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-/:ifties 'B' ?Sci#ence-$Fict!ion monster movies, this/) easily ranks as the _:best. It's $m)=os t notable as th]-e film`]` that ALIEN is an una@ccredi@t^`.ed remak;:e of, thus g[[ iving)# it a certain historica`[l\ significa=nc,]e.  T(he intrig,+u ing plot is a[ @_bout )the rescue of t he;-_ only .m!=]aro/oned survivor @(Col. Carruthers) of an` ill-:#\=fated expedi]t?#%^ion., :to Mars., The author^$;ities, pig--heade#d`. as usual, f_alse_!ly assume that\:% h e m)=:urdered hi`s _?f-$ellow #(crew members, ;,so that he](*('!d/ have more provisions #to  ^survive; henc^[ +e he i@-)s be/ing br\ought .back @to Ear(th to\ face! cou#r.?t-*_marti)%al for m^urder. (There is also -a so@ mewh ;at  inte(resting ! plot reve ,rsal he #re Most movie!*s of th`\is nature usually begi+(.n wit\h [%the shi$$\p leaving Earth,  enroute t#o its otherwo,;\rld)\ $destin,. _a: tion/@, wh#`)ile, in ,,]this ca##se, t@he story is belie=$ve#d finished, and -@begin \s as\/% the `[@chara@#c`te@rs take- -off _(from $/the other planet, return[,$ing to \Earth). A$ s the / (res (cue: shi#p is $#-leavin g Mar!s, a lurki,@ )ng, ominous *^shadow ][!is see$n in (the% low@@/e= r com pa ,rtment. (A frighteni)(:@ng, atmospheric ,%,moment, ac%complished t/hr-;ou gh sh:eer econ]]omy  and simplicit#y)^\.  Carruthers ins/#i* st(s o%/f hi s inno\c*e/nce .(to his@+ fe+llow c` $aptors, =] clai\ming that hi_s original crew mat];\+es were slaughtered by a hostile, u(\nseen pres:%ence on t. he, d/ +eso/l^@ute r ed plane -t, but three-gues%[ses ]as% ( ! to = their! r_$/#ea]c`]t)^ion ^? to his unusual ple`a. Nat-ural ly, he can't# prove it,-+/ and 50::'s spa/ce aut[:horit.ies were!#: not= very alien cons;cience* at the tim/e. (As.` a side /-tho_#+:ug)_ht, unseen/ menace may remi)*_nd:=%@ ?=you of%*% that h)ighly., `]`@$origi nal BLA^;IR WITCH).  As every?,one^) $(_sacks o+_/ut, a :hapless suppo]rting charactor whose,# name i\(s at the bot$tom ?of the casting list%$ (guess what will ha)ppe,!]n? to him) hears somet_?:hing in t^]he lower compartme %-nt.^$_ \ Despite your f!utile don't \,go do ?wn there, $,you!;.. jerk! # pleas, he _?!doe!(s just that,[ and .is appropriately k.illed (more :like thoroughly obl$/*iterated+) by the s!h@)+?ado^]wy figure with ins*!a$tiab?@^le b$lood lust on its mind. I =[n the victim's:= ca @se, dereliction)! of duty and sheer cowar`#dl%#:$iness @-,would have been!`` the =w),ise ?]decision. Th.]e %#scen#e% ;i;s  actually well-directed (for a change) and_/ dev@=?elops m^)uch sus:pense, as the en/ tire film surprisi!-ngly does.+)  T;he crew f+ina.lly (catch(`%:es on that they%. h^ave an u*n+ =?wanted shi\p crashe.r on board,;! ![?and t(@ry every pos*sible( mean+]s a#,t their disposa((l to :elim\%%(!inate it, but  =t_)he unkno`wn creature seems -to cop;`#ping an a\@nti-d $),eath attit@@ude. ,`Proving to be@] an ev$\(e+ *(n more clever, worthy $;%/adversary, '=,:IT!' a\[lso(/ hid]@es out in# . the v_entilation(? shafts -_ of th#e-# ship (now th#)at s%]hould ring a bel% -l). Cahn's  /forceful. dire.%ction gener!ates considerable@- tension as the ma-levolent \stowaw!*\ay work # ;s_) its wa=y u(^p fro(m(^ o\ ne` level of the confi: n=ed ship[!