ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

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From time to time I become convinced there isn't a single fifties Sci-Fi left I haven't seen — and yet from time to time I'll find one I've never heard of before.

I found this one on YouTube while looking for a trailer for another movie. The poster above comes from a site with a nice review, and the excerpt below from that site makes the movie sound interesting.

UPDATE 2/26/2020 - The website mentioned above has gone off-line.
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Terror is a Man is a down-scaled version of H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau. Scaled down because Dr. Charles Girard (Francis Lederer) has only one beast he's trying to transform, not a whole population of creatures. Terror is a Man is a very good-looking and well-produced black-and-white thriller. That said, it's not a particularly thrilling thriller. Some have compared it to a Val Lewton picture, which is a reasonable enough conceit.

It stars Richard Derr, the stalwart hero from When Words Collide.

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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IMDB has the following trivia item about this movie.

A warning bell sounded before "horrific" scenes.

Well, damn! So THAt'S why I kept answering my phone while watching this movie! I thought I was the victim of a prank caller!!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

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Ooh... "...tormented by unsatisfied desire..." Ooh...
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...or not...

WayneO
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[Bud Brewster]

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Wikipedia has a very well-written plot summary, so if you're curious about the movie (but not curious enough to watch it), here's the whole story.

Warning! This reveals everything — including the tantalizing climax which you won't be able to resist reading!
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William Fitzgerald (Richard Derr), the lone survivor of a shipwreck, washes ashore on Blood Island. He is found by Dr. Charles Girard (Francis Lederer), a scientist who has set up a laboratory on the isolated island with his disenchanted wife, Frances (Greta Thyssen), and his assistant Walter Perrera (Oscar Keesee).

The island's natives fear Dr. Girard, as he has been experimenting on a panther, surgically changing it with a series of painful operations into a half-man/half-panther beast, which occasionally escapes from its cage and kills an unwary villager. The creature is swathed in bandages, but his cat-like eyes and ears are still evident. The creature is attracted to Frances, as she is the only person on the island who shows him pity.

As time passes on the island, Fitzgerald and Frances eventually fall in love, and she asks him to take her away.

The creature manages to free itself once again, but Walter sets the beast on fire and is able to recapture the scorched monster. Later, the beast escapes again and goes on a rampage, killing Walter and a young servant girl named Selene, and abducting Frances, carrying her off into the jungle.

With William and Charles in hot pursuit, the creature is eventually cornered on the edge of a cliff, where it manages to hurl the mad doctor to his death. Before the creature can turn on the others, it is shot several times by William.

Fleeing towards the beach, the wounded creature is helped by a young native boy, Tiago (Selene's little brother), and the unconscious beast drifts out to sea in a small rowboat.
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See? I told you it was irresistible!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)