Very well executed

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

In the year 1990, scientists from an American "space institute" translate a radio signal sent from a distant planet notifying Earthlings of an impending visit, but instead the intrepid aliens crash land on Mars and a rescue team is sent into space to find them. Another one of those B-grade American International products with poster art more creative and promising than the film being advertising. Still, writer-director Curtis Harrington isn't Ed Wood; he attempts to put on a colorful show, even though a great deal of the special effects footage has been lifted from two Soviet features, "Mechte Navstrechu" and "Nebo Zovyot". Actors John Saxon, Basil Rathbone and Dennis Hopper alternately look bemused and embarrassed. ** from ****

Crappy story, acting, dialogue, fx, cinematography, and music, just plain crappy movie.Incredibly bad. You can find better acting from a photograph. The dialogue sucked beyond belief. Characters acting stupid. The fx were lousy, real cheap. Music sucked. Crappy cinematography. Sets and colors sucked. The story sucked. It all just sucked. I remember seeing this on TV in the 70s and I guess back then there was limited movies to watch and we were all slaves to what the TV broadcast. All I remembered was the strange alien vampire queens. So here it is. They had a budget, and they blew it on this nonsense. It could have been decent. But no.Best part was the alien vampire queen. And she only had a small part. No dialogue from her. But super creepy. If it wasn't for her performance my rating would be a 1. If you want or need to see this movie, only watch the last 20 minutes when the queen shows up.

Until reading the background information on QUEEN OF BLOOD here on this site, I was genuinely impressed by parts of the movie- parts that I now realize were lifted from OTHER movies... What a difference an Editor can make... The Alien sequences (the aforementioned LIFTED sequences) are eerie and Alien in the extreme and very much worth seeing; the rest of the movie, not so much. QUEEN OF BLOOD taken altogether isn't really a BAD movie, but now I know that it's not a particularly GOOD movie, either. (The Queen herself could suck my Blood anytime, but now I've got to track down the movies from which the really interesting parts were taken to find out just how good THEY were...) (Oh: the Alien eggs revealed at film's end were yet another Steal by Dan O'Bannon and Ridley Scott when they concocted ALIEN.) Thanks to whoever did the research for the heads up.

Queen of Blood (1966, Dir. Curtis Harrington) It's the year 1990 and scientists receive a distress call from an alien spaceship that has crash-landed on Mars. Dr Farraday decides to send a team of astronauts, including Allan Brenner and Paul Grant, on a rescue mission. On the planet, they discover just one survivor. This green-skinned alien is brought aboard, but when one man is attacked and drained of his blood, the survivors are soon racing home, before they too become victim to the bloodsucker.I got 'Queen of Blood' in a pack of 10 horror DVDs for £5. What i had previously watched wasn't the greatest. The films are meant to be great. They are not big budget movies and it really relies on the story to keep you watching it. Unfortuantly, i just could not keep with this particular film. Even though it starred the great John Saxon and Dennis Hopper, the effects were laughable and the quality of the film is just not what i'm used to. But then again, if you enjoy old and cheap sci-fi films, then you would really like this."How are the musical spheres." - Allan Brenner (John Saxon)