The Phantom Planet (Sci-Fi, 1961) Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray | Movie

[@jimwells4240]

Oh, my.....I saw this at the Casa Linda Theater in Dallas when it came out. The theater always had lower ticket prices for the Saturday matinee for us kids. The Solarites....what fabulous late-fifties/early sixties space monsters......and the unabashed lift from "The Creature From The Black Lagoon" at 1:08:10....fabulous!!

[@sharefail]

Thank you for posting the black and white version of these movies. I much prefer them. They are sharper and to be honest I don't think colorization technology is there yet generally.

[@conniewojahn6445]

Colorization detracts from authenticity.

[@JustJeph33]

​@@conniewojahn6445 right, connie. When they colourised Night of the Living Dead, it took the whole scare factor out..and that movie scared the crap out of an 8-yr old boy! 😎

[@JustJeph33]

B/w brings out the natural beauty of the women as well

[@therant3837]

@@JustJeph33 Dude I have to agree.

[@Koviklay]

What films like this lack in elaborate effects they make up for in heart. ❤

[@conniewojahn6445]

Cheesy, but just fine for viewing, better than a lot of today's films with their special effects and flashy colors. Never seen this before. Never heard of it. It was really enjoyable. I like the black and white.

[@sharkbaitj]

It aint E-Z being Cheezy! I enjoy B+W as well, this was entertaining I give it and a🥤...🦈

[@mrdan2898]

Agree

[@briang.7206]

Like theseclo budget B movies they are much better than the new films we have today.

[@suppylarue220]

corny, but true.

[@johnhenderson131]

Which doesn’t say much for today’s films! Although the special effects are really something, the story is slow. I don’t recall us being so advanced in space travel back in 1980 but I was more interested in girls then so perhaps I was paying enough attention to! Too busy watching “Space 1999” only to be disappointed when 1999 came and went without much progress. Take care.

[@Harleylovinchelley1]

This was a great version of old school, early sci-fi movies. I kind of enjoyed seeing this with the "old fashioned" ways they had to invent back then. They didn't have CGI back then, had to use the old grey matter. They sure had a nice assembly of gorgeous dames on that space rock. Did you notice all the members of the jury were women? I think they voted guilty because they wanted him to stay, LOL I went to imdb to look up more of the characters and I was amazed to see that Delores Faith who played Zetha was not listed on the first page. I had to move down and click on all cast members. She was featured in a video on that site. The trailer was really good! Only near the end did I realize that Liara and Zetha were wearing scoop back outfits. They were really low on the back. I'm not sure if they had strapless bras back then that could have sit as low as the waistline but they sure had perky boobies. As the movie was ending it occurred to me that "planet" looked like a chicken McNugget. I bet you can't UNSEE that.

[@coffee-xg6my]

Coleen Gray and Dolores Faith were two extremely beautiful ladies!

[@davidschecter5247]

Coleen was a dear friend and was a very special lady. She was very generous with her time and helped many causes by raising money for them. One of her favorite roles was in THE LEECH WOMAN, because she got to play a bad gal and also had the lead.

[@henrybrowne7248]

@@davidschecter5247 What a coincidence. I'm viewing The Leech Woman right now. I'm also becoming a big fan of Coleen. She was terrific in Nightmare Alley, a masterpiece completely snubbed by the 1948 Oscars.

[@fepeerreview3150]

What a treat and a surprise. I must have seen this when I was a kid. I always remembered a that duel scene but could never figure out where I'd seen it.

[@wow561]

Their pressure suits are exactly like the ones from the 1959 film “12 to the Moon”. I’m 68 and I think this movie is on a par with our spaceships made of lawn chairs, Christmas lights and cardboard boxes!

[@deniseandrews113]

Twelve To The Moon was so bad, it was good 😄

[@RonHelton]

😂😂🤣🤣

[@conniewojahn6445]

Wow, you must have had fun! Still have those Christmas lights? Would be worth a small fortune now as relics.

[@Nesty9]

And I was thinking the suits looked familiar

[@lindalcoomes]

That's the best part of the older movies, they had to become creative before they knew what they were up against, lol.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

I like this movie for its low budget yet ambitious vision and its honesty. Even in it's title, "Phantom Planet" is exactly what the movie is about without being lurid "Planet of the Space Beauties" or outright deceptive ,"Planet of the Space Zombies" I also cant help but think that Kubrick took some inspiration from that scene where one astronaut floats off into the distance while frantically reaching behind himself for his broken air hose.

