A little talked about historical fact is the attraction Fifties America had for alien invaders. Today we would know little about these failed efforts to subjugate, eat and enlighten us, if not for the tireless work of the documentary producers of American International Pictures.
Night of the Blood Beast tells us about the little known case of a benevolent alien that came to this planet on board a returning terrestrial secret experimental space craft and was subsequently hunted down and burned to death by a small group of scientists and military. It was one of the greatest tragedies in the decade of the Alien Wars, caused by the ignorance and small mindedness of the human participants. Just because a creature from outer space lays its eggs in an astronaut and eats the brains of your head scientist you don't have to feel menaced, especially when the friendly creature then proceeds to tell you that it has only eaten that brain to be able to communicate with you and make your head scientist immortal. Our friend from outside even promised to help the rest of humanity in the same way!
Alas the US military of the past did not count many transhumanists in its numbers, so our savior was brutally and senselessly killed.
All that is left of its legacy is this dry but important documentary.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment