Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Warner Bros.)
Highly entertaining sci-fi story of Leslie Nielsen and crew traveling to distant planet to investigate a previously lost expedition. They find Walter Pidgeon, his daughter Anne Francis and Robby the Robot as the only survivors. Nielsen and crew are distracted by naive Francis and her short skirts, but Pidgeon is the real danger. He leads them on a tour of a giant underground complex built by the planet's extinct race. Meanwhile their waiting flying saucer is terrorized by an invisible monster whose origin is connected to Pidgeon in a mysterious way. The special effects, electronic soundtrack and even Robby were like nothing ever seen on screen before, influencing everything from Star Trek, 2001 and especially Star Wars, but it is dragged down by dumb comedy relief and juvenile romancing of Francis.
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