( to the (next,^ eventually leaving/= t* ] h-#e _ remaining [ charac#ters trapp!ed_( at t he top@. `The movie's s[#`uspense is bl!.unt and r*ight to th.^:*e point I)T!' has to\  kill th/em;: or starve, $^h ence they have t+o kill -[;IT! o/)r die. =Noth,=in g \li,;#ke th!ose) no two :)ways,# about %\it c?.hoices. Rent ?it, or *che)ck fo\( r(. it on cable if you wish%!( to know th.e =:outco*me..  For ]/a%] low-bud get ;quickie, IT! is quite imp`+ressive `^and me/morable. The d#*read\_ed sen^]/e of+-/ claust /=rophobic*?( tens]ion,@g the cha_@racters' he.,lpless entrapment, i\..*s highly eff#ective*%. This is $a#,+ p: .roduction in which the limit`.,ed # budget and small;? set\ s actually/?@+ ,work= in favo/+r of[* \-t/#he plot's[\[- scary* ambience. The black /!! white ._photo^)^graphy[=* (Yes, it's one of tho*se!) helps( to enhan@` ce @ its*  da^?)rk, cree . py mo]`od, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day c@ol-*\@or freaks never ^ =#s,\eem to take that i?\n#[) t+o considerati on). The, plot is also s.$`omewhat cyni:cally ir$onic If the creature had;`n 't stowed^]_ aw@ay on)\ .`^%the s/+hip, Car`*\ruthers wo!u=;ld) hav,e most :li^kely been found guilty o!.f the charge+?s against him(.  The? intelligent script (s:ee what* I mean  abou)t rareity) w*as penned by noted Science.-Fictio]]n author Jerome Bixby/)*% (remember Twiligh`^t =.Zon*)e's It's a Good Lif/e) The #=picture'-=;\s t $au,(?t e#[%dit)in; g el im-i[%nates `#any/ extraneous dross. (ALI EN tended to d@=rag in i:ts $first hour with i^.ts sophomoric@  ,di\ _$alog($ue, and w-hy did it have to inc_l#;ude that stupid and u ltimate(*ly c/ -o unter-producti/$ve su](*b--plot of A?^sh bei@ng a ro bot, and furth/er/ dragging the stor*.y d/+own to ano]the r big bad conspirac*y cliche UNNECES[S?A]%RY!![!)  D^!i$rector Cah *n a@stutely kee#p,s the r_ubber-:]su(it!e#d monst_?_ er[. o f+\f-screen and in the %?shadows through-out most ,of the p r_%ocee @?.dings, k+^eeping `yo^.ur paranoid+ ima@)- gin@ation on constant @alert. Unfortunatel ;y, pe+/`rhaps at the stu dio's com mercial ,)=;insistance, it is a l ittle o_;v-e@r-revealed  at $[the .cl/-imax, b^\*ut^^ I :.haven't claimed this to be the perfe[$ct mas,`#t#\erpi$ece. The perfo[^rman ##ce: s,\: th*-ough noth[`ing award-w!inning,_^ are neve\@\rtheless cool e`nough so tha-/$t one be!^?comes sincerel;y c?[oncerned as (*to ==their fates. Not.? many movies in ?`recen t  \:times ev@@%*er co *me c%lo) ;s.@)e to achi %eving tha%!t._+ /$They? can =be#( over-:produced from here to ..eterni)/ty, an_d usu#ally only succ `eed in bein.,+-g glor,;iously annoying.=  Th!_is: film's  stor]`\y (?[is_  n_ot real)$ly /totally ori)_=ginal ( @wh)at is), )for )-it is ba,sed on^$ A.E. Van Vo*^]gt's V.+O@-YAGE OF T;*.; HE SPACE B+*=EAGLE. All ALIEN fanatics ?should tr)*=ack down @!@an\ old used. copy t o :see where -the in.itial influe=%#nce cam $=e) from. -[ ]A(_s long :as you're no`t *cravi(ng  an^[oth=e.$ r CGI w ind-ding, you ma.y find it wor;t=-hwh*ile.]@ Just don't ex],pect the women @to) be Ripl($ey p(.+!recursor:]@s. Th\?!^is was[:@ still \%the sock-kn%_ittin.?g fifties#-$, sad to say.

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剧情简介

一、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。

二、《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!

