Invasion of the Star Creatures

Director: Bruno Ve Sota Bruno Ve Sota

Overview

A pair of blundering soldiers encounter a group of terrifying creatures with vegetables for heads. Soon, they discover these beasts are in thrall to a tribe of beautiful space women out to take over the Earth. Naturally, this humorous sci-fi film centers on the soldiers' attempts to save the world.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/23/2018
UPC:	0827421033369
Original Release:	1962
Rating:	NR
Source:	Cheezy Flicks Ent
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:10:00
Sales rank:	25,362

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bob Ball	Pvt. Philbrick
Frankie Ray	Pvt. Penn
Mark Ferris	Col. Rank
Dolores Reed	Dr. Puna
Gloria Victor	Dr. Tanga
Slick Slavin	Actor
Sid Kane	Actor
Mike Del Piano	Actor
Lenore Bond	WAC
Anton Van Stralen	Actor
James Almanzar	Actor
Allen Dailey	Actor
Joseph Martin	Actor
Mark Thompson	Actor

Technical Credits

Berj Hagopian	Producer
Bruno Ve Sota	Director

Editorial Reviews

Bruno Ve Sota's Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962) has a pedigree that's more interesting than anything in the movie. Not that the latter isn't fun, as a light-hearted goof on horror and science fiction movies (especially those of Roger Corman); it is, but it's sort of one-note fun, once you get past the two goofy soldiers portrayed by Robert Ball and Frankie Ray, and their encounter with a pair of deep-space Amazons (Dolores Reed, Gloria Victor) and the Vege-men slaves. The film originated with a story by actor Jonathan Haze -- a member of the Corman stock company, Monsters From Nicholson Mesa, since 1954. Looking at the finished script, one can see exactly where Haze wrote a part for himself, or some like-minded comic actor, in the inept Pvt. Philbrick (played by Robert Ball); similarly, the character of Penn, played by comic Frankie Ray, was very obviously written with Haze's friend and fellow Corman stock player Dick Miller in mind. One can't watch the movie without thinking of how these actors might have handled the roles; not that Robert Ball and Frankie Ray are bad -- Ray is funny as the Brooklyn-accented tough guy sidekick to Ball, and even works in some delightful impressions of James Cagney, Peter Lorre, and Edward G. Robinson. And Reed and Victor are great to look at as their towering would-be romantic conquests.