The Earth Dies Screaming
In Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Released
- 1964
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1964
Storyline
In Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth.
Top credits
Willard Parker — Jeff Nolan
Virginia Field — Peggy Hatton
Dennis Price — Quinn Taggart
Thorley Walters — Edgar Otis
Did you know
• Willard Parker (Jeff Nolan) and Virginia Field (Peggy Hatton) were married in real life from 1951 until her death in 1992.
• Screenwriter Harry Spalding once said that someone said the title "as a joke" and "somehow it kind of stuck" and he always hated the title.
• It was one of several 1960s British horror films to be scored by the avant-garde Elisabeth Lutyens, whose father, Edwin Lutyens, designed Manor House Lodge in Shere, a small property which features prominently at several points in the film.
User reviews
Invasion! - but Let's Not Have a Screaming Fit
Too intense to even scream!
Misleading title, but intriguing film
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