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-/:ifties 'B' ?Sci#ence-$Fict!ion monster movies, this/) easily ranks as the _:best. It's $m)=os t notable as th]-e film`]` that ALIEN is an una@ccredi@t^`.ed remak;:e of, thus g[[ iving)# it a certain historica`[l\ significa=nc,]e.  T(he intrig,+u ing plot is a[ @_bout )the rescue of t he;-_ only .m!=]aro/oned survivor @(Col. Carruthers) of an` ill-:#\=fated expedi]t?#%^ion., :to Mars., The author^$;ities, pig--heade#d`. as usual, f_alse_!ly assume that\:% h e m)=:urdered hi`s _?f-$ellow #(crew members, ;,so that he](*('!d/ have more provisions #to  ^survive; henc^[ +e he i@-)s be/ing br\ought .back @to Ear(th to\ face! cou#r.?t-*_marti)%al for m^urder. (There is also -a so@ mewh ;at  inte(resting ! plot reve ,rsal he #re Most movie!*s of th`\is nature usually begi+(.n wit\h [%the shi$$\p leaving Earth,  enroute t#o its otherwo,;\rld)\ $destin,. _a: tion/@, wh#`)ile, in ,,]this ca##se, t@he story is belie=$ve#d finished, and -@begin \s as\/% the `[@chara@#c`te@rs take- -off _(from $/the other planet, return[,$ing to \Earth). A$ s the / (res (cue: shi#p is $#-leavin g Mar!s, a lurki,@ )ng, ominous *^shadow ][!is see$n in (the% low@@/e= r com pa ,rtment. (A frighteni)(:@ng, atmospheric ,%,moment, ac%complished t/hr-;ou gh sh:eer econ]]omy  and simplicit#y)^\.  Carruthers ins/#i* st(s o%/f hi s inno\c*e/nce .(to his@+ fe+llow c` $aptors, =] clai\ming that hi_s original crew mat];\+es were slaughtered by a hostile, u(\nseen pres:%ence on t. he, d/ +eso/l^@ute r ed plane -t, but three-gues%[ses ]as% ( ! to = their! r_$/#ea]c`]t)^ion ^? to his unusual ple`a. Nat-ural ly, he can't# prove it,-+/ and 50::'s spa/ce aut[:horit.ies were!#: not= very alien cons;cience* at the tim/e. (As.` a side /-tho_#+:ug)_ht, unseen/ menace may remi)*_nd:=%@ ?=you of%*% that h)ighly., `]`@$origi nal BLA^;IR WITCH).  As every?,one^) $(_sacks o+_/ut, a :hapless suppo]rting charactor whose,# name i\(s at the bot$tom ?of the casting list%$ (guess what will ha)ppe,!]n? to him) hears somet_?:hing in t^]he lower compartme %-nt.^$_ \ Despite your f!utile don't \,go do ?wn there, $,you!;.. jerk! # pleas, he _?!doe!(s just that,[ and .is appropriately k.illed (more :like thoroughly obl$/*iterated+) by the s!h@)+?ado^]wy figure with ins*!a$tiab?@^le b$lood lust on its mind. I =[n the victim's:= ca @se, dereliction)! of duty and sheer cowar`#dl%#:$iness @-,would have been!`` the =w),ise ?]decision. Th.]e %#scen#e% ;i;s  actually well-directed (for a change) and_/ dev@=?elops m^)uch sus:pense, as the en/ tire film surprisi!-ngly does.+)  T;he crew f+ina.lly (catch(`%:es on that they%. h^ave an u*n+ =?wanted shi\p crashe.r on board,;! ![?and t(@ry every pos*sible( mean+]s a#,t their disposa((l to :elim\%%(!inate it, but  =t_)he unkno`wn creature seems -to cop;`#ping an a\@nti-d $),eath attit@@ude. ,`Proving to be@] an ev$\(e+ *(n more clever, worthy $;%/adversary, '=,:IT!' a\[lso(/ hid]@es out in# . the v_entilation(? shafts -_ of th#e-# ship (now th#)at s%]hould ring a bel% -l). Cahn's  /forceful. dire.%ction gener!ates considerable@- tension as the ma-levolent \stowaw!*\ay work # ;s_) its wa=y u(^p fro(m(^ o\ ne` level of the confi: n=ed ship[!