The Strange World of Planet X

Year: 1958

IMDb Rating: 4.8/10

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama

Directors: Gilbert Gunn

Cast: Forrest Tucker, Martin Benson, Gaby André

At a small, rural British lab, monomaniac Dr. Laird and his staff create ultra-intense magnetic fields. Inexplicably, the apparatus seems to be affecting distant objects, and to be drawing "extra power" from...somewhere. One night, after a "freak" storm, strange and deadly things start happening in Bryerly Woods, and a strange man from "a long way off" appears in the district...concerned about Laird's pulling down disaster from the skies.

The Strange World of Planet X (U.S. title: Cosmic Monsters) is an independently made 1958 British second feature ('B') science fiction horror film directed by Gilbert Gunn and starring Forrest Tucker and Gaby André. It was adapted by Paul Ryder and Joe Ambor from the 1957 Rene Ray The Strange World of Planet X, produced by George Maynard and John Bash. A made-for-TV serial called The Strange World of Planet X, adapted by Rene Ray in 1956, had aired previously in the UK and was the basis for the feature film. A monomaniacal scientist creates ultra-sensitive, disruptive magnetic fields, which have unexpected side effects, while also attracting unidentified flying objects from outer space. Strange things begin to happen, including a freak storm, blasts of cosmic radiation that penetrates the Earth's normally protective magnetic shield, and insects and spiders mutating into giant flesh-eating monsters.

Title: The Strange World of Planet X Summary: A friendly visitor from outer space warns against conducting experiments with the Earth's magnetic field, that could mutate insects into giant monsters. Directed by: Gilbert Gunn Actors: Forrest Tucker, Gaby André, Martin Benson Production Company: George Maynard Productions Release Date: 31 December 1958 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1 At a small, rural British lab, monomaniac Dr. Laird and his staff create ultra-intense magnetic fields. Inexplicably, the apparatus seems to be affecting distant objects, and to be drawing "extra power" from...somewhere. One night, after a "freak" storm, strange and deadly things start happening in Bryerly Woods, and a strange man from "a long way off" appears in the district...concerned about Laird's pulling down disaster from the skies.