It Came from Outer Space is a sci-fi that was originally created to feature 3D technologies, using the glasses, even though filmed in black and white it achieved a veiw master type effect and terrified audiences. Today it is difficult to find working 3D versions although I am told the bluray disks have this feature as one of two options. Regardless, the film is still enjoyable to watch and very visually appealing even without the full 3D effect.
Amateur astronomer John Putman watches a meteorite through his telescope one night. He wakes a neighbor (who has a helicopter) and the pair go with his girlfriend to the crash site. Excitedly, scurrying into the crater, John notices that it was not a meteorite but a spaceship, as he scrambles back to tell the others, the ground shakes and the ship is buried. Nobody really believes him that aliens have landed until the small town starts to see some of it’s people behaving very strangely. The sheriff then gets a posse together to hunt down the aliens, while John has discovered that these benign visitors are trying to repair their ship and leave.
It becomes a battle of wits and a race against time as human prejudice and fears drive the towns folk. While curiosity, compassion and hope drive John to help hide the aliens achieve there escape. – It would have been great to watch this 3D movie in the original cinemas! Or, it maybe someone should have made a 3D video game based on it.
