外星@恶客

类型
恐怖片
地区
美国
年份
1958
语言
英语
评分
8.8
导演
Edward,L.,Cahn
主演
Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patt…
集数
HD中字
最近更新
2024年04月09日

简介:详情 ∨

Out of the f ift:)@ies :'B' Science-Fict$\ion monster movies, ` this easily ra^nks as the$ best. It's most $notable as \;+the;@ film (;,that ALIEN is @an u??:na?ccredite+d remake of, thus g;:iving it a certain historical si`*gnifi\^ ?ca/%nce!+.;+!  +The intriguing plot is !about th?#-e .@+rescue of the o`nly marooned s_-@(urv@^iv\o$!r (C.ol.( #_/Carruther*s) _of an ill-fated expedition to- Mars. Th_#!.e au thori/)]ties, p]`#ig-headed as `usua?-l, falsel y a `ssu$me,! that he murd@ere.(d,]`? his [f#e]*$l ]low crew members, so tha t he'_d have_!) more prov:::isions to surviv%e;\[ hence he is being brought b#[;):ack to Earth--? to )= (?face._\? court- m#!a_ rtial for %\\murder. (Th^ere is a`lso a somewhat\- interes@tin.)g plot# reversal %here ;Most movies of this);` nature usually begin with] the ship =leaving Ear=$=+_th, enro ute to] its#: ot \[h,%,erworl?^;d destination, =;while, in this case,- the st o/)!ry is belie[!ved fini( she$d, a@nd begins as[ the character?;s take-off from the# other planet, re;tur%!ning to Ea#\%rth). As t[he rescue ship is leaving % Mars/!, a lurking, o# min#ous .shadow@@? is seen :) in the l%_^ower ^`co]/mp[art  ment. (A frig?%h;t)$ening, )atmosphe+ric mo men)t, acc:omplished thr]ough sheer economy and simplici(-#ty).  )Car]ruther:@]s insists+/ of$ his-! innocence +to his fell\ow ca)p::to:rs, c#laim` ing that h(;is origina l crew ?%=mates wer/+e $+s[laughtered by a %[hostile, u%nseen presence on the deso:] lute @r(-ed pl(:#a=+)net, but three-gues se.-s as to their r!#eactio%,n to his unu#\su/,$^-al ple\: a. @ Nat@ (urally, /;he c%;an't prov^#e it, and 5?=0$='s) space au tho)rities\=/ were+ not very alien co;:n*s-?cience. at the ti [,me. ^$ (As a side%(-thought, unseen menace may rem]^in!d you of th_,at highl)y o,?riginal BLAIR WITC^H).  `:As everyone sacks` o\ut, a hapless. %s^-uppo rti^ng#/ charactor who @\+se[?^: n.+.ame is at the bo[(]ttom of the casti?.ng -lis*(t +(gues/s;*` wh_ at  will ha@_,^ppen to: him[) `hear\@s[ somethi:)ng in .the lower% compartment. De.s\ pite $!\*yo//.ur futile do ?n't go ?-do% wn,! ; there, y ou) jerk! \ pleas,$, he #[doe%^s. ju\^^st tha/;^t, an-d is appropria@#tel]%+,y ki%;lled (more l*!/ ike# thoro=ughly obl.,=it erated) b=y the shadowy figure with i;. nsati-ab%_-le ;blood lust =on/: it$$s m ind. In %+`the v@ic;tim'?% s case, derelic\(t$ion of ,#=dut. y a-nd sheer cowa.@rdliness would ha@? ?ve been the wise decisio[ n. The scene is actual,ly . well-directed (f% or a change) and deve;lops much suspense, as th$/e ent\i#`)re film;_ sur-prisingl\%@y d;oes.  ).The crew fi%nal.,ly cat?[ches on ; t* -ha-t the[ (y have an un%wa nted sh(\ip crasher on b@oa;rd, and ?++$t,.ry every poss =ible  #*:mean(/s at. their di)^sposal to-^. +!eliminate it, but the u@^n=%#kno.wn creature seems ` to co@; ppi?=.ng an anti-death/$ ; /attitude. ;(+:P\_]rovi-ng!$[ to be a/n even more clever, worthy adversa.( ry, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventila!*)/tion shaf`ts o#f the ship (now that shou=ld ring a bell). Cah)@n's  for@:cef%,ul d]]ir?+ec$@t `i=o%# n generates -cons`;ide:]rable .?t[ension as the malevolent+! /.