( to the (next,^ eventually leaving/= t* ] h-#e _ remaining [ charac#ters trapp!ed_( at t he top@. `The movie's s[#`uspense is bl!.unt and r*ight to th.^:*e point I)T!' has to\  kill th/em;: or starve, $^h ence they have t+o kill -[;IT! o/)r die. =Noth,=in g \li,;#ke th!ose) no two :)ways,# about %\it c?.hoices. Rent ?it, or *che)ck fo\( r(. it on cable if you wish%!( to know th.e =:outco*me..  For ]/a%] low-bud get ;quickie, IT! is quite imp`+ressive `^and me/morable. The d#*read\_ed sen^]/e of+-/ claust /=rophobic*?( tens]ion,@g the cha_@racters' he.,lpless entrapment, i\..*s highly eff#ective*%. This is $a#,+ p: .roduction in which the limit`.,ed # budget and small;? set\ s actually/?@+ ,work= in favo/+r of[* \-t/#he plot's[\[- scary* ambience. The black /!! white ._photo^)^graphy[=* (Yes, it's one of tho*se!) helps( to enhan@` ce @ its*  da^?)rk, cree . py mo]`od, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day c@ol-*\@or freaks never ^ =#s,\eem to take that i?\n#[) t+o considerati on). The, plot is also s.$`omewhat cyni:cally ir$onic If the creature had;`n 't stowed^]_ aw@ay on)\ .`^%the s/+hip, Car`*\ruthers wo!u=;ld) hav,e most :li^kely been found guilty o!.f the charge+?s against him(.  The? intelligent script (s:ee what* I mean  abou)t rareity) w*as penned by noted Science.-Fictio]]n author Jerome Bixby/)*% (remember Twiligh`^t =.Zon*)e's It's a Good Lif/e) The #=picture'-=;\s t $au,(?t e#[%dit)in; g el im-i[%nates `#any/ extraneous dross. (ALI EN tended to d@=rag in i:ts $first hour with i^.ts sophomoric@  ,di\ _$alog($ue, and w-hy did it have to inc_l#;ude that stupid and u ltimate(*ly c/ -o unter-producti/$ve su](*b--plot of A?^sh bei@ng a ro bot, and furth/er/ dragging the stor*.y d/+own to ano]the r big bad conspirac*y cliche UNNECES[S?A]%RY!![!)  D^!i$rector Cah *n a@stutely kee#p,s the r_ubber-:]su(it!e#d monst_?_ er[. o f+\f-screen and in the %?shadows through-out most ,of the p r_%ocee @?.dings, k+^eeping `yo^.ur paranoid+ ima@)- gin@ation on constant @alert. Unfortunatel ;y, pe+/`rhaps at the stu dio's com mercial ,)=;insistance, it is a l ittle o_;v-e@r-revealed  at $[the .cl/-imax, b^\*ut^^ I :.haven't claimed this to be the perfe[$ct mas,`#t#\erpi$ece. The perfo[^rman ##ce: s,\: th*-ough noth[`ing award-w!inning,_^ are neve\@\rtheless cool e`nough so tha-/$t one be!^?comes sincerel;y c?[oncerned as (*to ==their fates. Not.? many movies in ?`recen t  \:times ev@@%*er co *me c%lo) ;s.@)e to achi %eving tha%!t._+ /$They? can =be#( over-:produced from here to ..eterni)/ty, an_d usu#ally only succ `eed in bein.,+-g glor,;iously annoying.=  Th!_is: film's  stor]`\y (?[is_  n_ot real)$ly /totally ori)_=ginal ( @wh)at is), )for )-it is ba,sed on^$ A.E. Van Vo*^]gt's V.+O@-YAGE OF T;*.; HE SPACE B+*=EAGLE. All ALIEN fanatics ?should tr)*=ack down @!@an\ old used. copy t o :see where -the in.itial influe=%#nce cam $=e) from. -[ ]A(_s long :as you're no`t *cravi(ng  an^[oth=e.$ r CGI w ind-ding, you ma.y find it wor;t=-hwh*ile.]@ Just don't ex],pect the women @to) be Ripl($ey p(.+!recursor:]@s. Th\?!^is was[:@ still \%the sock-kn%_ittin.?g fifties#-$, sad to say.

四、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,91短视频(www.xifuxin.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。

五、《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。

六、《外星!恶客》讲述的是什么故事?

