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Great Sci-Fi British Camp Film
I saw this film in the theater as a kid and never forgot it.As far as I'm concerned it's a classic and a must see for any sci-fi buff.It starts out a little slow in the beginning but once the "Devil Girl" makes the scene the movie really gets rolling.This movie in my opinion is grossly overlooked and should be ranked right up there with the original Godzilla and Forbidden Planet.

Surprsing Special Effects
Quite honestly I'd never bothered to check this movie out until recently and was really surprised! The special effects are very good for 1955 (or 1954 or 1958? Different sources have different dates for this film). The space ship alone is well worth checking out the film (minus the phallic landing gear which are good for a laugh). Her robot is really interesting too and has joined my top ten trippy sci fi robots list although his head does look like a light bulb. Impressive effects over all. True this film borrows heavily from Day The Earth Stood Still and only starts once the space ship arrives and does become very predictable by the end but if you're a collector of freaky cool space ship/aliens/robot movies then this is one worth owning. She arrives in a biogenic ship which is a concept decades away from Star Trek Next Generation. She sets up a force field around the Inn which is well done and the enterance to the space craft is so impressive I paused the DVD to figure out how they did it- it reminds me of the first Star Wars movie where R2 D2 is kidnapped in the desert by the Jawas(sp?). Way a head of the fifties in ideas although she dresses like an S/M Cat Woman and over explains her plans to the stupid humans, a character flaw that will lead to her demise! The funniest thing for me is she can easily travel in the 4th dimension with a blink of an eye and yet she constantly walks from her ship to the Inn. Sort of pointless don't you think?

Oooh baby, make me yours!
Solemn, indeed totally serious movie (based on a play, of all things) about an evil Martian woman, dressed all in shiny, tight-fitting black leather, who travels to Earth to snatch all the Earthmen, since all the Martian guys have become, ahem, sorta
impotent. Accompanying this babe as her enforcer is a 15-foot-tall robot who bears a striking resemblance to a refrigerator with a police light on his head. The special effects are really not that bad, although the "science" in the dialogue is just babble. The ship's pretty cool, though--its "skin" heals itself. Definitely worth a look.

Sexy, Sensuous Devil Girl!!
A Great Spook Film about a beautiful sexy interplantary woman looking for a man.It should'nt be too difficult!!

a thinker's movie
I saw in the opening credits that this screenplay was originally a play. keeping that in mind i watched the movie thinking "now how did they do this scene on stage?" This attitude helped keep me amused.
Perhaps because it once was a play, the characters spoke like people in a play--a lot more clever than in real-life.
The premise of the story gets lost at times. Like when the "devil girl" marched the hero off to her ship I was saying to myself--"He's going to Mars to impregnate thousands of Martian women--tall statuesque women in black leather So what's the problem?" ... Read more

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Yeegh!
Woh G, this is money! I love this movie! Word!

mad, bad and dangerous to know
This Rank period drama directed by David MacDonald begins with George Byron on his deathbed, then taking us to a pergatorial courtroom where a faceless judge presides over his fate. Is he to be remembered by posterity as a poet and a liberator, or a seducer and libertine? Witnesses are brought to testify in flashbacks with prosecution clad in black and defence in white, with the set reminiscent of the stylised courtroom used in John Ford's Mary of Scotland. However the legitimacy of this treatment is undermined by the performance of Dennis Price as Byron. Price plays his womaniser like a vampirish Oscar Wilde, with an odd scene of him sharing a glass with the brother of a woman he is involved with, a mysognystic conversation with a friend - "You're far too bright a flame to be extinguished by a woman's fan" - and a pop psychological explaination given about how his mother treated him miserably and he mistreats women as revenge. It's a pity that the only woman of the 4 associated with Byron presented here as an individual is the one the first to be disposed of. This kind of paper thin betrayal and the dialogue being a series of howlers - "She's purer than the driven snow", "Your British sense of fairplay is inplacable", "You can't keep an eagle in a cage" - makes the film unintentionally hilarious until tedium sets in. It's no coincidence that the testimony of the defence's witnesses reduce Price to dull sincerity. The society presented here is one which races to buy Byron's first collection of poetry which sells out the first morning it is on sale, then snubs him when his wife leaves him and he seeks overseas exile for a crime presumably on a par with Wilde. Price delivers a speech to the troops which is meant to be inspiring but we observe that it might be more effective if he could speak the troops' language or vice versa, and though Byron moans about his being lame we can't see how it has held him back any. As Lady Caroline Lamb, Joan Greenwood easily steals the movie. Her throaty voice makes her very likeable, and MacDonald gives her a good scene where she cuts her wrist to get Byron's attention, as well pulling the camera back slowly to frame she and Price in long shot for their first kiss. Oh, and the verdict for the courtcase? It's one of those you decide's. ... Read more

