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This is a story about Martian hybrids that came to colonize earth five million years ago. One of their ships went off course and ended up in the mud. The ship is found during a subway excavation and the fun begins.

When I was a youngster many movies gave me nightmares such as "It Came from Outer Space" (1953) where I kept seeing eyeballs. Now only one movie left to get over, you guessed it, this one. I can not look a grasshopper in the face. And as with most viewers I saw it on late night television as "Five Million Years to Earth"

This film is logical and spooky especially by 1960's standards. And you get all the stereotypes such as the military that is just determined that this object found buried is a bomb. It makes you want to slap him around. Then there is the professor that knows better and is ignored. I could go on. But you need to see this movie. The only thing that is stretching but fits in a sci-fi movie is the device that changes thoughts into pictures; see this setup again in "Brainstorm" (1983).

It Came From Outer Space ~ Richard Carlson

Excellent DVD - unfortunately I could only find it in region 2 format, so won't play on most DVD players. This is the cream of British sci-fi from the 60's/70's era. Good overall plot despite a few places where credibility gets stretched a little thin. Obviously filmed on a tight budget but loosing nothing for it, much in the style of the early Dr Who series. Special effects quite convincing for the context. Great nostalgia for anyone knowing London from that time.