《外星!恶客》Out of the f-/:ifties 'B' ?Sci#ence-$Fict!ion monster movies, this/) easily ranks as the _:best. It's $m)=os t notable as th]-e film`]` that ALIEN is an una@ccredi@t^`.ed remak;:e of, thus g[[ iving)# it a certain historica`[l\ significa=nc,]e.  T(he intrig,+u ing plot is a[ @_bout )the rescue of t he;-_ only .m!=]aro/oned survivor @(Col. Carruthers) of an` ill-:#\=fated expedi]t?#%^ion., :to Mars., The author^$;ities, pig--heade#d`. as usual, f_alse_!ly assume that\:% h e m)=:urdered hi`s _?f-$ellow #(crew members, ;,so that he](*('!d/ have more provisions #to  ^survive; henc^[ +e he i@-)s be/ing br\ought .back @to Ear(th to\ face! cou#r.?t-*_marti)%al for m^urder. (There is also -a so@ mewh ;at  inte(resting ! plot reve ,rsal he #re Most movie!*s of th`\is nature usually begi+(.n wit\h [%the shi$$\p leaving Earth,  enroute t#o its otherwo,;\rld)\ $destin,. _a: tion/@, wh#`)ile, in ,,]this ca##se, t@he story is belie=$ve#d finished, and -@begin \s as\/% the `[@chara@#c`te@rs take- -off _(from $/the other planet, return[,$ing to \Earth). A$ s the / (res (cue: shi#p is $#-leavin g Mar!s, a lurki,@ )ng, ominous *^shadow ][!is see$n in (the% low@@/e= r com pa ,rtment. (A frighteni)(:@ng, atmospheric ,%,moment, ac%complished t/hr-;ou gh sh:eer econ]]omy  and simplicit#y)^\.  Carruthers ins/#i* st(s o%/f hi s inno\c*e/nce .(to his@+ fe+llow c` $aptors, =] clai\ming that hi_s original crew mat];\+es were slaughtered by a hostile, u(\nseen pres:%ence on t. he, d/ +eso/l^@ute r ed plane -t, but three-gues%[ses ]as% ( ! to = their! r_$/#ea]c`]t)^ion ^? to his unusual ple`a. Nat-ural ly, he can't# prove it,-+/ and 50::'s spa/ce aut[:horit.ies were!#: not= very alien cons;cience* at the tim/e. (As.` a side /-tho_#+:ug)_ht, unseen/ menace may remi)*_nd:=%@ ?=you of%*% that h)ighly., `]`@$origi nal BLA^;IR WITCH).  As every?,one^) $(_sacks o+_/ut, a :hapless suppo]rting charactor whose,# name i\(s at the bot$tom ?of the casting list%$ (guess what will ha)ppe,!]n? to him) hears somet_?:hing in t^]he lower compartme %-nt.^$_ \ Despite your f!utile don't \,go do ?wn there, $,you!;.. jerk! # pleas, he _?!doe!(s just that,[ and .is appropriately k.illed (more :like thoroughly obl$/*iterated+) by the s!h@)+?ado^]wy figure with ins*!a$tiab?@^le b$lood lust on its mind. I =[n the victim's:= ca @se, dereliction)! of duty and sheer cowar`#dl%#:$iness @-,would have been!`` the =w),ise ?]decision. Th.]e %#scen#e% ;i;s  actually well-directed (for a change) and_/ dev@=?elops m^)uch sus:pense, as the en/ tire film surprisi!-ngly does.+)  T;he crew f+ina.lly (catch(`%:es on that they%. h^ave an u*n+ =?wanted shi\p crashe.r on board,;! ![?and t(@ry every pos*sible( mean+]s a#,t their disposa((l to :elim\%%(!inate it, but  =t_)he unkno`wn creature seems -to cop;`#ping an a\@nti-d $),eath attit@@ude. ,`Proving to be@] an ev$\(e+ *(n more clever, worthy $;%/adversary, '=,:IT!' a\[lso(/ hid]@es out in# . the v_entilation(? shafts -_ of th#e-# ship (now th#)at s%]hould ring a bel% -l). Cahn's  /forceful. dire.%ction gener!ates considerable@- tension as the ma-levolent \stowaw!*\ay work # ;s_) its wa=y u(^p fro(m(^ o\ ne` level of the confi: n=ed ship[!