[@ComradeGeneralSupreme]

I challenge you to a duel

[@JackF99]

Well-done documentary. Telling stories that need to be told.

[@reallifechangingtruth7679]

I'm 70, and I mostly love these older movies. The younger crowd (I suppose) doesn't understand the preferences of a 20th Century person. Fair enough! Today's special effects are nearly fatal for an extinct dinosaur, like myself. I don't mind if the pace of a movie is a bit slower, either! I don't require that fast-and-loose, flashy-and-multitasking, graphic gore-and-slime cinema experience. I'm not even sure I can warm up to women commanding space missions (Sorry about that! Just a dinosaur!)?!? MBJR. 2-26-24.

[@rahkinrah1963]

My choice too. Third time for this one. Fourth?

[@hobbyhermit66]

I'm 58, and I agree. Most of my collection of movies is old black and white sci-fi.

[@cruisepaige]

That is happening in real life and has been for a long time, Billybob

[@jeromewagschal9485]

Great movie 👍👍 I just love these little sci-fi gems... But what always cracks me up is the voices of the narrators back then 😄😄

[@shelliereaves5555]

Why am I tempted to gouge out my eyes so I won't have to watch this???

[@jeromewagschal9485]

@@shelliereaves5555 Why ? I don't know...But please don't gouge your eyes out... It's not that serious, really...

[@oriraykai3610]

They sound like one of my high school friends, trying to sound like an adult.

[@jeromewagschal9485]

@@oriraykai3610 😄😄

[@henrybrowne7248]

@@shelliereaves5555 Yeah, why ARE you tempted to do that?

[@paulmaggiar8274]

Low budget sci fi. I don't know why I am enjoying this so much.

[@hedwigstaskiene1677]

It reminded me of how, as children, we built spaceships out of a chair, a blanket and a few other accessories. We, the children of the cold war. This movie is actually about that. About the stifling political atmosphere of those years, about the belief that there is real life somewhere else. A kind of escapism. Childishly naive.

[@h.paulsprojects3061]

Right!! Our imaginations took us to the farthest reaches of the universe...

[@Sherwoody]

A planet full of attractive women. No wonder young men in the 60’s wanted to go into space.

[@frederick6008]

Your chair was as real as the moon launches.

[@markjohnson9485]

I thought I was the only kid that did that very cool.

[@davidcouch6514]

We utilized Bunk Beds for our craft. We wore roller skates leaden and magnetized so WE didn’t float away.

[@gilbertocotrimdeazevedocot1005]

Marvellous message. They had a right idea of the universe continuum like marvel/DC to the movies in that time years ago.

When Sesson gave Chapman the choice of the two women, I would have been tempted to ask if I could have them both.

[@CopiousJohn]

I don't think it was a Mormon planet.

[@RichardSilva-se6dw]

I'm with you. Multiple choice.

[@scottrichards3587]

Watched this in 67 9r 68 on WBNS Chiller theatre, local show late night fridays, Columbus OH

[@martinbrode7131]

The american way of life.... 😂

[@martyconroy3786]

Used to watch Chiller Theater when I lived there, went to Ohio State in the 70s...it was 👍

[@CopiousJohn]

Hosted by Fritz the Night Owl, right? Another good one was "Schoenling All Night Theater", out of Cincinnati, hosted by Bob Shreve. I still remember what he said about "Them!"; "Not just another Japanese Rubber Monster Movie."

[@JAMESMAC442]

@@CopiousJohn I remember Fritz the night owl. It is hilarious to be reminded of him and his excellent catalog of old movies in 2024. I’m with you guys. I love this old corny black-and-white stuff and cannot follow this modern garbage with insane CGI that changes scenes every two or three seconds. I also find those women gorgeous without abs, biceps, or a single tattoo or nose ring. Thanks for the reminder.

[@billg7813]

Dolores Faith (Zetha) is a babe. I’d like to see more of her work. Too bad she had a short career and possibly life.

[@rascal211]

He should have stayed with Zetha. He won't find another Zetha on Earth.

[@rascal211]

She died by suicide in 1990, age 48.

[@diverbob33]

@@rascal211 Horrible end for such a beautiful woman but thanks for sharing, RIP Dolores!