# ?s towaway works its wa=+_y up from one level@ of the confin\ed ship to the% ne!)xt, e`+vent,ually=@ leaving the rema]`\i ning chara]cter_s tra+?_p*pe/\d at, th.\ e top. The:?* ,movie's suspense is b?lu )nt a[nd ri//ght /to  the point IT!', h/;a,(s to k)ill the]m or st`$arve, he^nce; they have +(to -]kill IT!`; o_.r di!%e. Nothing li_ke: thos#e no two ) ways `=!about, it choices. Rent it,?@` or check f`^or _@*it on cable: if you !\#wish to\@ kn)%o `w+_^ the [+out /come-\.  For a% l-ow-b _ udge.t quickie,* IT!] is quite im@pres_/sive and memorable. The d\readed sense of cla^us^=tr=ophobic tensi(^on,, rendering the ##@cha ].r]act+)ers' $+*helpless entra pment, is highl)+y effect(=ive. T/his i;-s  a production in -wh\ich :the li?=mited$? budg[!*et an,[d small sets actually #_?wor=k in= fa+vor of the :p@;%lot's scary ambi]/ence(. The black  ` whit=e photograp%#hy (%#%Yes, @*it's o; ne of thos]e!) )helps to enhance ;;its dark, creepy mood, and th?e se$@ ,nse of app!!rehension i]s /quite h@;]igh. !;$(Mod\e\rn day co@ lor /f]# reak\s /: neve#%r= ^/?seem to take !)\tha;t into c^o;nside!_!,ration). The\$ plot $!is al=so %-somew,;hat cynica[%)lly ironic If( the cre: _at(ure had \n't stowed away on]] t?he ship, .Carruther-s wo$)\uld( have most l#.ikely bee[n found gui*lty of the `*=-\ch];arges[ %@agains%(;t him.  Th e int.(ellig*ent \script (see wh[+at I  mean [? abou$t ra[reity) was penned by noted S_ci ence-Fiction author Jer%@]ome .(Bixby% (r(`emember Twiligh[)t Z_[+on;e's It's a Good Life) The pictu$]re's t]/.au`@t edi**_ting elim$ i%[n ,ates any_ extran$eous +\dross. (ALIEN tended^; to drag in its first hour %wit,,@h its so+phomor?ic dialogue, and[ ;#why di= d)$? it have to in*$_clud\:e t_h \at s(tupid and*+ ultimat ely %?counter-producti+ve:* %%sub-plot of Ash bein*(%g a r+$obot, and f%]).urther draggi;ng t[\he s= tory down to%) ano@)ther big ba,d conspiracy @%;%c*`lich/e UNNECESSARY!!!)  Dire=ct;$_or Cah@=[.n #as@-`tu tely ke_eps ]?the rubber-suited mon[ste;);r ` %o_+ff-screen and in#] the shadow$s\ +throu; `.gh-o+ut mos(t o/(.?f the proceed\+ings, :k =eeping your paranoid imagin.(ati?-on on .+const$,/ant alert. Unfortunately, perhap @s at )the studi_o's] commercial  :insis$t[,ance, i+;t is a,/%) little ?over-re_veale@-d at the climax,^)/ but I_  haven't c?:;laime []d this to be the !`p+e.:rfect masterpiece=$. The perfor\:ma]*nces, t^hough n#othing award-win,ning@, are ne#vertheless cool % enough so that ! ] on_:e becomes si/)ncerely concer(n(]:ed as to their fates. N)ot #:m-any\ movies in ; recent times ever come \#close to`, achievi ;^ng t?+(+hat.([ The/y :*=can be ?^over`-produced fr=; om here to=# etern it `y-,-  and ,@u#)sually on(ly $su ccee*_d i..n @?being:*@ gloriously (annoying. +$. Th/ is film's story (is) #\not really totall\y origina\_l ($^what ;::;is), for it is based on A.E.$\ Va__n Vogt's VOYAGE OF THE #@SPACE._ BEAGLE. All ALIEN fanatics ,$should !-track* down an old =:us([#ed copy to see wh/#.]ere th e initial influence came f)[#]r-@om.  As __+long as you're n[ot c_%r.\avin =g a*nother *CGI wind/!$-ding, yo.$`%u may  +_\fin@\d:% @it worthwhile. Just don't exp$ect th_e w`omen to be Riple_?y precursors. This was still` the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.

