Disturbing yet enthralling

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

When rating a movie the first thing I always do is check out what year it was made and released and then try to keep things in perspective of similar films of that general time period. (I.O.T.) Star Creatures is a comedy first and a sci-fi flick second which may be disappointing to some who don't believe the two genres should be mixed, which as a general rule includes myself. However, if you are a big Stooges fan, you will notice many gags and some dialog lifted straight out of Moe, Larry and Curly's playbook. This movie basically warns the viewer up front that it is not to be taken seriously so with that it mind most fans of the 50s-60s sci-fi era should be able to sit through the entire film.Again if your a Stooges/Marx Brothers fan you will be on an Easter egg hunt from start to finish. Some nice out of this world eye candy helps to get things past the slow parts. Be forewarned that the low budget cheap and cheesy costumes and a rather silly plot make the film best served with beer.2 stars would be generous. Enjoy!

*Spoiler/plot- 1962, In the 1950's on a assignment from a local missile site 'Nicholson Mesa'; two dimwitted soldiers are sent to investigate a mysterious crater and cave. They stumble upon a scary plant-like creature. They follow the Vege-Monster creature into the cave and find a buried spacecraft. The two large beautiful women aliens capture the army men to study them. The men are told that the invaders are from outer space and are here to take over the Earth. Soon, the men use their small wits to fool the alien female vixens with speaking of 'love' matters between the species and think they might have a way to save the planet Earth. The fate of this planet rests in the hands of two soldier rejects.*Special Stars- Bob Ball, Frankie Ray *Theme-The American soldier can solve any problem, anyway.*Trivia/location/goofs- This film looks like an offshoot of a burlesque routine. The two main beauties are clearly stage strippers and the two soldiers act like burlesque comics of the 40's era. Even the sight gags and line are pure 'vintage' stage material. Look for some famous and over-used actor's impressions from the two lead actors/soldiers. The lighting continuity noticeably and humorously changes during the special effect jump cuts in the colonel's office and the cave scenes. This film was supposed to jump-start the acting careers of the two lead comedians, but didn't. The fat man thug pulled out of the car and knocked out in the Commander Connors dream sequence is the film's director/actor, Bruno VeSota. The cave location is the venerable Bronson Caves in Gower Park, Hollywood. The Vege-men are made of burlap bags, ping-pong balls, and black tights and they look like that on screen.*Emotion- An enjoyable but rather zany hold over romp from the burlesque days and stripper shows of the WW2 period. 'Retro' enjoyment at it's best or worst for campy fun and titillation.

Let me start by saying that I understand that Invasion of the Star Creatures was meant to be a parody of the sci-fi films of the 50s. I understand that none of it is to be taken seriously. The problem I have is that none of it works. A parody should be funny and this one just isn't. Not once during the entire runtime did I so much as crack a smile. In general, I am easily entertained, but I couldn't find a sliver of entertainment anywhere in Invasion of the Star Creatures.I knew I was in trouble right from the beginning. The two "stars" make their screen appearance with one of the lamest gags imaginable - a water hose they can't control that gets them both wet. These two come off as Bowery Boys wannabes. Why anyone would want to mime the act and persona of the Bowery Boys is beyond me. After the less than illustrious beginning, the movies goes on to feature comical chase sequences, dancing Indians, vegetable men, decoder rings, and other assorted unfunny bits. It's all just a complete waste of time.I bought this on the double feature DVD with Invasion of the Bee Girls. That movie is Academy Award winning stuff in comparison with Invasion of the Star Creatures.

Even at age 10 I felt like the Mayor of Moronville for actually staying up late and sitting through this gonzo flick. Something of a sci-fi genre parody, it has the usual bumbling male leads falling all over themselves trying to gain the adoration of some comely moon-cuties. On the prowl in this schlock are a couple of lumbering fellows in Danskin tights with potato sacks on their heads(the so-called "Star Creatures" of the title)For even aspiring to be as little as lowbrow camp, this is actually a pretty rough ride. If I had seen this at a drive-in in 1963, I surely would have driven my vehicle full-speed through the movie screen in a fit of consternation(or at least demanded my eighty cents back). Perhaps today, as an adult, I'd have a better time with "Invasion of the Star Creatures"(Bacardi 151 in hand, of course...)**UPDATE, May 2010** I did indeed revisit this sub-B movie, and as I suspected, it actually IS a more worthy watch today as a cultural artifact. One particular line of dialog is exemplary of this -"...wow...that's the first time a salad's ever tossed *ME*!". That one probably brought forth a few weak chuckles in '63...presently, some folks might fall on the floor in hysterics...3.5/10