[@glennhoddle10]

Most sources state Dolores Faith died February 15, 1990, in Miami, Florida. However, author Tom Lisanti, in his book "Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles," reports that she was living in Florida as of 2006.

[@robertbrandywine]

I preferred Liara.

[@FedoraMark]

One of my favorite MST3K features!

[@mikesilva3868]

Great riffing in the mst3k version 😊

[@jshilohshea381]

Yeah Tom, and Crow really roasted this film ! 0

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@jshilohshea381😂agreed

[@MelloGee33]

They try to be "funny" on that show, but they've wrecked my viewing experiences while trying to watch some classic sci-fi movies over the years because they feel the need to add their own comedic dialogue over the actor's voices.

[@JohnLineal]

small Mongo😊😊

[@MrKarrantza]

EXCELENTE PELICULA, LA DIRECCION, EL GUION Y LA ACTUACION DE UNA ELEVADA CALIDAD

[@cherylb2008]

Great classic

[@timmotel5804]

Creedence Clearwater: 🎶🎶Barefoot Girls Dancing On The Asteroid 🎶🎶

[@permiek]

You know, Captain, every year of my life I grow more and more convinced that the wisest and best is to fix our attention on the good and the beautiful. If you just take the time to look at it.

[@bluebird3704]

Très bonne qualité pour un film de 1961 ! ❤

[@Liberty4Ever]

I grew up on 50's and early 60's science fiction but I don't think I'd seen this one. This was very nostalgic. Thank you for the black and white version that's true to the original. The colorized copies look fuzzy and fake.

[@tomsummers403]

Good bet that Gene Roddenberry watched this movie. The monster may have even showed up in an episode (the salt monster?).

[@henrybrowne7248]

That salt monster was far uglier imo. Btw, that was one of my favorite episodes, a really interesting idea.

[@CopiousJohn]

IF Roddenberry saw this, and IF it inspired him, then it would be the episode with the miners, and the supposed monster that was just protecting its eggs. Spock did the mind meld, THEN they understood, and worked WITH the rock creatures to mine the planet.

[@slotcarfan]

Love the combat boots for spacewalk in vacuum and the wrench drop in zero g.

[@jonnieinbangkok]

Think I saw "Stanley" written on it.

[@carlkalman1148]

Standard USAF/USN/NASA/CIA issue pressure suits of the era (and yes the wore combat boots flying aircraft too then and now.. the suits were used by jet pilots for normal flying, but especially by those doing high altitude flights (U-2 and later SR-71) -now replaced by inflatable bladders that are put over normal service flight suits. Helmets in space-walk also standard issue for high altitude flights.

[@daffidavit]

And the rocket exhaust didn't flare out in zero vacuum.

[@CarlStJohn-x9w]

What a great film . Simply acted but the story held up very well ❤ 😮

[@markellos.plakitsis]

20:09 A giant Kentucky Fried Chicken piece is approaching... which means only one thing and it's terrifying.. A giant KFC bucket must be dangerously close.

[@gorymarty56]

Lol😂😂

[@djavidianmx1832]

Classic! Loved this on Svengoolie

[@MrJacMac1968]

Was on MST3k too

[@joeshmoe9978]

Thanks for posting the movie. It was fun. 🎬📽️🎉

[@doncorleone13]

Great classic from the 60s have a good day 🌹☠️

[@johnfranklin5277]

I was born in 1959. I'd get boxes from safeway build a robot out of them, and put vegetable cans in them and pretend they were Electron Tubes....lol

[@charlesfiske8976]

I did the same I'm 5 yrs older And we managed to come home safely. And in time for dinner 😊

[@DarrenSteele-mx3ks]

Found this by accident wow, so that's what 1980 will be like LOL Well the ladies were hot! It's a weird ending I wish he took her with him she was so gorgeous!

[@kimwilliams722]

I liked that movie

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Increasable movie, it's fantastic 😮

[@michaelmolz8037]

Very kool oldie sci-fi! Never knew of it till now..

[@gabbyhyman1246]

When there are four names under screenplay you know it's gonna be a treat! It went beyond my expectations. 😂😂

[@captainsensiblejr.]

