The Incredible Invasion

The Incredible Invasion
The Incredible Invasion
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Juan Ibáñez; Jack Hill
Starring	Boris Karloff
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	April 1971;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	English

The Incredible Invasion (also known as Alien Terror and The Sinister Invasion) is a 1971 Mexican horror film directed by Juan Ibáñez. It stars Boris Karloff and Enrique Guzmán.^[1] It is Karloff's last film appearance.^[2]

Plot synopsis[]

Gudenberg, 1890: Professor John Mayer has invented a ray gun which runs on nuclear power. During testing, a ray is shot into space and passes a flying saucer. The aliens decide to come to Earth to destroy the weapon...

Cast[]

Boris Karloff as Prof. John Mayer
Enrique Guzmán as Dr. Paul Rosten
Christa Linder as Laura
as Dr. Isabel Reed
as Thomas
as Nancy
Sergio Kleiner as Alien
as Gen. Nord

Production[]

The Incredible Invasion is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Enrique Vergara. The others are Isle of the Snake People, Fear Chamber, and House of Evil. Karloff's scenes for all four films were directed by Jack Hill in Los Angeles in the spring of 1968. The films were then completed in Mexico. All four films were released after Karloff's death.^[3]

Karloff's advanced age was noticeable on the film; regarding his health status, Michael J. Weldon in The Encyclopedia of Film noted, "The ill, 81-year-old horror star is always shown sitting down or leaning against a support of some kind."^[4]

Reception[]

AllMovie's synopsis of the film states, "The filmmakers barely had enough talent to adhere to the simplest of storylines, much less this hodgepodge of cut-rate H. G. Wells posturing and sleazy exploitation."^[1] James O'Neil in Terror on Tape called The Incredible Invasion "one of the four awful low-budget U.S.-Mexican co-productions the great actor [Boris Karloff] filmed a few months prior to his death in 1969." Michael R. Pitts in Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1982 said that "While Karloff is quite good as the scientist and Christa Linder is strikingly beautiful as his niece, the overall production is labored", and that "[w]hile not as bad as Fear Chamber or House of Evil, The Incredible Invasion must rank as one of Karloff's worst cinema outings."^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Alien Terror (1971)". AllMovie.
^ Booker, Keith M. (2011). Historical Dictionary of American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780810874596.
^ Jacobs, Stephen (2011). Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster. Tomahawk Press. pp. 504–507.
^ ^a ^b Pitts, Michael R. (2014). Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1982. McFarland. pp. 112–113. ISBN 9780786457663.

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[AllMovie-1] "Alien Terror (1971)". AllMovie.

[2] Booker, Keith M. (2011). Historical Dictionary of American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780810874596.

[karloff-3] Jacobs, Stephen (2011). Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster. Tomahawk Press. pp. 504–507.

[Pitts-4] Pitts, Michael R. (2014). Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1982. McFarland. pp. 112–113. ISBN 9780786457663.

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