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Great Sci-Fi British Camp Film
I saw this film in the theater as a kid and never forgot it.As far as I'm concerned it's a classic and a must see for any sci-fi buff.It starts out a little slow in the beginning but once the "Devil Girl" makes the scene the movie really gets rolling.This movie in my opinion is grossly overlooked and should be ranked right up there with the original Godzilla and Forbidden Planet.

Surprsing Special Effects
Quite honestly I'd never bothered to check this movie out until recently and was really surprised! The special effects are very good for 1955 (or 1954 or 1958? Different sources have different dates for this film). The space ship alone is well worth checking out the film (minus the phallic landing gear which are good for a laugh). Her robot is really interesting too and has joined my top ten trippy sci fi robots list although his head does look like a light bulb. Impressive effects over all. True this film borrows heavily from Day The Earth Stood Still and only starts once the space ship arrives and does become very predictable by the end but if you're a collector of freaky cool space ship/aliens/robot movies then this is one worth owning. She arrives in a biogenic ship which is a concept decades away from Star Trek Next Generation. She sets up a force field around the Inn which is well done and the enterance to the space craft is so impressive I paused the DVD to figure out how they did it- it reminds me of the first Star Wars movie where R2 D2 is kidnapped in the desert by the Jawas(sp?). Way a head of the fifties in ideas although she dresses like an S/M Cat Woman and over explains her plans to the stupid humans, a character flaw that will lead to her demise! The funniest thing for me is she can easily travel in the 4th dimension with a blink of an eye and yet she constantly walks from her ship to the Inn. Sort of pointless don't you think?

Oooh baby, make me yours!
Solemn, indeed totally serious movie (based on a play, of all things) about an evil Martian woman, dressed all in shiny, tight-fitting black leather, who travels to Earth to snatch all the Earthmen, since all the Martian guys have become, ahem, sorta
impotent. Accompanying this babe as her enforcer is a 15-foot-tall robot who bears a striking resemblance to a refrigerator with a police light on his head. The special effects are really not that bad, although the "science" in the dialogue is just babble. The ship's pretty cool, though--its "skin" heals itself. Definitely worth a look.

Sexy, Sensuous Devil Girl!!
A Great Spook Film about a beautiful sexy interplantary woman looking for a man.It should'nt be too difficult!!

a thinker's movie
I saw in the opening credits that this screenplay was originally a play. keeping that in mind i watched the movie thinking "now how did they do this scene on stage?" This attitude helped keep me amused.
Perhaps because it once was a play, the characters spoke like people in a play--a lot more clever than in real-life.
The premise of the story gets lost at times. Like when the "devil girl" marched the hero off to her ship I was saying to myself--"He's going to Mars to impregnate thousands of Martian women--tall statuesque women in black leather So what's the problem?" ... Read more

Reviews (10)

Great Sci-Fi British Camp Film
I saw this film in the theater as a kid and never forgot it.As far as I'm concerned it's a classic and a must see for any sci-fi buff.It starts out a little slow in the beginning but once the "Devil Girl" makes the scene the movie really gets rolling.This movie in my opinion is grossly overlooked and should be ranked right up there with the original Godzilla and Forbidden Planet.

