Sadly Over-hyped

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I like B-grade sci-fi, but this one is even below my standards. I can't think of anything good to say about it but this - if you can find the MST3K production you'll have a great time. The movie is terrible, but the terribleness can't be fully appreciated until you see Joel and the Robots give their inimitable critique. They nail some rip-snorters out of this one. Sadly, all I have is a VHS version recorded from TV that I ripped onto a DVD (yuck) and I've never found it on any of their compilations. It's disappointing because along with "It Conquered the World" it's my MST3K guilty-pleasure favorite.As far as the stand-alone movie, forget about it - unless you like really bad directing, acting and unlikable characters.

This is a remake of "Invasion Of The Saucer Men" (1957) While the original attempted to be serious, this version goes for a more comical attempt. It fails at this, instead of funny it can get boring at times by actors that over act being stupid and the writing gives them nothing in the way of comical. The special effect are very low budget and it appears to have been just kicked out without getting the "shots" that are done right. I think the director yelled "Print" way to fast on this one.If you choose between the two movies go with the 1957 original, it has all the camp and magic that you get from old 50s Si Fi.This version can be difficult to watch if you have seen the original first. If not, then it can be enjoyable if you don't expect too much.

If you ever have to see this movie, see it with Joel and the bots. Otherwise it will suck the will to live from your body like a black hole made of sheer incompetence. The whole thing is supposed to take place at night, despite the fact that most of it appears to have been filmed on a bright, sunny day. In fact, night and day interchange randomly through the entire movie as though the director wasn't sure of the difference between them. (Example: couple driving in darkness stops their car, the camera switches, and suddenly they're stepping out of their car in broad daylight.) The characters are all either vague, ridiculous or aliens. Whatever they tell you on the summary, there is definitely no plot. The action is morbidly slow and confusing, much like the aliens themselves. The actual title of the movie according to the opening credits is "Attack of the the Eye Creatures." Many of the aliens appear to be wearing sneakers and black backstage garb, but if you can see through the terrible cinematography to notice that, then you've probably seen "Eye Creatures" enough that you don't need to read this piece anyway.

Unlike what a previous reviewer said about this film being a ripoff of Roger Corman's films, it is not. AIP, who owned all the films Corman did during the 50s, decided they were going to remake these films as cheaply as possible ($30,000) and sell the to television. So, AIP hired Texas filmmaker Larry Buchanan and had him film Zontar the Thing from Venus,Curse of the Swamp Creature, In the Year 2889 ,Creature of Destruction ,and The Eye Creatures. These were all remakes of 50's AIP films. Yes, these films are all hastily made messes, and yes they are bad, but in an entertaining way. I for one miss by-the-seat-of-your-pants film-making, as well as miss the master, Larry Buchanan.