Another 50s AIP movie that doesn't live up to the fun promised by its title and poster - the aliens are terrific creatures, short with bald heads and pokey eyes, right out of Mars Attacks!. But there's far too little of them - they are only glimpsed here and there and pop up at the end.
Most of the time this dull movie is about teenagers running around in a small town (well, a boyfriend and girlfriend) having mystery encounters with aliens while the adults don't believe them. It's played as a comedy which lessens suspense and makes it frustrating because the comedy isn't very funny. The two leads are uninspired though Frank Gorshin pops up in the support cast.
There's wacky music and mugging from the actors a la Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow. This was remade as The Eye Creatures and actually the basic story isn't bad - it's roughly the same as The Blob - it's just badly executed. If they wanted to make it a comedy they should have given us more aliens.
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