Such was the case just yesterday in cex liverpool who have an incredibly helpful manager it has to be said when i spotted the bluray of unearthly stranger. Unearthly stranger 1964 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The stranger is a 1946 american film noir starring edward g. In a way it is a dated companion piece to jonathan glazers.
Unearthly stranger is a creaky british extraterrestrial conspiracy thriller from director john krish. The unearthly stranger dvd 2014 john neville, krish dir. Krish would later work with the film s producer albert fennell on the avengers itv, 196169, and as with steed and mrs peels best adventures, unearthly strangers narrative unfolds against an seemingly mundane, instantly recognisable background. Unearthly stranger might commence with john neville running through a deserted westminster to record his. Doctor who online episode guide doctor who an unearthly. Unearthly stranger dvd free delivery from acorn dvd. Tonights saturday night spacedout special is an odd little film made in the uk thats hard to track down these days, but ill go out on a space walk platform here, and say its worth the effort. The 25 best shows of the decade this list is unimpeachable. It seems like a contrick to me to use full colour art work on a film that simply. It is welless third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, about a war crimes investigator tracking a highranking nazi fugitive to a connecticut town. Unearthly stranger is a 1964 british science fiction film.
English scientist john neville discovers wifes gabriella licudi an alien. Unearthly stranger 1963 04011964 us science fiction 1h 18m user score. The unearthly stranger takes a romantic approach to standard scifi material. Despite a very nice full colour jacket cover this is a black and white film. The 10 best movies about mysterious strangers taste of. This is how the tweedily bluff, bowtie twirling major clarke avuncular head of security at the rather cramped offices of the british royal institute for space research in john krishs unearthly stranger, describes the demise of the former head. But theres now one little hitch in the aliens plan. Unearthly stranger 1964 in these austere times its good to watch a film that has made the absolute most of its limited budget and unearthly stranger epitomises the cutpriced haveago heroes of early sixties british cinema. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The film is a little too earnest in its intent, but a cast of fine actors and an appealing premise overcome many of its limitations.
In a way it is a dated companion piece to jonathan glazers unsettling, under the skin as john neville, starring as a government scientist working on a top secret operation to travel through space by the power of thought, marries a mysterious woman but soon makes a shocking unearthly. Unearthly stranger was released in 1964, but to me this film looks like it was made in about 1959. Alien anthology bluray disc, 20, 6disc set, canadian. Of course, theres no such institute but it does make a good fictional setting for this 1964 black and white, lowbudget thriller unearthly stranger where scientists are trying to perfect space travel using the power of thought alone. His government superiors want to know more about his wife, especially certain strange attributes that suggest she may be more than she appears. Offering his third excellent feature, this mainstream film artist crafts the painfully complete story of an unearthly stranger posing as a beautiful woman who daily lures men into a mortal trap. John neville stars as a scientist working on a secret space project who discovers his wife gabriella licudi is an alien after all, she does sleep with her eyes. Mark davidson john neville, government scientist, meets a mysterious woman and is married quickly. The davidsons home apparently hails from a contemporary glossy magazine, but the film s pivotal. Unearthly stranger is a wonderful british film and i must say the bluray is very nice, it gets a 45 from me.
A cleverly conceived, eerily atmospheric scifi thriller, unearthly stranger stars john neville as a scientist engaged in an experimental teleportation project. It was released in the uk by independent artists production limited. All cuts were waived in 2014 when the film was granted a u certificate for its premiere dvd and. It is the first hollywood film to present documentary footage of the. Buy the unearthly stranger movie posters from movie poster shop. Krish would later work with the films producer albert fennell on the avengers itv, 196169, and as. Gabriella licudi is his beautiful but otherworldly wife, who becomes. It seemed to me like an explosion had taken place right in the middle of his head. Unearthly stranger 1963 original vintage uk one sheet film. Gabriella licudi is his beautiful but otherworldly wife, who becomes the subject of great interest for his government superiors. With john neville, philip stone, gabriella licudi, patrick newell. Jul 22, 2005 whatever its merits, the unearthly stranger had perhaps the lowest number of bookings of any aip scifi or horror film.
Unearthly stranger is a 1964 british science fiction film directed by john krish and starring john neville. Unearthly stranger 1963 i love spending time in cex stores across the uk and browsing through their movies in the hope of discovering stuff that ive never previously heard of. Jean marsh full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Commentaries on various episodes by william russell and carol ann ford plus the shows producer verity lambert and directors waris hussein and christopher barry. May 29, 2014 intelligent, understated scifi tale from britain, in which a scientist john neville engaged on a topsecret space project discovers his wife is in fact one of the aliens determined to stop its development. Unearthly stranger 1963 nonusa format, bluray, reg. From a variety of different countries, eras and genres, the films on the following list show some of the greatest ways that the mysterious stranger plot device has been implemented in film. An english space scientist neville discovers his wife licudi is in fact an alien from another planet sent to lead an invasion of earth. Nov, 2014 if anybody can identify the staircase, please let us know. Unearthly stranger 1963 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film was written by rex carlton based on an idea by jeffrey stone. A cleverly conceived, eerily atmospheric scifi chiller, unearthly stranger stars future baron munchausen john neville as a scientist engaged in an experimental project like no other. And what i love about this film is, it felt really creepy, and even though they used no special effects you did get the sense of a evil force at work, which will do anything to stop mankind finding out the truth.
Read the full synopsis of the unearthly stranger, 1964, directed by john krish, with john neville, gabriella licudi, philip stone, at turner classic movies. Overview of the unearthly stranger, 1964, directed by john krish, with john neville, gabriella licudi, philip stone, at turner classic movies. John neville marries mysterious gabriella lucidi, but begins questioning his judgment when his new bride exhibits some. Those are the four words which came to me after i finished watching unearthly stranger, a little known scifi horror film from the mid 60s, full of paranoia and bizarre and cheap ideas of how aliens could appear in our midst. Intelligent, understated scifi tale from britain, in which a scientist john neville engaged on a topsecret space project discovers his wife is in fact one of the aliens determined to stop its development.
Gabriella licudi is his beautiful but otherworldly wife, who becomes suspected of being an alien agent. Unearth is about the terrifying repercussions sown by shortsighted decisions, and. The unearthly stranger dvd 2014 john neville, krish dir cert pg new title. Patrick newell, unearthly stranger 1963, unearthly stranger 1963. Jean marsh and philip stone in unearthly stranger 1963 john neville and patrick newell in.
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