Written, produced and directed by Tom Graeff (ahhh!!! another Ed Wood) - fortunately this fellow was restrained and "Teenagers From Outer Space" was one of only 4 he was involved in. Juvenile delinquency is the same - whatever planet you're from.
Small town America is invaded by some angry teenagers from outer space. Derek !!!(David Love, who apparently talked the same way in real life, sort of slow and precise) more compassionate than the others (he is the only one who feels sadness at the demise of a little dog, Sparky, who was barking around the space ship) wants to find a better way of life. Unknown to him, he is the son of the Planet Leader - that is why he wasn't killed instantly for his treasonous remarks. Life on their planet, where the old and sick are put to death and children are raised away from their parents, is breeding a race of unfeeling brutes without compassion or love. Derek escapes into the night and the others have their orders - "Find Derek!!!"
Derek has Sparky's tag and finds his way to the little dog's home - where there just happens to be a room for rent and a pretty girl, Betty, (the beautiful Dawn Anderson). She takes him swimming at her friend Alice's house (a mansion, that was once owned by Rudolph Valentino). They quickly leave when Betty realises that Sparky has been killed. Derek tries to explain where he comes from and Betty takes him to Professor Simpson. Hot on their trail is Thor (Bryan Grant) killing anyone that gets in his way. He has a ray gun that reduces people to a heap of bones. He takes Gramps (Harvey B. Dunn) hostage and, after a shoot out at city hall, is shot - so he forces Derek and Betty to take him to a doctor to remove the "silver pellets".
The chase is soon on again. The doctor has given him a drug to incapacitate him, but a kindly old nurse unknowingly gives him an antidote, so Thor stops short of using his ray gun on her, just knocks her on the head and throws her from the car!!! At one point Derek finds a ray gun under a rock and says that he will "give the Earth this weapon to fight off invaders"!!!
I didn't think this film was bad at all. I found it fascinating that the three main characters didn't do much else after this film - "Teenagers From Outer Space" effectively killed off their careers. Dawn Anderson was very beautiful, I thought. She looked like Caroline Jones and I'm surprised she didn't do anything else after this. She was pretty enough.
Highly Recommended.
Small town America is invaded by some angry teenagers from outer space. Derek !!!(David Love, who apparently talked the same way in real life, sort of slow and precise) more compassionate than the others (he is the only one who feels sadness at the demise of a little dog, Sparky, who was barking around the space ship) wants to find a better way of life. Unknown to him, he is the son of the Planet Leader - that is why he wasn't killed instantly for his treasonous remarks. Life on their planet, where the old and sick are put to death and children are raised away from their parents, is breeding a race of unfeeling brutes without compassion or love. Derek escapes into the night and the others have their orders - "Find Derek!!!"
Derek has Sparky's tag and finds his way to the little dog's home - where there just happens to be a room for rent and a pretty girl, Betty, (the beautiful Dawn Anderson). She takes him swimming at her friend Alice's house (a mansion, that was once owned by Rudolph Valentino). They quickly leave when Betty realises that Sparky has been killed. Derek tries to explain where he comes from and Betty takes him to Professor Simpson. Hot on their trail is Thor (Bryan Grant) killing anyone that gets in his way. He has a ray gun that reduces people to a heap of bones. He takes Gramps (Harvey B. Dunn) hostage and, after a shoot out at city hall, is shot - so he forces Derek and Betty to take him to a doctor to remove the "silver pellets".
The chase is soon on again. The doctor has given him a drug to incapacitate him, but a kindly old nurse unknowingly gives him an antidote, so Thor stops short of using his ray gun on her, just knocks her on the head and throws her from the car!!! At one point Derek finds a ray gun under a rock and says that he will "give the Earth this weapon to fight off invaders"!!!
I didn't think this film was bad at all. I found it fascinating that the three main characters didn't do much else after this film - "Teenagers From Outer Space" effectively killed off their careers. Dawn Anderson was very beautiful, I thought. She looked like Caroline Jones and I'm surprised she didn't do anything else after this. She was pretty enough.
Highly Recommended.