Can you hear me spaceship?
A flying saucer lands in near a small town. The Air Force (all bumbling idiots) tries to keep it under wraps. They manage to blow it up.
Two teenagers, Johnny Carter (Steven Terrell) and Joan Haydon (Gloria Castillo), are driving away from lover’s lane. They are planning to elope when they run over an alien. The hand of the alien is severed. The hand walks away. The teens call the police. The police don’t believe them. Joe Gruen (Frank Gorshin) finds the alien. He gets killed. The cops finally come and find dead Joe but no alien. The teens get accused of killing Joe.
There are aliens running around in the woods. There are teens running around in the woods. There are cops running around in the woods. There are Air Force people running around in the woods. There’s an alien hand running around in the woods. And don’t forget the drunken cow.
The narrator’s “Bowery Boys” accent tells you what kind of movie you are in for. It’s a silly alien’s from outer space romp that’s more comedy than scary. But it’s well done. The aliens are also well done, although short, and the method of disposing of them is unique. The aliens themselves have their own uniqueness in their choice of weapons to “conquer the earth”.
"Invasion of the Saucer Men" was released in 1957 and was directed by Edward L. Cahn. Produced by Samuel Z Arkoff it’s basically, as noted, a romp through the woods. With dopy dialogue and campy music. It’s certainly not a horror movie and there’s no science, just fiction. Still its fun. The little aliens are the work of Paul Blaisdell and they look so good. And how does it end? Let’s just say it’s up to the teenagers of lover’s lane to save Earth. If you like William Castle, you might like this one.
The flying saucer built by Paul Blaisdell was also used in the opening scene of The Outer Limits: Controlled Experiment (1964). The recurring alien character Morbo in Futurama (1999) was modelled on the saucer men aliens.