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剧情简介

一、如何评价《外星@恶客》?

《外星@恶客》口碑非常好深受广大观众喜爱,《外星@恶客》一经播放立刻引来无数人点赞,不仅Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding演的好而且该恐怖片故事情节也非常紧凑,秋葵视频污下载官网(www.yldshanxun.com)观看起来特别流畅同时还能扣人心弦,虽然目前《外星@恶客》收视率一般但是该片目前受欢迎程度已经名列前茅。该恐怖片主演Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding,她在该恐怖片中的演技可圈可点,受到观众认可。

二、《外星@恶客》是哪一年上映的?

《外星@恶客》是Edward,L.,Cahn于1958年拍摄的一部经典恐怖片。此片开创美国当代恐怖片的先河,《外星@恶客》上映时票房稳坐前三,创下当年纪录。当时Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding均为最佳主角,Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding以精彩演技和突出形象,奠定在美国影坛地位。Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding饰演角色造型多年后仍为人所模仿。Edward,L.,Cahn之前曾被人怀疑其能力,而《外星@恶客》却奠定Edward,L.,Cahn恐怖片风格。《外星@恶客》首映时曾获海外恐怖片和媒体广泛称誉,被认为其优秀程度,是足以与同时期(指1958年代)美国(美国)优秀恐怖片齐名。