( to the (next,^ eventually leaving/= t* ] h-#e _ remaining [ charac#ters trapp!ed_( at t he top@. `The movie's s[#`uspense is bl!.unt and r*ight to th.^:*e point I)T!' has to\  kill th/em;: or starve, $^h ence they have t+o kill -[;IT! o/)r die. =Noth,=in g \li,;#ke th!ose) no two :)ways,# about %\it c?.hoices. Rent ?it, or *che)ck fo\( r(. it on cable if you wish%!( to know th.e =:outco*me..  For ]/a%] low-bud get ;quickie, IT! is quite imp`+ressive `^and me/morable. The d#*read\_ed sen^]/e of+-/ claust /=rophobic*?( tens]ion,@g the cha_@racters' he.,lpless entrapment, i\..*s highly eff#ective*%. This is $a#,+ p: .roduction in which the limit`.,ed # budget and small;? set\ s actually/?@+ ,work= in favo/+r of[* \-t/#he plot's[\[- scary* ambience. The black /!! white ._photo^)^graphy[=* (Yes, it's one of tho*se!) helps( to enhan@` ce @ its*  da^?)rk, cree . py mo]`od, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day c@ol-*\@or freaks never ^ =#s,\eem to take that i?\n#[) t+o considerati on). The, plot is also s.$`omewhat cyni:cally ir$onic If the creature had;`n 't stowed^]_ aw@ay on)\ .`^%the s/+hip, Car`*\ruthers wo!u=;ld) hav,e most :li^kely been found guilty o!.f the charge+?s against him(.  The? intelligent script (s:ee what* I mean  abou)t rareity) w*as penned by noted Science.-Fictio]]n author Jerome Bixby/)*% (remember Twiligh`^t =.Zon*)e's It's a Good Lif/e) The #=picture'-=;\s t $au,(?t e#[%dit)in; g el im-i[%nates `#any/ extraneous dross. (ALI EN tended to d@=rag in i:ts $first hour with i^.ts sophomoric@  ,di\ _$alog($ue, and w-hy did it have to inc_l#;ude that stupid and u ltimate(*ly c/ -o unter-producti/$ve su](*b--plot of A?^sh bei@ng a ro bot, and furth/er/ dragging the stor*.y d/+own to ano]the r big bad conspirac*y cliche UNNECES[S?A]%RY!![!)  D^!i$rector Cah *n a@stutely kee#p,s the r_ubber-:]su(it!e#d monst_?_ er[. o f+\f-screen and in the %?shadows through-out most ,of the p r_%ocee @?.dings, k+^eeping `yo^.ur paranoid+ ima@)- gin@ation on constant @alert. Unfortunatel ;y, pe+/`rhaps at the stu dio's com mercial ,)=;insistance, it is a l ittle o_;v-e@r-revealed  at $[the .cl/-imax, b^\*ut^^ I :.haven't claimed this to be the perfe[$ct mas,`#t#\erpi$ece. The perfo[^rman ##ce: s,\: th*-ough noth[`ing award-w!inning,_^ are neve\@\rtheless cool e`nough so tha-/$t one be!^?comes sincerel;y c?[oncerned as (*to ==their fates. Not.? many movies in ?`recen t  \:times ev@@%*er co *me c%lo) ;s.@)e to achi %eving tha%!t._+ /$They? can =be#( over-:produced from here to ..eterni)/ty, an_d usu#ally only succ `eed in bein.,+-g glor,;iously annoying.=  Th!_is: film's  stor]`\y (?[is_  n_ot real)$ly /totally ori)_=ginal ( @wh)at is), )for )-it is ba,sed on^$ A.E. Van Vo*^]gt's V.+O@-YAGE OF T;*.; HE SPACE B+*=EAGLE. All ALIEN fanatics ?should tr)*=ack down @!@an\ old used. copy t o :see where -the in.itial influe=%#nce cam $=e) from. -[ ]A(_s long :as you're no`t *cravi(ng  an^[oth=e.$ r CGI w ind-ding, you ma.y find it wor;t=-hwh*ile.]@ Just don't ex],pect the women @to) be Ripl($ey p(.+!recursor:]@s. Th\?!^is was[:@ still \%the sock-kn%_ittin.?g fifties#-$, sad to say.