fit better. Unfortunately, Corrigan's chin stuck out through the opening made in the mask. Blaisdell made up his chin to look like the monster's tongue. The mask's original eyes (large and catlike, a Blaisdell trademark) were also removed; the eyes you see behind the mask are actually Corrigan's.

Gaffes
Van Heusen opens the reactor shield to try to kill the monster, but it smashes through the door to escape. He doesn't reseal the shield, though. The adjoining space, the one with the man with the broken leg, should have been flooded with deadly radiation ("enough to kill a hundred men" as Van Heusen notes).