Some people have a song that
runs through their head and drives them nuts.
I’ve got an old movie that keeps popping into
my id and I can’t find any reference to it on the internet. The damn thing is probably so old that no
body alive but me gives a shit about it anyway.
It was an early 1950’s black
and white movie about a Martian invasion.
Teen agers in their hot rods were attending a Bill Haley and the Comets
dance (he sang Rock Around The Clock in
the movie) when the invasion began. The Martians looked like the little aliens in Mars Attack (or Paul) but
they had hypodermic needles that would extend from their finger tips and could inject
poison. Finally realizing that light
could destroy the aliens the teenagers surrounded the Martians with their hot
rods and at a signal turned on their headlights winning the day (or
night). The adults never knew that the teen agers
saved the earth.
I searched Bill Haley and the
Comets movies and could find no reference to a walk-on in a horror movie.
It was a stupid movie anyway…
this is obviously just my mind fucking with me. It is like that song that lately has driven
me nutz:
A horse is a horse of course
of course
And nobody talks to a horse
of course
That is of course unless the
horse
Is the famous Mr. Ed
I-AM-MIST-TER-ED.
Now, run that through your
subconscious: you can thank me later.
the Ol’Buzzard
the Ol’Buzzard
At last my years as a fan of B movies has come in handy. The movie you've been trying so hard to remember was called 'Invasion of the Saucer Men'.
ReplyDeleteIn 1965, an even worse remake was called 'The Eye Creatures' (not nearly so cool special effects).
I can't believe anyone but me could remember this movie. Thanks
DeleteO'B
Gawd, I can't believe Susan knew the movie you were talking about. Somehow I missed this one.
ReplyDeleteI will see if it is on YouTube - you might also check.
DeleteO'B
tell you what's really sad..I not only knew the movie title ..I saw the movie. I loved Bill Haley and the Comets, and saw any thing they were in.'see you later alligator..after while crocodile.'
ReplyDeleteCool man 0 cool!
DeleteO'B
I tried for a few days to remember the title of this film and google it...and now I remember seeing it as well! The entire film in all of it's glorious cheepnez is on YouTube! I really want to use it to make some animated gifs! Thanks for making me remember this, but keep your Mr. Ed song to yourself...okay? Now I'm singing it....
ReplyDeleteHey, the movie is on youtube in all of it's cheep teenage low budget special effects glory! This is the kind of stuff I love..I saw it years ago and could not remember the name...now I am going to use it to make animated gifs! Thanks for the memory jog, but keep the Mr. Ed song to yourself...now it's stuck in my brain! I have a few French pop songs stuck in my brain and I don't know the titles! I wish there was some kind of computer app where you could hum a few bars and it would name that tune. I try to do it with my wife and all I get from here is that "I always knew you were absolutely mad" look.
ReplyDeleteFunny, I commented twice because the first time, my comment disappeared...now they are both there!
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