Surprsing Special Effects
Quite honestly I'd never bothered to check this movie out until recently and was really surprised! The special effects are very good for 1955 (or 1954 or 1958? Different sources have different dates for this film). The space ship alone is well worth checking out the film (minus the phallic landing gear which are good for a laugh). Her robot is really interesting too and has joined my top ten trippy sci fi robots list although his head does look like a light bulb. Impressive effects over all. True this film borrows heavily from Day The Earth Stood Still and only starts once the space ship arrives and does become very predictable by the end but if you're a collector of freaky cool space ship/aliens/robot movies then this is one worth owning. She arrives in a biogenic ship which is a concept decades away from Star Trek Next Generation. She sets up a force field around the Inn which is well done and the enterance to the space craft is so impressive I paused the DVD to figure out how they did it- it reminds me of the first Star Wars movie where R2 D2 is kidnapped in the desert by the Jawas(sp?). Way a head of the fifties in ideas although she dresses like an S/M Cat Woman and over explains her plans to the stupid humans, a character flaw that will lead to her demise! The funniest thing for me is she can easily travel in the 4th dimension with a blink of an eye and yet she constantly walks from her ship to the Inn. Sort of pointless don't you think?

Oooh baby, make me yours!
Solemn, indeed totally serious movie (based on a play, of all things) about an evil Martian woman, dressed all in shiny, tight-fitting black leather, who travels to Earth to snatch all the Earthmen, since all the Martian guys have become, ahem, sorta
impotent. Accompanying this babe as her enforcer is a 15-foot-tall robot who bears a striking resemblance to a refrigerator with a police light on his head. The special effects are really not that bad, although the "science" in the dialogue is just babble. The ship's pretty cool, though--its "skin" heals itself. Definitely worth a look.

Sexy, Sensuous Devil Girl!!
A Great Spook Film about a beautiful sexy interplantary woman looking for a man.It should'nt be too difficult!!

a thinker's movie
I saw in the opening credits that this screenplay was originally a play. keeping that in mind i watched the movie thinking "now how did they do this scene on stage?" This attitude helped keep me amused.
Perhaps because it once was a play, the characters spoke like people in a play--a lot more clever than in real-life.
The premise of the story gets lost at times. Like when the "devil girl" marched the hero off to her ship I was saying to myself--"He's going to Mars to impregnate thousands of Martian women--tall statuesque women in black leather So what's the problem?" ... Read more

Description

Clad in black leather, an extraterrestrial woman lands in a remote area of Scotland with her refrigerator-like robot in search for human husbands! Hilariously solemn, high-camp British imitation of U.S. science fiction movies. ... Read more

Reviews (10)

Great Sci-Fi British Camp Film
I saw this film in the theater as a kid and never forgot it.As far as I'm concerned it's a classic and a must see for any sci-fi buff.It starts out a little slow in the beginning but once the "Devil Girl" makes the scene the movie really gets rolling.This movie in my opinion is grossly overlooked and should be ranked right up there with the original Godzilla and Forbidden Planet.

Surprsing Special Effects
Quite honestly I'd never bothered to check this movie out until recently and was really surprised! The special effects are very good for 1955 (or 1954 or 1958? Different sources have different dates for this film). The space ship alone is well worth checking out the film (minus the phallic landing gear which are good for a laugh). Her robot is really interesting too and has joined my top ten trippy sci fi robots list although his head does look like a light bulb. Impressive effects over all. True this film borrows heavily from Day The Earth Stood Still and only starts once the space ship arrives and does become very predictable by the end but if you're a collector of freaky cool space ship/aliens/robot movies then this is one worth owning. She arrives in a biogenic ship which is a concept decades away from Star Trek Next Generation. She sets up a force field around the Inn which is well done and the enterance to the space craft is so impressive I paused the DVD to figure out how they did it- it reminds me of the first Star Wars movie where R2 D2 is kidnapped in the desert by the Jawas(sp?). Way a head of the fifties in ideas although she dresses like an S/M Cat Woman and over explains her plans to the stupid humans, a character flaw that will lead to her demise! The funniest thing for me is she can easily travel in the 4th dimension with a blink of an eye and yet she constantly walks from her ship to the Inn. Sort of pointless don't you think?

Oooh baby, make me yours!
Solemn, indeed totally serious movie (based on a play, of all things) about an evil Martian woman, dressed all in shiny, tight-fitting black leather, who travels to Earth to snatch all the Earthmen, since all the Martian guys have become, ahem, sorta
impotent. Accompanying this babe as her enforcer is a 15-foot-tall robot who bears a striking resemblance to a refrigerator with a police light on his head. The special effects are really not that bad, although the "science" in the dialogue is just babble. The ship's pretty cool, though--its "skin" heals itself. Definitely worth a look.

