What makes it different from others?

Very well executed

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The concept of a blood-sucking alien sounds cheesier than it is in this 1957 B-movie by Roger Corman, its quite classy when you compare it to most low budget Sci-fi films from the time, it doesn't show cheap giant monsters or anything like that (except for one short scene with a cheap little monster that felt really forced) its amusing because of how decently written it is.It has some good performances, likable characters and a good script, its campy, but works for the kind of movie it is. Roger Corman really was one of the best in his field, god knows how bad this could have been without him behind the camera, not only would it be bad, it would have been boring, and that's really the worst kind of B-picture there is.A decent sci-fi movie that's a little under budget at times but manages to be enjoyable. Also, the last shot of the movie works a hundred times better than the entirety of "It Follows."

Roger Corman directed this surprisingly good science fiction/horror picture that stars Paul Birch as a cold-hearted alien from a dying planet decimated by nuclear war. As a consequence, he and his race need blood to survive, and find plenty of it here on Earth. He was brought here by a sophisticated matter transmission device hidden in his house, where he has hired a nurse(played by Beverly Garland) to see to his blood transfusion needs, though she becomes suspicious, involving her employer, a doctor who will have an unfortunate encounter with a bat-like creature brought by the alien... Though low budget, this doesn't hurt the film too much, since it keeps things simple but effective, with a creepy atmosphere and memorable end.

An alien from another world, who goes by the name of "Paul Johnson" (Paul Birch) has come to Earth because his race needs blood. But prior to invading Earth and subjugating the human race, the aliens need more data from him on whether human blood can sustain them and for how long. His mission then is to stay alive long enough to collect this information and in order to do that he needs blood as well. After acquiring some from a nearby clinic, he hires a nurse named "Nadine Storey" (Beverly Garland) to administer blood to him on a daily basis and to keep him healthy for as much time as possible. In the meantime, he continues to kill people and send their blood through a portal to his home world of "Devana". At any rate, rather than divulging what happens next I will stop right here. However, I think it's only fair to say that this film is definitely a bit dated. Further, the film quality wasn't good and neither was the dialogue for the most part. Likewise, other than Beverly Garland, none of the actors really stood out in my opinion. Even so, I still enjoyed this movie and I think most people who are able to take films of this nature and from this time period into account will be able to do so as well.

Having only seen this film on TV and in bootleg videos with poor quality, it is great to know that Shout Factory will be releasing the original 1957 Not of This Earth on DVD in January 2011! Great campy fun with the scream queen Beverly Garland at her best. We recently lost Ms. Garland, but she will always be known as Roger Corman's favorite leading lady. Also in the cast as the alien is Paul Birch who also was in the campy Queen of Outer Space and Corman's earlier classic sci-fi film The Day the World Ended as the professor and dad to pretty Lori Nelson. Roger Corman as director really knew how to stretch a budget with Not of This Earth and the black and white photography and score serve to enhance the building suspense. This movie scared me when I was a little kid at the Union Theater in Union, NJ on a double bill with Attack of the Crab Monsters (also on this upcoming DVD). For those fans of Roger Corman's work, I recommend Not of This Earth and for those who wish to discover a little gem of a sci-fi classic, this is the one. Now if they could only get around to It Conquered the World (also with Garland) and a pristine print on DVD of The Wasp Woman that would be great. It's fun to view these 50s sci-fi films which were made on a shoestring but have becoming cult classics all these years later.