Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

joecable-70479 Look, the whole point of this flawed-but-interesting film is that the invading aliens (Gokemidoro) are a metaphor for the United States. See, the Japanese were a warlike people whose behavior caused a more powerful race of beings to invade them. AND to suck the life out of their militaristic culture. That's why "space vampires." One of the few alien invasion flicks where the bad guys are ACTUALLY the good guys. "Lord of the Flies" meets "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Worth a look if you can check it out from the library for free.

classicsoncall Very cool title, but Lordy Mama - this is just too dumb for words. I know the Japanese monster flicks like the Godzilla clones were made for a pre-teen audience but this isn't even in that bailiwick; youngsters should be kept away from this one at all costs. It's been a long while since I've made a change to my 'Top Ten Worst Movies List', but I was able to make the call after watching this cheese-fest without any hesitation at all. It zoomed right up to the Number Three spot right behind "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" and "The Incredible Petrified World". It could very well go higher.Adding to the film's off the wall story line is probably the dumbest dialog I've yet to encounter in a picture. This could possibly be due to the English translation offered in the version I watched; my summary line is from pilot Sugisaka (Teruo Yoshida) to Miss Asakura (Tomomi Sato) after he crash lands their hijacked, UFO-blinded airplane. Not to be outdone of course, by creepy politician Mano (Eizo Kitamura) when he chides the hysterical American Mrs. Neal (Kathy Horan) with "What is the foreign broad so worked up about?" Speaking of Mrs. Neal, just how bad a shot do you have to be to miss hitting a human/vampire target at point blank range with a rifle. She practically had it in the guy's chest and still missed at least four times! Fortunately that pail of gasoline just happened to be handy to bid hijacker Teraoka (Hideo Ko) a fond and fiery farewell.With an apparent nod to the 1951 movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still", the Gokemidoro blob creature didn't have the patience of Klaatu and Gort from that picture in which the aliens warned us poor Earthlings to get our minds right about war and nuclear proliferation before they took charge. In this one, the Gokes are leaving out the middleman and destroying Earth just for the heck of it. Which is a pretty harsh way of dealing with things, thus prompting Sugisaka's understatement of the decade when he muttered - "Why did this have to happen"?Addendum**** 10-28-2016 - I actually did move this picture up a notch to the Number #2 position on my 'Worst' list, but it would have gone to Number #1 if I hadn't seen "The Aztec Mummy Against the Humanoid Robot" just a week later. Imagine those two on a twin bill.

GL84 Forced to crash-land on a deserted island, a flight-crew finds their chances for survival hindered by their constant squabbles for control as well as the ravenous blob-like alien species on the island with them and must find a way of stopping them and get off alive.This here was quite the enjoyable if overall flawed horror effort. This generates quite a lot of great points here with the strong opening that really sets this one off on a wild note by initiating plenty of seemingly disparate moments into a seeming whole. Instigating a plot-thread about a damaged plane, the strange gas- cloud following them and the potential UFO sighting all within the first part of the film sets this one off on a seemingly wild bent even before bringing along the hijacker that causes them to crash the plane, and when that gets them not only stranded on the island but also forced to confront the potential of something else stuck there with them it's a rather strong and impressive set of circumstances that bring this along. Followed by the crash and the first instances of the realization of the island being inhabited by something with the discovery of the alien ship there that infects the one passenger, it creates quite an appealing and generally wild atmosphere that carries on to the other scenes throughout here of the passengers being abducted and taken to the spaceship on the island where they also get infected with the virus-like being that turns them into the deadly creatures. That gets carried on nicely here with the aliens coming after them repeatedly in the final moments of this one and generating quite a few tense scenes including where he attacks them on the plane, a chase through the mountains on the side of the crash-site and the thrilling final battle around the plane where they finally manage to overcome the creature, these here work nicely and give this one a lot to really like overall. There's still a lot of flaws here, mostly taking place with the fact that there's just not a lot of action here with this one focusing more on the utterly ridiculous notion of focusing on the crew squabbling and being completely oblivious to anything about what's happening around them as they try to wrestle with each other over their petty issues. It's the kind of notion that's really hard to believe would realistically happen in a scenario as this with a vast majority of the film taken up with everyone arguing over each other and not really generating any kind of effort to bring themselves into a nominal plot line and really makes the film hard to root for what's going on by focusing on this irritating, unbelievable and unnatural scenario. Likewise, the purpose of their visitation and why they're here is never made clear as the point of infected hosts when their mission is to destroy them eventually makes little sense and isn't really explored until quite late in the film. The low-key special effects might turn some off, but on the whole there's not a whole lot else really wrong here.Rated PG: Violence and Language.

Anthony Pittore III (Shattered_Wake) Opening on an airplane flying over Japan, businessmen & politicians speak of the state of the world and the rarity of assassinating political leaders (here, the well liked British ambassador). Soon after, a warning comes over the pilot's radio warning them of a bomb threat against the flight. As the pilot checks the luggage, the passengers begin to question their civil liberties and the pilot's right to invade their personal belongings for wider safety. The man supposedly responsible for the terrorist threat is revealed and, out of desperation, hijacks the plane and resets the course for Okinawa. Without warning, an unidentified flying object appears from the clouds and collides with the plane, knocking out an engine and forcing it to crash-land on a barren island. On this island, there is an even more dangerous threat: Blob-like creatures invade the minds (through a head-vagina) of the survivors, turning them into blood-thirsty murderers.It's a shame this terrifying sci-fi/horror flick goes so unnoticed, forgotten by time. It is a truly strange and unsettling film that seamlessly blends the Japanese sci-fi films of the 50s/60s with a level of paranoia horror that often goes unseen.Visually, the film is great. Utilizing great locations and beautiful cinematography & art design, it's truly a great sight for the eyes. Most of the creature effects are understandably cheesy, but that's to be expected. The mood & suspense are perfectly set and maintained throughout the entire film and it helps to accentuate some of the more chilling moments. The anti-war commentary is wonderfully executed and is still extremely relevant in today's society. The actors excellently display the desperation and fear that the situation provided and it's just another element that helps to make this one of the better Sci-Fi films to come out of Japan in the 1960s.Fans of Mario Bava's 'Planet of the Vampires' or, even, the old 'Lost in Space' series should most definitely give this film a look.Final verdict: 8/10.