Zontar: The Thing from Venus

Science Fiction.

At a dinner party with their wives, NASA scientist Dr. Keith Ritchie (Tony Huston) reveals to his colleague Dr. Curt Taylor (John Agar) that he has secretly been in communication with a three-eyed, bat-winged alien from Venus named Zontar who he claims is coming to Earth to solve all of the world's problems.

However, as soon as Zontar arrives on Earth via a fallen laser satellite it quickly becomes obvious that the skeletal black creature has a hidden agenda as it begins causing local power outages that stop telephones, automobiles and even running water from working and it starts taking control of people's minds using flying lobster-like "injecto-pods" that sprout from its wings.

Only after his wife is killed does Ritchie finally realize that Zontar has come not as a savior but as a conqueror, and he goes to confront the hideous alien in the sulfur spring-heated cave that it has made its secret base. (Wikipedia)

Movie Info

Directed by: Larry Buchanan
Written by: Lou Rusoff, Larry Buchanan, Hillman Taylor
Starring: John Agar, Susan Bjurman

Release date: 1966
Running time: 80 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

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