# Name this OLD Sci-Fi film. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-sci-fi-film/530530 "2010-02-26T16:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-sci-fi-film/530530/21 "2010-03-01T12:59:38Z")
> [@](#): > > No, it’s not any of those mentioned. The absolute latest it could have come out was early 1957, but I think I saw it a couple of years before that. And the people looked relatively human except for their eyes. And I have a vague recollection of them performing surgery on someone. > > And another thing: Their hoods or perhaps their black hair, came down to a very pronounced and sharp widow’s peak. It wasn’t post-apocalyptic, but the rest of your description – especially withn the “performing surgery” – fits to a T the film **Killers from Space**. I watched it frequently on TV in the early 1960s, and now have it both on VHS and DVD. I;ve shown it at my Bad Film Festival, where it fits in perfectly. MST3LK didn’t do it, but they covered it in the short-lived **Film Crew** series. This shows some shots from it, including the surgery scene: [http://www.moviemonstermuseum.com/kfs.html](http://www.moviemonstermuseum.com/kfs.html) > **[Killers from Space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_from_Space)** > > Killers from Space (also known as The Man Who Saved the Earth) is a 1954 American independent science fiction film produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder, and starring Peter Graves, Barbara Bestar, Frank Gerstle, James Seay, and Steve Pendleton. Shot in black-and-white, the film originated as a commissioned screenplay from Wilder's son Myles Wilder and their regular collaborator William Raynor. > Lee Wilder's production company, Planet Filmplays, usually producing on a financing-for-distribution... > **[Killers from Space (1954) ⭐ 3.5 | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047149/)** > > 1h 11m | Approved ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-sci-fi-film/530530/22 "2010-03-01T15:12:31Z")
I see **Yevgeny** has already mentioned it, with a link to the Wikipedia page. I can’t believe that this isn’t the film – the bulging eyes and the surgery make it certain, in \my book. And the aliens _were_ driven underground – on their home planet – and developed those big eyes. A young Peter Graves stars as Doug Martin. The eyes always looked comically absurd (although scary to a 5 year old). They never did get the lined up properly, so they’re always a bit walleyed or crosseyed. The Videotape **Horrible Horror** actually contains _out-takes_ from this film – shots of them trying to get the sluggish lizards to react for the camera. My favorite part is the end, where the filmed-from-a plane shot of the atomic bomb going off is passed off as one seen through a window. As9ide from the perspective being completely wrong (and they’re looking at an ocean, no less), it’s hilarious because you know that an A-bomb has gone off, because the venetian blinds rattle. Low-budget film making at its cheesiest. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-sci-fi-film/530530/23 "2010-03-01T21:13:23Z")
I’m downloading “Killers from Space,” since it seems the likeliest. I was 8 or 9 when it came out, and that seems about right. Maybe if I watch the whole thing something will jog my memory. Something I should have mentioned before but it didn’t occur to me: I’m positive the film was in black-and-white. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-sci-fi-film/530530.md?page=1)