John Chard
Knowledge would only bring more fear in a world already filled with it.
A planet is orbiting dangerously close to planet Earth and a mysterious spaceship has landed on the Scottish Moors...
Friend or Foe?
Breaking it down you find that The Man from Planet X is a standard sci-fi movie that would often be bettered the longer the 1950s boom of sci-fi films continued. However, this is in no way a bad thing given the guile and craft that went into making it a picture of worth.
Edgar G. Ulmer and his crew are armed with a $100 budget (exageration of course, but you understand I'm sure) and almost make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Working with old sets that were used on Joan of Arc (1948), the pic is a lesson in low budget film mak...