ABC Film Challenge – Sci-Fi – Z (Zena Marshall)
Director: Montgomery Tully
Writer: John Brunner (Screenplay)
Writer: Murray Leinster (Novel)
Cast
- Simon Oates (Doomwatch)
- Zena Marshall (Dr No)
- Charles Hawtrey (Carry on Camping)
- Patricia Hayes (Willow)
- Stanley Meadows (The Ipcress File)
Plot: A group of scientists are kidnapped and taken into outer space aboard a saucer.
Runtime: 1 Hour 17 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
The story of The Terrornauts begins with Dr. Joe Burke, who is urgently searching for evidence of life in space. Facing a deadline, he and his team – Sandy, Ben Keller, and Joshua Yellowlees – work relentlessly to make a breakthrough discovery.
One night, an alien spacecraft suddenly appears and transports the group away. The entire observatory is lifted into space, taken to the aliens’ home world. To find a way back to Earth, they’ll need to cooperate and figure out what the aliens are after.
Verdict on The Terrornauts
The Terrornauts is a science fiction film about a team of scientists who unexpectedly connect with an alien being. This connection leads them on a journey to a distant world, where they must decipher the alien’s intentions to protect humanity.
The film revisits the anxieties of the 1960s surrounding the unknown dangers of space. It takes a relatively optimistic approach to the idea of encountering alien life, while still acknowledging the serious threats that exist out there. Despite some dated special effects, the movie’s core message is simple: we don’t understand what’s out there, what its intentions are, and it’s possible not everything in space is hostile.
Final Thoughts – The Terrornauts is a wacky cheesy sci-fi movie.
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