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[Bud Brewster]

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Definitely one of Christopher Lee's lesser films. He plays both a priest and an alien disguised as the priest. The alien-priest is the leader of an invading group, and the rest of the aliens are disguised as nuns!

They're here to destroy the Earth. Without their disguises they look a little like the ones in Close Encounters. The special effects reflect the meager budget.

Directed by John Hayes from a screenplay by Frank Ray Perelli. The cast includes Lew Ayres ("Donovan's Brain"), Dean Jagger ("X - The Unknown"), Sue Lyons ("Lolita"), and Macdonald Carey (TV soap operas' "Days of Out Lives"). Director Hayes makes an on-screen appearance as a motorist.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Krel]

I saw this one at the show. I'd had a bad day so I went to the show to feel better. This movie didn't have that effect.

The one scene I remember, except for the paper mache Earth at the end, was the scene at the Seminary. They are outside talking to Christopher Lee, but something was bugging me about the scene. Then I realized that in the middle of the screen was a large light reflector! It was so blatant that it almost didn't register.

David.

[Bud Brewster]

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Gee, I couldn't find a trailer, so I guess you'll have the watch the whole movie.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bogmeister]

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It's the end of the world, that much is true in this flic — but it's a chore to get to that point.

The aliens in disguise have taken over a local convent. Christopher Lee plays the alien leader, and he's also in a dual role, playing the actual priest whom the alien has imitated. The other aliens have all taken the forms of nuns.

The human priest appears in the film's first scene, attempting to use the telephone in a convenience store. He doesn't succeed and behaves in a narcoleptic manner, heading back to the convent. This sets the tone for the whole film, which proceeds at a very limp pace and doesn't really hold together, as if there are a couple of missing scenes.

The main role is played by unknown Kirk Scott, playing a research scientist who detects alien signals. His wife is played by Sue Lyon. Other minor roles are filled by well-known character actors Dean Jagger as the scientist's boss, Lew Ayres as the head of a hidden military installation, and MacDonald Carey as a security officer.

In the end, there's the key disclosure by the alien that Earth's imminent destruction is due to humanity's negative influence or infection of other solar systems, extending light years away. This is never elaborated on and just seems a shortened explanation of a similar concern in older films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).

Many scenes take place at night and are very dark, almost too dark in many cases. Towards the end, there's use of a lot of stock footage to show Earth undergoing massive natural disasters from films such as Krakatoa, East of Java (1969) and Earthquake (1974).


BoG's Score: 2 out of 10


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