This has a not very original idea which even in 1961 had appeared in lots of science fiction films, and is still commonly used even now - a rag tag group of survivors of an alien attack gather in a deserted small town and have to fight off aliens who are capable of reviving humans and taking their form. However it's brought to life with some lively direction courtesy of Hammer master Terence Fisher.
The cast is very old by the standards of these things. Willard Parker looks like a retired businessman but is meant to be this virile American test pilot who gets caught up in the invasion. Virginia Field is at least age appropriate as his love interest; I didn't recognise Field but she looked like an aging Hollywood star stuck in a British science fiction movie.
The aliens reminded me of the Cyborgs in Dr Who; most of the cast are veteran character actors (Dennis Price, Thorley Walters) apart from two young folk. It is decently acted and well directed, with some atmospheric deserted small English towns. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
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