Main Cast: John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Patricia Haines, Jack Watson, Alfred Burke
Release Year: 1966
Country: UK/IT/FR
Run Time: 84 minutes
Plot
In this British sci-fi thriller, a spacecraft from Ganymede, the moon of Jupiter, lands in a small community, and the alien visitors set out to find women. It seems that their population has become dangerously low and they need human females for breeding purposes. When the police begin receiving reports of a number of missing women, it takes quite some time before anyone thinks that there could be a link between the disappearances and a dramatic increase in UFO activities. John Saxon plays Jack Costain, an American scientist investigating the UFO reports, while Alfred Burke plays Police Detective Hartley. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Ballard Berkeley - Cmdr. Savage; David Gregory - Private Jones; Vincent Harding - 1st R/T soldier; Stanley Meadows - Grant; Warren Mitchell - Lilburn; Aubrey Morris - Thorburn; Marianne Stone - Mrs. Lilbum; Anthony Wager - Pvt. Higgins; Romo Gorrara - Lieutenant; Geoffrey Lumsden - Colonel Davy; Robert Crewdson - Medra; John Carson - Major
Credit
John Gilling - Director, Philip Barnikel - Editor, John Gregory - Composer (Music Score), Stephen Dade - Cinematographer, Ronald C. Liles - Producer, John Phillips - Producer, James P. O'Connolly - Screenwriter, Frank Crisp - Book Author
Night Caller from Outer Space, also known as simply The Night Caller or Blood Beast from Outer Space, is a British 1965 science fiction film directed by John Gilling. It is based on Frank Crisp's novel The Night Callers.
American scientist Jack Costain (John Saxon) and his aides investigates a meteorite in the English countryside, discovering that it is an alien device from Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. They capture a tall alien and take it to the lab, only to have it escape. Shortly thereafter, teenage girls begin disappearing after answering an advertisement for 'Bikini Girl' magazine. It turns out the aliens want Earth women for breeding purposes, a now very dated sci-fi plot device.[1][2]
Leonard Maltin called it a "well-done sci-fi thriller" and rated it as two and a half stars.[3] Author Steve Puchalski said, "this alleged 'film' is dry and slow paced, uninvolving and uninspiring".[1]
References
^ abPuchalski, Steven (2002). Slimetime: a guide to sleazy, mindless movies (2nd ed.). Headpress/Critical Vision. p. 207. ISBN 1900486210.