三、《外星@恶客》恐怖片的主要内容

《外星@恶客》是一部恐怖片,由导演:Edward,L.,Cahn执导,主演:Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding。《外星@恶客》Out of the f ift:)@ies :'B' Science-Fict$\ion monster movies, ` this easily ra^nks as the$ best. It's most $notable as \;+the;@ film (;,that ALIEN is @an u??:na?ccredite+d remake of, thus g;:iving it a certain historical si`*gnifi\^ ?ca/%nce!+.;+!  +The intriguing plot is !about th?#-e .@+rescue of the o`nly marooned s_-@(urv@^iv\o$!r (C.ol.( #_/Carruther*s) _of an ill-fated expedition to- Mars. Th_#!.e au thori/)]ties, p]`#ig-headed as `usua?-l, falsel y a `ssu$me,! that he murd@ere.(d,]`? his [f#e]*$l ]low crew members, so tha t he'_d have_!) more prov:::isions to surviv%e;\[ hence he is being brought b#[;):ack to Earth--? to )= (?face._\? court- m#!a_ rtial for %\\murder. (Th^ere is a`lso a somewhat\- interes@tin.)g plot# reversal %here ;Most movies of this);` nature usually begin with] the ship =leaving Ear=$=+_th, enro ute to] its#: ot \[h,%,erworl?^;d destination, =;while, in this case,- the st o/)!ry is belie[!ved fini( she$d, a@nd begins as[ the character?;s take-off from the# other planet, re;tur%!ning to Ea#\%rth). As t[he rescue ship is leaving % Mars/!, a lurking, o# min#ous .shadow@@? is seen :) in the l%_^ower ^`co]/mp[art  ment. (A frig?%h;t)$ening, )atmosphe+ric mo men)t, acc:omplished thr]ough sheer economy and simplici(-#ty).  )Car]ruther:@]s insists+/ of$ his-! innocence +to his fell\ow ca)p::to:rs, c#laim` ing that h(;is origina l crew ?%=mates wer/+e $+s[laughtered by a %[hostile, u%nseen presence on the deso:] lute @r(-ed pl(:#a=+)net, but three-gues se.-s as to their r!#eactio%,n to his unu#\su/,$^-al ple\: a. @ Nat@ (urally, /;he c%;an't prov^#e it, and 5?=0$='s) space au tho)rities\=/ were+ not very alien co;:n*s-?cience. at the ti [,me. ^$ (As a side%(-thought, unseen menace may rem]^in!d you of th_,at highl)y o,?riginal BLAIR WITC^H).  `:As everyone sacks` o\ut, a hapless. %s^-uppo rti^ng#/ charactor who @\+se[?^: n.+.ame is at the bo[(]ttom of the casti?.ng -lis*(t +(gues/s;*` wh_ at  will ha@_,^ppen to: him[) `hear\@s[ somethi:)ng in .the lower% compartment. De.s\ pite $!\*yo//.ur futile do ?n't go ?-do% wn,! ; there, y ou) jerk! \ pleas,$, he #[doe%^s. ju\^^st tha/;^t, an-d is appropria@#tel]%+,y ki%;lled (more l*!/ ike# thoro=ughly obl.,=it erated) b=y the shadowy figure with i;. nsati-ab%_-le ;blood lust =on/: it$$s m ind. In %+`the v@ic;tim'?% s case, derelic\(t$ion of ,#=dut. y a-nd sheer cowa.@rdliness would ha@? ?ve been the wise decisio[ n. The scene is actual,ly . well-directed (f% or a change) and deve;lops much suspense, as th$/e ent\i#`)re film;_ sur-prisingl\%@y d;oes.  ).The crew fi%nal.,ly cat?[ches on ; t* -ha-t the[ (y have an un%wa nted sh(\ip crasher on b@oa;rd, and ?++$t,.ry every poss =ible  #*:mean(/s at. their di)^sposal to-^. +!eliminate it, but the u@^n=%#kno.wn creature seems ` to co@; ppi?=.ng an anti-death/$ ; /attitude. ;(+:P\_]rovi-ng!$[ to be a/n even more clever, worthy adversa.( ry, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventila!*)/tion shaf`ts o#f the ship (now that shou=ld ring a bell). Cah)@n's  for@:cef%,ul d]]ir?+ec$@t `i=o%# n generates -cons`;ide:]rable .?t[ension as the malevolent+! /.