THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955)

THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955)

Tagline: An unspeakable horror... Destroying... Terrifying!

(Sci-Fi, Horror, Ridiculousness) [G]

You say a lot of things you don't mean, Carol. But you still say them, don't ya?

In this one, we have a family out in the desert growing dates that don’t get along. To make matters worse a vacuum cleaner-looking alien has landed in the desert and has a bad attitude. The alien slowly takes over the dumbest animals it can find. Since there were no politicians around, it picked dogs, birds, the occasional bull as its targets and all they really want to do is jack up any human they can find. It doesn’t take long before a friend of the family is overtaken (because he has like half a brain left after a war injury) and one by one the self-proclaimed “Beast With A Million Eyes” starts trying to pick off victims. Sometimes it picks off victims without even toughing them it apparently fights so well? This movie unfortunately is crammed with everything I can’t stand about cinema and the BIGGEST failure is not actually providing us with a “beast”. Instead, we get what looks like an auto part taking over animals that just kinda slowly come after you.

Some people regard this as one of the worst movies of all time. Others think it’s a cheesy classic. Honestly, this would have been better as an after school special on PBS called “HOW RUNNING INTO A POWER-HUNGRY SPACE ALIEN THAT LOOKS ABOUT AS INTERESTING AS A PARK BENCH CAN BRING YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER.” I love Roger Corman, I love cheesy horror, but this thing is just a freaking disaster. Outside of few decent family moments, this one is about as close to a yawner as I have come this Halloween season.

What the crap moment of the movie – Um, how about if you can’t get a beast with a million eyes, maybe, um…not name your movie that?

I give THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES a 3 out of 7. Just can’t raise it any higher than that and not feel like I am taking an hour and a half from your life without you’re permission. 

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