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Friday, September 12, 2014

Phantom from Space (1953)

An American science fiction film produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder.
An unidentified object is seen flying and disappears in California. Radio disturbances are tracked in that area and some people are found who have been attacked by a being in a suit. The FCC then tracks the radio disturbances to find the person in the suit, assuming that the two things are connected. They corner the suit person, who strips and the FCC take the suit away for testing. Now naked and invisible, the suit person tries to get the suit back and scares a lab assistant as the FCC tries to capture this unknown being.
This is pretty standard fare for a '53 science fiction film. The audio and video weren't bad. The plot and characters could be followed. However, it lacked any type of style or substance. It seems like it was made just to make a movie and no real thought was put into it. To quote reviewer, Glenn Erickson, the director "hit his groove of incompetence" with this film. Erickson also cites "Endless talky scenes". I rate it poor for being so dismally mediocre.

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