# ?s towaway works its wa=+_y up from one level@ of the confin\ed ship to the% ne!)xt, e`+vent,ually=@ leaving the rema]`\i ning chara]cter_s tra+?_p*pe/\d at, th.\ e top. The:?* ,movie's suspense is b?lu )nt a[nd ri//ght /to  the point IT!', h/;a,(s to k)ill the]m or st`$arve, he^nce; they have +(to -]kill IT!`; o_.r di!%e. Nothing li_ke: thos#e no two ) ways `=!about, it choices. Rent it,?@` or check f`^or _@*it on cable: if you !\#wish to\@ kn)%o `w+_^ the [+out /come-\.  For a% l-ow-b _ udge.t quickie,* IT!] is quite im@pres_/sive and memorable. The d\readed sense of cla^us^=tr=ophobic tensi(^on,, rendering the ##@cha ].r]act+)ers' $+*helpless entra pment, is highl)+y effect(=ive. T/his i;-s  a production in -wh\ich :the li?=mited$? budg[!*et an,[d small sets actually #_?wor=k in= fa+vor of the :p@;%lot's scary ambi]/ence(. The black  ` whit=e photograp%#hy (%#%Yes, @*it's o; ne of thos]e!) )helps to enhance ;;its dark, creepy mood, and th?e se$@ ,nse of app!!rehension i]s /quite h@;]igh. !;$(Mod\e\rn day co@ lor /f]# reak\s /: neve#%r= ^/?seem to take !)\tha;t into c^o;nside!_!,ration). The\$ plot $!is al=so %-somew,;hat cynica[%)lly ironic If( the cre: _at(ure had \n't stowed away on]] t?he ship, .Carruther-s wo$)\uld( have most l#.ikely bee[n found gui*lty of the `*=-\ch];arges[ %@agains%(;t him.  Th e int.(ellig*ent \script (see wh[+at I  mean [? abou$t ra[reity) was penned by noted S_ci ence-Fiction author Jer%@]ome .(Bixby% (r(`emember Twiligh[)t Z_[+on;e's It's a Good Life) The pictu$]re's t]/.au`@t edi**_ting elim$ i%[n ,ates any_ extran$eous +\dross. (ALIEN tended^; to drag in its first hour %wit,,@h its so+phomor?ic dialogue, and[ ;#why di= d)$? it have to in*$_clud\:e t_h \at s(tupid and*+ ultimat ely %?counter-producti+ve:* %%sub-plot of Ash bein*(%g a r+$obot, and f%]).urther draggi;ng t[\he s= tory down to%) ano@)ther big ba,d conspiracy @%;%c*`lich/e UNNECESSARY!!!)  Dire=ct;$_or Cah@=[.n #as@-`tu tely ke_eps ]?the rubber-suited mon[ste;);r ` %o_+ff-screen and in#] the shadow$s\ +throu; `.gh-o+ut mos(t o/(.?f the proceed\+ings, :k =eeping your paranoid imagin.(ati?-on on .+const$,/ant alert. Unfortunately, perhap @s at )the studi_o's] commercial  :insis$t[,ance, i+;t is a,/%) little ?over-re_veale@-d at the climax,^)/ but I_  haven't c?:;laime []d this to be the !`p+e.:rfect masterpiece=$. The perfor\:ma]*nces, t^hough n#othing award-win,ning@, are ne#vertheless cool % enough so that ! ] on_:e becomes si/)ncerely concer(n(]:ed as to their fates. N)ot #:m-any\ movies in ; recent times ever come \#close to`, achievi ;^ng t?+(+hat.([ The/y :*=can be ?^over`-produced fr=; om here to=# etern it `y-,-  and ,@u#)sually on(ly $su ccee*_d i..n @?being:*@ gloriously (annoying. +$. Th/ is film's story (is) #\not really totall\y origina\_l ($^what ;::;is), for it is based on A.E.$\ Va__n Vogt's VOYAGE OF THE #@SPACE._ BEAGLE. All ALIEN fanatics ,$should !-track* down an old =:us([#ed copy to see wh/#.]ere th e initial influence came f)[#]r-@om.  As __+long as you're n[ot c_%r.\avin =g a*nother *CGI wind/!$-ding, yo.$`%u may  +_\fin@\d:% @it worthwhile. Just don't exp$ect th_e w`omen to be Riple_?y precursors. This was still` the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.

