![]() Young bunny Johan embarks upon a perilous journey in an effort to bring his mother back to life. Though the characters are humorous and quirky and some are lovable, there's not much comedy overall. The topics are a child's grief at the loss of a parent and the very dire consequences of attempting to upset the natural and fundamental balance of life. Danish director Esben Toft Jacobsen ( The Great Bear) works to combine very serious, mature themes with a fantastical story. It actually tries to create a feel of dread and tries to do all the right things - very poorly.ĭefinitely an under-appreciated 50s caper.Parents need to know that Beyond Beyond is a Scandinavian animated movie, re-voiced for English-speaking audiences. I guess my problem is kind of a silly one - it’s just not bad enough throughout to be constantly funny (besides the coffee scene). I’m kind of confused why mankind hasn’t developed sophisticated weapons beyond pistols and grenade launchers - I guess that was beyond the budget. In between the female scientists serve the men coffee, some people occasionally get angry that their friends have died, two crewman get sink with a bacterial infection resulting from the monster’s claws (this actually MAKES SENSE!), there’s a “spacewalk”, and a silly tagline sort of spiel back on Earth concludes the endeavor in a mere 69 minutes.įor a sci-fi B-film this isn’t so bad! The spaceship set is perfectly fine with multiple levels and a central access shaft and control panels. Gas grenades, shooting it, electrocuting it, regular grenades, and logically, venting all the oxygen out of the ship… So, the next fifty or so minutes follows various attempts to kill the creature. A mutated Mars martian - the last of its kind? - has creeped into the ship through an access hatch. ![]() However, after the deaths of a few of the fellow astronauts the real cause of the destruction becomes apparent. ![]() ![]() However, he knows the real cause of his crew’s death….Īfter leaving Mars, the rescue ship captain is suspicious of Carruthers. Carruthers is suspected of killing his crew and is wanted back home for a court-martial. Mars is not… well, logic is rarely important when putting together a 69 minute alien feature.Īnd this is in NO way the worst out there.īrief Plot Summary (spoilers due to the predictable/simplistic nature of the plot)Ī spaceship is sent from Earth to Mars to pick up Carruthers (Marshall Thompson) stranded on the planet with a dead crew. So, in short don’t go into the film expecting a 1950s movie with an alien leaping out of someone’s chest - we’re still in the age of large men running (or rather slowly lurching) around in flexible (frequently wiggly) rubber costumes making loud growling/gurgling/grunting dubbed sounds with the main cast walking slowly away from them aiming their guns at the floor or ceiling or anywhere besides AT THE ALIEN!Īnd, “beyond space”… what does that even mean? The alien is FROM Mars…. It! The Terror from Beyond Space is known mainly as the inspiration for the Alien films and their sequels. At least the future has FEMALE SCIENTISTS and DOCTORS! I think the most important lesson I learned from the hilariously (occasionally) bad 50s sci-fi alien monster caper It! The Terror from Beyond Space is that in future female scientists and doctors still serve coffee and lunch… That and female doctors and scientists do very little doctoring and science related things but instead clutch and fawn over the men the entire time and moan (well, one) about failed marriages (hence the obsession with science)… But, this isn’t much off the norm for 50s sci-fi - this is certainly not close to the misogynistic extremes of the era. 5/10 (Bad - but definitely watch if you’re a B-film sci-fi fan) ![]()
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