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| Year: | 1956 |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Director: | Fred M Wilcox |
| Genre: | Isolation, dark side of humanity, flawed reliance on technology |
| Starring: | Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis |
| Rating: | 3/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/ |
| Tagline: | IT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD! |
| Favourite line: | If you do not speak English, I am at your disposal with 187 other languages along with their various dialects and sub-tongues. |
A team of astronauts are sent to the planet Altair-4 to investigate the sudden lack of commuinication from a colony based there.
What they discover is the secret of an ancient, long dead race called The Krell, a race that boosted their own IQ, but with devastating consequences. Inadvertantly, they unleashed beasts from within themselves - Monsters from the Id - and the same thing is happening again due to the experiments of one Dr Morbius.
An interesting concept, well executed, with some stunning special effects for the time - though Robbie the Robot looks a bit silly to modern eyes - this is a movie that, though old, has stood the test of time very well indeed.
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