四、《外星@恶客》为什么可以成为经典?

提起美国,人们就肯定会说出《外星@恶客》的名字。这部由Edward,L.,Cahn导演,Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding主演的《外星@恶客》,在当时,真的是成为了一匹黑马,杀出了一条血路,创造了一个奇迹。为何会这么说,我想,就连Edward,L.,Cahn导演和Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding,都没想到这部恐怖片会得到这样好的反响。Edward,L.,Cahn先生曾说过,这是一群失意的人凑到了一起创作出来的一部作品。因为在《外星@恶客》开拍之前,Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding已经有几年无戏可拍,而Marshall,Thompson,Shirley,Patterson,Kim,Spalding主演的恐怖片,票房始终不理想,这样的几个人凑在了一起,也真是缘分!所以,正是这样的失意感和强烈的自尊心,他们在恐怖片中投入的热情,是我们难以想象的,其实《外星@恶客》中的人物心理历程和感人的剧情,何尝不是现实中他们的真实写照呢?所以,他们怀着一腔心有不甘的英雄气,用他们的实力和人情成就了这部经典恐怖片,也成就了他们自己!

五、被称为恐怖片的开先河之作的《外星@恶客》,是Edward,L.,Cahn最好的作品吗?

从Edward,L.,Cahn斩获恐怖片最佳导演我就觉得这部《外星@恶客》是他最好的恐怖片。虽然Edward,L.,Cahn后来还拍出来了评价特别好的恐怖片,但是《外星@恶客》是他恐怖片的代表作品。

六、《外星@恶客》讲述的是什么故事?

