“Die, Monster, Die” (1965) – Even the best laid plans lay an egg.
I have always personally enjoyed this Boris Karloff scare fest set in the English countryside, but it may not be your cup of Earl Grey. I think it is the atmospheric locales complete with swirling fog banks and the rustic British environs plus the deeply saturated colors that most appeals to me. Boris is his sinister best in one of his latter day horror roles. I guess you could call this a cosmic horror tale as it is loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space" short tale.
American Nick Adams ventures to a distant estate to visit his fiance. Little does he realize that her father, Karloff, is engaged with an out of his control element that has rendered many in the household ill and dying. It seems that a great meteorite crashed in a field near the estate and at first exhibited properties that enabled plant and animal life to demonstrate exaggerated growth that might prove beneficial as food sources for an ever-hungry world. Alas, things took a turn for the worse and too much exposure to unknown properties of objects out in space can have adverse effects on the body over an extended period of time. Well, you see what is unfolding. Events go really badly. The ending of this thing is my favorite part. I guess the mutated, Super Chicken laid an egg. Watch out for The Silver Man!
I have always personally enjoyed this Boris Karloff scare fest set in the English countryside, but it may not be your cup of Earl Grey. I think it is the atmospheric locales complete with swirling fog banks and the rustic British environs plus the deeply saturated colors that most appeals to me. Boris is his sinister best in one of his latter day horror roles. I guess you could call this a cosmic horror tale as it is loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Colour Out of Space” short tale.
American Nick Adams ventures to a distant estate to visit his fiance. Little does he realize that her father, Karloff, is engaged with an out of his control element that has rendered many in the household ill and dying. It seems that a great meteorite crashed in a field near the estate and at first exhibited properties that enabled plant and animal life to demonstrate exaggerated growth that might prove beneficial as food sources for an ever-hungry world. Alas, things took a turn for the worse and too much exposure to unknown properties of objects out in space can have adverse effects on the body over an extended period of time. Well, you see what is unfolding. Events go really badly. The ending of this thing is my favorite part. I guess the mutated, Super Chicken laid an egg. Watch out for The Silver Man!
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