Movie: It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

• Director: Edward L. Cahn
• Release Date: August 1958 (USA)
• Run Time: 69 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Horror , Sci-Fi  

Tagline: It Breathes. It Hunts. It Kills!  

Trivia: The mask of the monster suit was altered considerably. When Ray Corrigan was fitted for the monster suit, the mask was initially too tight. Paul Blaisdell, the maker of the monster suit, had to remove and rebuild the monster’s lower jaw so the mask would fit better. Unfortunately, Corrigan’s chin stuck out through the opening made in the mask. Blaisdell made up Corrigan’s chin to look like the monster’s tongue. The mask’s original eyes (large and catlike, a Blaisdell trademark) were also removed so that we see Corrigan’s own eyes behind the mask. 

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: The space helmets lack faceplates. When Carruthers and Calder exit the ship, Calder is seen to reach into his helmet and scratch his nose. 

“In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little suspect that “it” has stowed away for the voyage back to Earth… Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>”