FilmSci-Fi Horror Body Horror Demonic & Possession

Alien Terror1971

Name: Alien Terror
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror, Body Horror, Demonic & Possession, Classic Monsters
Released: 1971-04-01
Rating: 5.2

Directed by José Luis González de León, Jack Hill

5.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 3.2TMDB 3.6

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Year

1971

Runtime

90 min

The premise

Near the end of the 19th century, Prof. John Mayer and his assistant, the scientist Dr. Isabel Reed, accidentally invent a powerful ray. An alien travels to Earth to destroy the machine since it would be a threat to the universe. He initially possesses the mind of Thomas, a sex maniac and serial killer, to get close to Mayer during the demonstration of the machine to scientists and the military. Mayer's niece, Laura, meets an acquaintance of her uncle, the chemist Dr. Paul Rosten, and Mayer invites him to join the research. When Thomas gets close to Mayer, the alien also possesses his mind in order to destroy the device and his notes. Meanwhile, Thomas is not able to control his murderous impulses and attacks several women with a straight razor.

Horror Vault's take

Set at the close of the 19th century, a professor and his assistant unwittingly create a device so powerful it draws the attention of an extraterrestrial force determined to see it destroyed. The alien's chosen method of sabotage is possession — inhabiting a deeply dangerous human host already prone to lethal violence. As the professor's circle expands with new colleagues and a visiting niece, the threat tightens from two directions at once: cosmic and all-too-human. Boris Karloff lends his legendary presence to this late-career Mexican co-production blending period sci-fi with genuine menace.

Content: Violence Against Women, Razor Weapon Attacks, Mind-Control And Possession Themes