Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Ploydsge just watch it!

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Beulah Bram A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Scott LeBrun From those ever reliable Corman brothers - executive producer Roger and producer / story author Gene - and director Bernard L. Kowalski ("Sssssss") comes this enjoyable B flick. Michael Emmet stars as Major John Corcoran, an astronaut whose space mission turns disastrous, and he crashes back to Earth. He seems to perish in the crash, but later inexplicably lives again. But he's not the man he used to be. He's now infested with alien embryos: he's a pregnant man! A hulking, bipedal, somewhat birdlike alien (Ross Sturlin) also shows up, and Johns' associates want to destroy it, but John is convinced that it means no harm.Admittedly, this variety of entertainment isn't for everybody. People could easily argue that it works better in concept than it does in execution, and that the obviously low, low budget can't help but hurt it. But if you're like this viewer and have a big, soft spot in your heart for sci-fi / horror programmers like this one, it *does* deliver some fun. Director Kowalski does manage to generate some reasonable suspense and stark atmosphere, not to mention some decent action scenes. (The monster has an aversion to fire.) The monster itself doesn't actually look too bad, and the performances are sincere from a capable no name cast: Mr. Emmet, Angela Greene as his scientist fiancée, John Baer, Ed Nelson, Tyler McVey, gorgeous Georgianna Carter. Gene Corman and screenwriter Martin Varno, the latter going on to a career as a makeup artist, deserve credit for their far out idea, further exploited with advanced technology 21 years later in "Alien".Solid entertainment, worth a look for any lover of 1950s science-fiction.Seven out of 10.

Claudio Carvalho The astronaut Steve Dunlap (John Baer) dies after crashing his rocket on Earth. His body is recovered by the base rescue team and examined by Dr. Alex Wyman (Tyler McVey) and Dr. Julie Benson (Angela Greene), who is Steve's fiancée. Out of the blue, Steve resurrects and Dr. Benson discovers that his body is impregnated with Alien embryos; further, the team finds that an alien (Ross Sturlin) has arrived in Steve's spacecraft. When Dr. Wyman is murdered by the alien, Major John Corcoran (Michael Emmet) and Dave Randall (Ed Nelson) decide to destroy the creature. But Steve is mentally connected to the alien and believes that the creature has peaceful intentions and tries to protect it. But when Steve learns that the alien is an invader, he takes an ultimate decision to protect the earthlings."Night of the Blood Beast" is a funny and underrated low-budget sci-fi produced by Roger Corman. This type of black and white Z-movie, with bad acting and poor special effects, is part of my childhood and maybe that is the reason why I find most of them cult. "Night of the Blood Beast" is a sort of grandfather of 1979 "Alien" or 1999 "The Astronaut's Wife" and entertains. My note is five.Title (Brazil): Not Available

Paul Andrews Night of the Blood Beast starts as Major John Corcoran (Michael Emmet) blasts off into outer space in a rocket named the X-100, on his descent back to Earth something goes wrong though & the X-100 crash lands on a mountain. The nearest military base is alerted & Dave Randall (Ed Nelson) & Donna Bixby (Georgianna Carter) rush to the crash site but find John dead inside the X-100. John's body is taken to the military base but resident scientist Dr. Alex Wyman (Tyler McVey) notices some strange reading from John's body & blood which appear to indicate he is still alive, later that night John regains consciousness having been exposed to an alien life-form which has impregnated him with little baby aliens. The big mean alien is now on Earth on the loose trying to ensure it's babies hatch from inside John. Fearing that the alien is hostile & threatens the whole of mankind it's up to the few base personnel to destroy it before it can destroy us...Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski this cheap Roger Corman produced black and white 50 sci-fi horror monster flick is an OK time waster I suppose but nothing more, it has a few alright ideas & at only 62 minutes long doesn't outstay it's welcome. The script seems like a rip-off of The Thing from Another World (1951) with it's isolated military base, the few character's cut off from the outside world & an alien threat that must be stopped before it contaminates & destroys all of humanity. Unfortunately that's where the comparisons stop as Night of the Blood Beast is a cheap rip-off with the atmosphere of the freezing Artic or the menace of the alien creature, any attempt the script makes to try & sympathise with the alien are wasted & come across as half hearted. I mean when an alien eats half your mates head you just aren't going to consider it friendly are you? In a side-note it's interesting to think (or not, depending on your viewpoint) that the alien gestating & growing inside a human body idea would later famously be used in the Alien series of films to much, much better effect. No-one seems that bothered by John coming back to life or the presence of an alien life-form until the very end I was never convinced that they were as cut off & isolated as they kept saying they were. I also don't understand why the alien was so passive, if the humans were such a threat to it's offspring why not just kill them all? I suppose it moves along at a decent pace, the script tries to blur the lines between the standard killer & friendly alien clichés although without much success it has to be said & it passes an hour or so without really ever being that gripping or entertaining. Not worst example of a 50's sci-fi monster film but not the best either.The actual blood beast alien looks like a man in a rubber suit because it is a man in a rubber suit. The alien has a big bulbous head & a sort of beak like thing & two black eyes, it is otherwise human in appearance with two arms & two legs with stringy stuff hanging off it's body. The actor inside the suit obviously had difficulty in moving properly, the alien costume later featured in the film Teenage Caveman (1958). Director Kowlaski could have made more use of the enclosed military base but instead stages a lot of action outside in broad daylight which lessens the scares & atmosphere. The X-100 rocket special effects look cheap & fake with less than convincing model work.With a supposed budget of about $68,000 this was filmed in Hollywood & nearby Bronson Canyon, originally released as a double feature with She Gods of Shark Reef (1958). The acting is alright if a little wooden like a lot of sci-fi from this period, the cast features no-one of any note whatsoever.Night of the Blood Beast is a decent little sci-fi horror that passes the time, it has a few good moments & although the alien monster looks fake it doesn't look as silly or goofy as many film monsters from this period. It could have been worse I suppose, a lot worse.

Red-Barracuda This slightly ponderous late 50's sci-fi-horror schlock isn't entirely a loser. It's about a manned space rocket that crash lands in a remote area. A bunch of scientists go to investigate and discover that the astronaut is in some kind of coma; he's being kept alive by alien embryos that have been mysteriously implanted in him. Anyway, the title alien monster soon raises it's head causing general havoc, including partial head removal.The main problem with the film is it's pacing. It takes quite a while for the Blood Beast to appear, and he really only comes into his own in the last 20 minutes or so. He is undoubtedly a completely ridiculous creation but that's really not a problem as he provides a fair amount of comic relief. At the end of the movie where we have the final stand-off and this ludicrous creature starts talking with the voice of the doctor he killed earlier, you will be doing well not to have a giggle. So too in the brilliant x-ray scene where we see the alien embryos floating about in the astronaut's body - it's just too funny for words.But unfortunately, the fun moments in Night of the Blood Beast come too few and far between. If you're a 50's sci-fi nut though then it's well worth checking this one out. Just don't expect too much.