《外星@恶客》Out of the f ift:)@ies :'B' Science-Fict$\ion monster movies, ` this easily ra^nks as the$ best. It's most $notable as \;+the;@ film (;,that ALIEN is @an u??:na?ccredite+d remake of, thus g;:iving it a certain historical si`*gnifi\^ ?ca/%nce!+.;+!  +The intriguing plot is !about th?#-e .@+rescue of the o`nly marooned s_-@(urv@^iv\o$!r (C.ol.( #_/Carruther*s) _of an ill-fated expedition to- Mars. Th_#!.e au thori/)]ties, p]`#ig-headed as `usua?-l, falsel y a `ssu$me,! that he murd@ere.(d,]`? his [f#e]*$l ]low crew members, so tha t he'_d have_!) more prov:::isions to surviv%e;\[ hence he is being brought b#[;):ack to Earth--? to )= (?face._\? court- m#!a_ rtial for %\\murder. (Th^ere is a`lso a somewhat\- interes@tin.)g plot# reversal %here ;Most movies of this);` nature usually begin with] the ship =leaving Ear=$=+_th, enro ute to] its#: ot \[h,%,erworl?^;d destination, =;while, in this case,- the st o/)!ry is belie[!ved fini( she$d, a@nd begins as[ the character?;s take-off from the# other planet, re;tur%!ning to Ea#\%rth). As t[he rescue ship is leaving % Mars/!, a lurking, o# min#ous .shadow@@? is seen :) in the l%_^ower ^`co]/mp[art  ment. (A frig?%h;t)$ening, )atmosphe+ric mo men)t, acc:omplished thr]ough sheer economy and simplici(-#ty).  )Car]ruther:@]s insists+/ of$ his-! innocence +to his fell\ow ca)p::to:rs, c#laim` ing that h(;is origina l crew ?%=mates wer/+e $+s[laughtered by a %[hostile, u%nseen presence on the deso:] lute @r(-ed pl(:#a=+)net, but three-gues se.-s as to their r!#eactio%,n to his unu#\su/,$^-al ple\: a. @ Nat@ (urally, /;he c%;an't prov^#e it, and 5?=0$='s) space au tho)rities\=/ were+ not very alien co;:n*s-?cience. at the ti [,me. ^$ (As a side%(-thought, unseen menace may rem]^in!d you of th_,at highl)y o,?riginal BLAIR WITC^H).  `:As everyone sacks` o\ut, a hapless. %s^-uppo rti^ng#/ charactor who @\+se[?^: n.+.ame is at the bo[(]ttom of the casti?.ng -lis*(t +(gues/s;*` wh_ at  will ha@_,^ppen to: him[) `hear\@s[ somethi:)ng in .the lower% compartment. De.s\ pite $!\*yo//.ur futile do ?n't go ?-do% wn,! ; there, y ou) jerk! \ pleas,$, he #[doe%^s. ju\^^st tha/;^t, an-d is appropria@#tel]%+,y ki%;lled (more l*!/ ike# thoro=ughly obl.,=it erated) b=y the shadowy figure with i;. nsati-ab%_-le ;blood lust =on/: it$$s m ind. In %+`the v@ic;tim'?% s case, derelic\(t$ion of ,#=dut. y a-nd sheer cowa.@rdliness would ha@? ?ve been the wise decisio[ n. The scene is actual,ly . well-directed (f% or a change) and deve;lops much suspense, as th$/e ent\i#`)re film;_ sur-prisingl\%@y d;oes.  ).The crew fi%nal.,ly cat?[ches on ; t* -ha-t the[ (y have an un%wa nted sh(\ip crasher on b@oa;rd, and ?++$t,.ry every poss =ible  #*:mean(/s at. their di)^sposal to-^. +!eliminate it, but the u@^n=%#kno.wn creature seems ` to co@; ppi?=.ng an anti-death/$ ; /attitude. ;(+:P\_]rovi-ng!$[ to be a/n even more clever, worthy adversa.( ry, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventila!*)/tion shaf`ts o#f the ship (now that shou=ld ring a bell). Cah)@n's  for@:cef%,ul d]]ir?+ec$@t `i=o%# n generates -cons`;ide:]rable .?t[ension as the malevolent+! /.# ?s towaway works its wa=+_y up from one level@ of the confin\ed ship to the% ne!)xt, e`+vent,ually=@ leaving the rema]`\i ning chara]cter_s tra+?_p*pe/\d at, th.\ e top. The:?* ,movie's suspense is b?lu )nt a[nd ri//ght /to  the point IT!', h/;a,(s to k)ill the]m or st`$arve, he^nce; they have +(to -]kill IT!`; o_.r di!%e. Nothing li_ke: thos#e no two ) ways `=!about, it choices. Rent it,?@` or check f`^or _@*it on cable: if you !\#wish to\@ kn)%o `w+_^ the [+out /come-\.  For a% l-ow-b _ udge.t quickie,* IT!] is quite im@pres_/sive and memorable. The d\readed sense of cla^us^=tr=ophobic tensi(^on,, rendering the ##@cha ].r]act+)ers' $+*helpless entra pment, is highl)+y effect(=ive. T/his i;-s  a production in -wh\ich :the li?=mited$? budg[!*et an,[d small sets actually #_?wor=k in= fa+vor of the :p@;%lot's scary ambi]/ence(. The black  ` whit=e photograp%#hy (%#%Yes, @*it's o; ne of thos]e!) )helps to enhance ;;its dark, creepy mood, and th?e se$@ ,nse of app!!rehension i]s /quite h@;]igh. !;$(Mod\e\rn day co@ lor /f]# reak\s /: neve#%r= ^/?seem to take !)\tha;t into c^o;nside!_!,ration). The\$ plot $!is al=so %-somew,;hat cynica[%)lly ironic If( the cre: _at(ure had \n't stowed away on]] t?he ship, .Carruther-s wo$)\uld( have most l#.ikely bee[n found gui*lty of the `*=-\ch];arges[ %@agains%(;t him.  Th e int.(ellig*ent \script (see wh[+at I  mean [? abou$t ra[reity) was penned by noted S_ci ence-Fiction author Jer%@]ome .(Bixby% (r(`emember Twiligh[)t Z_[+on;e's It's a Good Life) The pictu$]re's t]/.au`@t edi**_ting elim$ i%[n ,ates any_ extran$eous +\dross. (ALIEN tended^; to drag in its first hour %wit,,@h its so+phomor?ic dialogue, and[ ;#why di= d)$? it have to in*$_clud\:e t_h \at s(tupid and*+ ultimat ely %?counter-producti+ve:* %%sub-plot of Ash bein*(%g a r+$obot, and f%]).urther draggi;ng t[\he s= tory down to%) ano@)ther big ba,d conspiracy @%;%c*`lich/e UNNECESSARY!!!)  Dire=ct;$_or Cah@=[.n #as@-`tu tely ke_eps ]?the rubber-suited mon[ste;);r ` %o_+ff-screen and in#] the shadow$s\ +throu; `.gh-o+ut mos(t o/(.?f the proceed\+ings, :k =eeping your paranoid imagin.(ati?-on on .+const$,/ant alert. Unfortunately, perhap @s at )the studi_o's] commercial  :insis$t[,ance, i+;t is a,/%) little ?over-re_veale@-d at the climax,^)/ but I_  haven't c?:;laime []d this to be the !`p+e.:rfect masterpiece=$. The perfor\:ma]*nces, t^hough n#othing award-win,ning@, are ne#vertheless cool % enough so that ! ] on_:e becomes si/)ncerely concer(n(]:ed as to their fates. N)ot #:m-any\ movies in ; recent times ever come \#close to`, achievi ;^ng t?+(+hat.([ The/y :*=can be ?^over`-produced fr=; om here to=# etern it `y-,-  and ,@u#)sually on(ly $su ccee*_d i..n @?being:*@ gloriously (annoying. +$. Th/ is film's story (is) #\not really totall\y origina\_l ($^what ;::;is), for it is based on A.E.$\ Va__n Vogt's VOYAGE OF THE #@SPACE._ BEAGLE. All ALIEN fanatics ,$should !-track* down an old =:us([#ed copy to see wh/#.]ere th e initial influence came f)[#]r-@om.  As __+long as you're n[ot c_%r.\avin =g a*nother *CGI wind/!$-ding, yo.$`%u may  +_\fin@\d:% @it worthwhile. Just don't exp$ect th_e w`omen to be Riple_?y precursors. This was still` the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.