The Eye Creatures (1965)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1965
Running Times: 80 mins
Length:
Format: 16mm/35mm (blow-up)
Colour Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Director: Larry Buchanan

CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Azalea Pictures
Producer: Larry Buchanan
Associate Producer: Edwin Tobolowsky
Production Manager: Jim Sullivan

SCRIPT
Script: Robert J. Gurney Jr, Al Martin (both uncredited)
Short Story: The Cosmic Frame by Paul W. Fairman (uncredited)

DIRECTION
2nd Unit Director: Hillman Taylor

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ralph K. Johnson
Camera Operator: Ted Liles II
Key Grip: Melvin Clark

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: S.F. Brownrigg

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Bruce Shearin
Dialogue Director: Annabelle Weenick

OTHER CREW
Assistant To Director: Joreta Cherry

LOCATIONS
Locations: Dallas, Texas, USA

CAST

John Ashley (Stan Kenyon)
Cynthia Hull (Susan Rogers)
Warren Hammack (Lieutenant Robertson)
Chet Davis (Mike Lawrence)
Bill Peck (Carl Fenton)
Ethan Allen
Charles McLine
Nathan Wyle
Bob Cowan
Tony Houston (Culver)
Jonathan Ledford
Shirley McLine
Bob Brown
Donna Lindberg
Larry Tanner
Gordon Bulow
Jody Daniel
Travis Wayne
George Edgely
Bill Thurman (Air Force Sergeant)
Hillman Taylor
Edwin Cherry
Jody Daniels

PLOT SUMMARY

A ship full of eye creatures land on earth and the US Air Force tries to cover up the landing. But one of the creatures is run over by a pair of eloping teens who try to get the word out that the creatures are possessing people and will explode when exposed to bright lights...

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Academy Pictures Corp.
Television Distributors: AIP-TV
DVD Distributors: BijouFlix Releasing; Retromedia Entertainment Inc; Image Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Attack of the the Eye Creatures - re-release title

LINKS

REMAKE OF
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Invaders from Mars (1953)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1997)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Attack of the Eye Creatures (1992)

REFERENCES

PERIODICALS

Classic Images no.100 [October 1993] pp.26-27 (UK)
review

KEYWORDS

aliens, disembodied hands, flying saucers, military, remakes, teenagers, ufos

Last Updated: 27 September, 2009