The Earth Dies Screaming (1964 UK)
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The Earth Dies Screaming (1964 UK)
THE EARTH
DIES SCREAMING
What a great Title, eh? THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING (1964)
starring Willard Parker - Virginia Field - Dennis Price - Thorley Walters
Directed by Terence Fisher * BW * 62m.
An alien invasion tale which many Sci-Fi fans forget about or are not even aware of. It's British and takes place in the British rural countryside. There's a very ominous beginning to this one; the first shot is of a train derailing, a 'money' shot which may be stock footage, since the rest of the film is strictly low budget. All of the populace in the area drops dead, with a few exceptions. The strength to the picture in these early minutes is the mystery: the audience doesn't know anymore than the main characters as to why this is happening. World War III? Biological attack or mishap? Nature? Gas attack? This old film may have more relevance these days - that's a grim thought, eh? At this point, it's similar to such films as The Andromeda Strain.DIES SCREAMING
What a great Title, eh? THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING (1964)
starring Willard Parker - Virginia Field - Dennis Price - Thorley Walters
Directed by Terence Fisher * BW * 62m.
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Some of the film's effectiveness is also due to the characters - there's none of that cheesy, melodramatic dialog which saddled Sci-Fi films of the fifties & sixties; it's quite realistic for what it is and delves a bit into some flawed character traits: opportunism (slimy Price, what an ass) and a weak alcoholic (Walters). But, we never learn too many details about why all this is taking place (again, like Night of the Living Dead).
Next in the Sci-Fi trilogy was Island of Terror (1966), also known as "The Night of the Silicates."
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