Night of the Blood Beast

The thing about this movie is that it's a lot like The Thing. Or rather, it's a lot like The Thing from Another World's thing, which wasn't a shapeshifting bastard, but a singular weird looking fuck that wanders around bothering a camp of scientists.

The movie begins with a guy crash-landing onto earth after being in orbit. He dies in the crash, but his body doesn't quite show it. The scientists wonder about this while the place experiences electrical/signal problems. They are cut off from the rest of the world as they try to meander about the existence of the weird-ass creature, as well as the revival of the so-called dead astronaut.

One thing that's dumb as fuck about this movie is how judgmental these scientists are. They're supposed to be men of "science", but as soon as they see this creature, they start blasting. Even when they guy is screaming about how the monster isn't hostile and isn't trying to hurt them, begging them to stop, they continue to unload on this thing until it runs away. What the fuck is wrong with these people? If it was considered okay to shoot someone because they were ugly, we would have no Danny Trejo or Clint Howard.

So the main scientist winds up dead with half of his head missing... but this is not shown, nor is any blood shown at all in this movie, because it's more about what's IN the blood that makes this a blood beast... but he is assimilated into the monster, who then learns how to speak and communicate.

With the help of the revived astronaut who has this alien shit in his blood, he tries to communicate with the people to make them understand that he comes in "peace". Together, they come out of their cave (cave's were popular back in the 50s) and the blood beast explains that it would only like to talk with the scientists and come to an understanding. However, the scientists are already planning on blasting it any chance they get.

It's only after they shoot this thing and burn it alive that they wonder if it was the right thing to do. Goddamn scientists ended this movie before it could even begin really, with its mere 62 minute runtime and minimal death and probably complete lack of blood... but it leaves it open for a sequel that we'll never get, because this movie bombed big time. Either way, it was still rather entertaining for what it was.


Fun fact: Georgianna Carter plays one of the assistants, and I thought she had a rather unique look about her, so I looked her up. She hasn't been in much, but trivia shows that she was Jack Nicholson's first love interest.