Baseshment
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Anoushka Slater
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Raymond Sierra
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Claudio Carvalho
In Norrisville, Bill Farrell (Tom Tryon) leaves his bachelor party on the eve of his marriage with Marge Bradley (Gloria Talbott). He is abducted by an alien that takes his shape and marries Marge on the next day. Marge feels something strange with Bill and one year later she realizes that he is a totally different man. One day, Marge follows Bill and he goes to the woods; she finds that he is an alien and sees his spacecraft. She tries to tell to Washington and to the FBI, but the aliens have dominated key people in town that do not allow any sort of communication with the exterior world. What is the intention of the alien invasion?"I Married a Monster from Outer Space" is a great sci-fi movie from the 50's. The storyline is a rip-off of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", with aliens switching places with humans in a small town with the purpose of breeding. But the plot is well-constructed and supported by good performances. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "I Married a Monster from Outer Space"
Paul Andrews
I Married a Monster from Outer Space starts as Bill Farrell (Tom Tyron) drives home after a night out with his friends, Bill is due to marry his fiancé Marge (Gloria Talbot) the following day but is abducted & replaced by an alien creature that takes Bill's form & place. Bill & Marge marry as planned but Marge become suspicious of her new husband Bill, a year later(!) she decides to follow Bill one night & sees him turn into an alien & enter it's hidden spaceship in the woods. Shocked Marge tries to inform the authorities about the alien invaders but discovers that the most important men in town have all been replaced by alien doubles including the Chief of Police. Marge confronts Bill who admits that he is part of an alien race that is dying out & they have come to Earth to mate with women to save their race from extinction, Marge sets out to stop them & make a disbelieving world take notice of her...Produced & directed by Gene Fowler Jr. this Paramount Pictures production has one of the more memorable titles for a 50's sci-fi alien invasion film & while I wasn't expecting too much from it I did like it, it's not amazing but if your a fan of these old black and white 50's alien invasion flicks then you could do a lot worse than I Married a Monster from Outer Space. There's a bit more going on here than usual, there's the whole subtext about the communist threat which was so prevalent in films back then, the fears about marriage & the problems that can arise, the strength of human emotions & at only 77 minutes long it's pretty brisk & doesn't hang around. While the script isn't deep or has much substance it does try to touch a few ideas like paranoia & a stealthy invasion based on replacing people & fitting in as normal rather than an all guns blazing attack. The film has dated somewhat, a married couple sleeping in twins beds after a year of marriage yet are still together? Surely one of them would have expected a little bit of action after a year? Couples have divorced for less. The quaint small town paranoia feels old & the aliens don't seem to have any great plan, it's been a year & they haven't managed to get any ladies pregnant yet so why are they still hanging around? The script tries to paint the aliens as sympathetic, despite being ugly aliens in their true form when in human form they try to reason calmly & are presented as a desperate race on the verge of extinction although kidnapping men, replacing them & trying to get our women pregnant isn't the way they should have gone about things...The special effects here aren't that bad, the smoke effect that covers the men when they are being abducted is good while the alien monsters themselves look alright with a strange glow to them. I am not sure about the long dangling arms or the three fingers but they look OK for the time. Well shot with the odd creepy bit here & there the ending features some quite gory alien meltdowns as they are killed off & even some blood spurting. While watching I Married a Monster from Outer Space I realised that bachelor parties & the attitudes towards marriage sure have changed in the past fifty years!With a supposed budget of about $175,000 this was partly filmed at the ever popular Bronson Canyon in Los Angeles, surely one of the worlds most used film locations. The acting is alright if a little wooden as expected, nothing great but not terrible.I Married a Monster from Outer Space is a fun little 50's sci-fi horror about the importance of marriage the idea of conforming to society, it's outdated & silly but overall I quite liked it for what it is. Remade as I Married a Monster (1998) which is apparently terrible.
Boba_Fett1138
Now, haven't I all seen this somewhere before? No, I can't really say "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" is a very original one within its genre, which is something the movie perhaps still could had gotten away with if it was a one from the early days of the '50's science-fiction movie era but this being an 1958 movie I simply have to conclude that this isn't a terribly original one. But not being original doesn't always necessarily have to be a bad thing, as long as the movie still serves its purpose and works out, like this movie does exactly.It really is a movie by the numbers and not only just with its story. It has a typical low budget feel and look to it, consistent with '50's science-fiction. Also the acting is bad and just too wooden and the special effects are simplistic looking. But this all is part of the reason why '50's science-fiction also has a certain charm to it. To be frank, none of those movies are really great ones by any means but they surely are entertaining and in a way also irresistible ones, that can get away with a lot because of that.And this movie is also not without that charm. It's perfectly watchable for that reason alone already, especially if you're into the genre of course.It's luckily never a boring movie but this is mostly because of the fact that the movie is being a very short one. Nevertheless there still is plenty of stuff happening, just don't expect any big action moments. Yes, it's an alien invasion movie but one in which the aliens blend in with- and take the place of humans, which means there aren't really any flying saucers flying and destructing places and killing people with their lasers. Though there still is some of that in this movie, it just isn't what the movie is all supposed to be about. It takes a more subtle approach with its story and build-up.Nothing too great, just a maintaining '50's science-fiction piece.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
mrb1980
If I had seen the little-known actors Gloria Talbott and Tom Tryon in a movie titled "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" in 1958, I very likely would not have gone to see it because of the title. However, to ignore this movie is cheating oneself, since it's a dark, creepy, and altogether enjoyable sci-fi about an alien invasion.Bill Ferrell (Tryon) is out drinking before his wedding day, and is overcome by a mysterious dark cloud. Now controlled by aliens, he marries Marge (Talbott) and is determined to populate the earth with alien babies. There's something wrong with the aliens though, and they can't breed with earth women. Soon many of the town's men are also controlled by the aliens, and Marge can't call, telegraph, or even leave town with the dreadful news. Eventually the local doctor (Ken Lynch) has the bright idea to recruit "real human men" among new dads at the local maternity ward, and the aliens are defeated in a pitched battle outside of town.This film has an abundance of wonderful vignettes: a local B-girl tries to pick up one of the aliens; a gangster (James Anderson) is lurking around the Ferrell's house and is eliminated by alien-controlled policemen; an alien-controlled man dies when he is given oxygen by paramedics after an accident; a local bartender punches Bill Ferrell on the jaw repeatedly with no effect; and of course the human men overcome the aliens in the climactic battle in a forest.The special effects are truly good for 1958, and Tryon--who usually had the acting range of a statue--is very convincing. I think Talbott gave the performance of her career, as the woman who is trapped with aliens and has no way out. This film was also the high water mark for character actor Alan Dexter, who convincingly plays a sinister alien. Highly recommended, despite the title.
