It Came from Outer Space

Year: 1953

Runtime: 81 mins

Language: English

Director: Jack Arnold

Science FictionHorrorMonsters aliens sci-fi and the apocalypseHorror the undead and monster classicsImaginative space odysseys and alien encounters

When an enormous meteorite crashes near a small Arizona town, author‑astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields investigate the glowing wreck. After a close examination, Putnam declares the debris to be an inhabited spacecraft, instantly attracting the town’s scorn and suspicion as residents grapple with the impossible revelation.

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