Night Caller from Outer Space | |
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Directed by | John Gilling |
Produced by | Ronald Liles |
Written by | Frank Crisp (novel) Jim O'Connolly (screenplay) |
Starring |
John Saxon Maurice Denham Patricia Haines Alfred Burke Warren Mitchell |
Music by | John Gregory (composed and directed by) |
Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
Edited by | Philip Barnikel |
Production
company |
Armitage Film Productions Ltd.
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Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service (UK) |
Release date
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1965 |
Running time
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85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Night Caller from Outer Space, also known as simply The Night Caller or Blood Beast from Outer Space, is a British 1965 science fiction film directed by John Gilling. It is based on Frank Crisp's novel The Night Callers.
Scientist Jack Costain (John Saxon) and his aides investigate a meteorite in the British countryside, discovering that it is an alien device from Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. They capture a tall alien and take it to their lab, but it escapes. Shortly thereafter, teenage girls begin to go missing after answering an advertisement in 'Bikini Girl' magazine. It turns out the alien wants to use women from Earth for breeding purposes.
Leonard Maltin called it a "well-done sci-fi thriller" and gave it two-and-a-half stars out of four. Author Steve Puchalski said, "this alleged 'film' is dry and slow paced, uninvolving and uninspiring".
UK prints of the film feature Alan Haven's version of the hit instrumental "Image" as its theme.