Sexy, Sensuous Devil Girl!!
A Great Spook Film about a beautiful sexy interplantary woman looking for a man.It should'nt be too difficult!!

a thinker's movie
I saw in the opening credits that this screenplay was originally a play. keeping that in mind i watched the movie thinking "now how did they do this scene on stage?" This attitude helped keep me amused.
Perhaps because it once was a play, the characters spoke like people in a play--a lot more clever than in real-life.
The premise of the story gets lost at times. Like when the "devil girl" marched the hero off to her ship I was saying to myself--"He's going to Mars to impregnate thousands of Martian women--tall statuesque women in black leather So what's the problem?" ... Read more

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Four episodes of The Veil anthology
Presented here are four tales of suspense that I believe were part of a ten episode series created by Hal Roach Studios called The Veil, a series that was never broadcast on television. The show stars Boris Karloff, who presents each story, and then appears at the conclusion to wrap it up. He also appears in three of the four stories available here.

The first episode deals with a bachelor who witnesses from his apartment window a crime that happens in the building across the way. When he contacts the police to investigate, they discover the apartment is empty, and no one has lived there for quite awhile. The police, thinking the man has a screw loose, take him to a mental hospital, where Karloff plays a psychiatrist. When the crime actually happens the next day, the man is considered the prime suspect, even though he can accurately describe the perpetrator to a tee. Can this man see events before they happen? Or is he the actually the man behind the crime?

The second story is about a family living on a farm and the father passes on. After his death, it is discovered that there are two wills, one leaving everything to the older, more responsible brother who wants to keep the farm and care for his mother, and a second that names the younger, reckless, self-involved brother who wants to sell the farm, keep the money, and put the mother into an old folks home. Which one is real? A spectral vision will tell for sure. Karloff plays the family lawyer in this episode.

The third episode tells the tale of a cold-hearted sea captain and his tumultuous relationship with his wife. The love has left the marriage, and the captain sees an opportunity to finance a new ship in the arms of another woman, one who has recently come into a large sum of money. If only he wasn't married...What to do? Karloff stars in this episode as the sea captain.

The fourth and final episode is a story about a man who has dreams about Jack the Ripper. He sees the crimes before they occur, and can give great detail about the events. The police are skeptical, and then believe the man may be the Ripper due to his intimate knowledge of the crimes, but soon discover otherwise as the crimes continue despite the man with the visions being locked up. Do they discover the identity of the Ripper before he kills again? Karloff does not appear in this last episode at all, only prior to the story starting and then again at the end, to wrap things up.

This isn't a bad little collection of made for television stories with a slight, macabre twist. The stories aren't really all that shocking, but I suspect the passage of time may have lessened the overall effect. Of the four stories here, the first two are pretty tame, the third having a bit more juice, and the forth being quite tasty and atmospheric. I really enjoyed seeing Karloff, and he added much to those episodes he was in, always presenting a point of interest for the viewer. The title of this collection, obviously used for the sensational appeal, may be misleading to some thinking that this would be an entire movie or something about Jack the Ripper, but it isn't. Only the last episode deals with that subject. There is another release, one by Image Entertainment called The Veil (1958) that has all ten episodes of the unreleased television show, along with some extras worth looking into, and is available here, on this website. It cost a little more, but you get a whole lot more. Karloff fans and anyone else interested would probably be better off searching that out rather than settling for this partial release.

Cookieman108

3 chilling tales from Karloff's TV show~
Karloff's unsold TV anthology "THE VEIL" is where these 3 spine~tinglers originate from.Story One concerns a father,a son,a will & a message from beyond the grave!Story two (my favorite) Karloff is a sea captain who ignores his wife until,finally,he kills her but she gets revenge from the grave!Story 3 concerns a clairvoyant who can "see" Jack the Ripper's murders as they happen!LOTS OF FUN!

JACK THE RIPPER
This was the best video I have ever seen in my life. A look at the notorious killer. ... Read more