The 25 LAWS OF 1950s SCIENCE FICTION B-MOVIES. 1) Any ridiculous premise can be explained away by a glib " Who knows what is possible out here in space? ", 2) The space ship, as launched may not be the one transporting the astronauts, minutes later. 3) You cannot have space travel without a tense two minutes being threatened by styrofoam meteors. 4) Space fires happen 5) You really know they spent up big on the special effects budget if the meteors are on fire. 6) The higher the pitch, the more powerful the machine 7) Detectors alerting you that the monster is not in its cell are for wimps. 8) The slower the monster, the more stealthy and deadly it is. 9) Giant, deadly aliens are practically invisible until 3 feet away 10) Before an Extravehicular Activity, one character must always say "There's only one way to find out." 11) At some point, someone must speak of, or allude to God for no reason at all. 12) Mass, gravity and vacuum are things that happen to other people. 13) Ultimately, suspicious space chicks really dig hunky astronauts. 14) Thank God for English, the literally universal language, and for the glib excuses one can make using it. 15) During first contact, an alien must say "Silence, we ask the questions !" 16) All alien authority figures are set to, and stuck on, "Stentorian". 17) There are only two types of monsters: men in dopey costumes, or dopey giant puppet spiders. 18) Despite evidence to the contrary, the Earth astronaut is the smartest man in the room. 19) Astronaut shirts are optional. 20) Duels are the only acceptable. form of justice. 21) Blonde space babe,good - brunette space babe, bad. 22) The oldest, weakest alien has the most babe-a-licious daughter. 23) Radio communication, even to the farthest reaches of the Solar System is instantaneous 24) Tracking systems on, or near Earth , can find the spaceships and astronauts, right up until it is an inconvenient obstacle to a dramatic plot 25) Impenetrable force fields come, impenetrable force shields go.

[@riverraisin1]

26) All space helmets, when portrayed in giant form, are made of lightly painted plywood.

[@silversurfer3202]

😝😂🤣!!!!!

[@Riteaidbob]

27) No matter how long they are in space, astronauts hair will never grow long.

[@iworkout6912]

Such a long list, and I agree. I kind of always considered the meteorites as being popcorn, but your probably right.

[@OperaWindow]

The 26th Law of Sci-Fi in 1950s is that the fictional planets on them are all a part of both the United Federation of Planets and the Planetary Union.

[@Ryansghost]

This is what happens when you don't check that your Space Meter is working properly before you set off

[@CopiousJohn]

Or tether to your ship before beginning an EVA. Do you think maybe HAL saw this movie and that's when he decided how to kill Bowman and Poole?

[@lalyrivera1245]

Me encantó , sin tanta tecnología se lograba mucho

[@timmotel5804]

Good Day. Very Cool. 1961. Great. I've seen this monster before. "Kooka-rachaa"

[@marybrown4469]

Seeing that mushroom cloud is the scariest thing I have ever seen!

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

Wait, they leave those deadly gravity plates on all the time, even when there is no duel going on? That seems like an accident waiting to happen.

[@humberto-ft5vv]

Para ser de 1960, me pareció entretenida, su argumento interesante y bellisima Dolores Faith

[@RobertNelson-b9g]

This is a true story. I was Captain Leonard on the Pegasus III. I died as shown here -- it was mercifully quick... I reincarnated yesterday, and saw this movie because Daddy was watching KZbin while chest-feeding me. Now I remember everything ! Thank you, KZbin !

[@tomcat3360]

The hairdressers on Rayton have been busy.

[@ZENmud]

The Lilliputt Base "Chapman; Captain ~ US Space Force."

[@boringpolitician]

2:05 - Yes, this is exactly what it was like back in 1980. We had no colour TV yet, and this was state of the art technology!

[@BobCrabtree-ev4rz]

For another sci-fi prediction of that far flung exotic year 1980,I'd like to suggest the movie Queen Of Outer Space 1958.And..it's in colour.

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

Started to watch this and soon realized that I've seen the colourized version here on KZbin.

[@iworkout6912]

Actually I will watch either version. Color is nice and I remember when they first started colorizing some films. But B&W sort of gives me the feeling more of when the film was made. I don't know how complex it is now with AI and is it worth it.

[@edmiy8395]

Obrigado pela postagem, ótimo filme e não lembro de ter assistido.

[@erickgregoryful]

Black and White is sooo much better!! Not a fan of colorization. Thank you for the upload. I know you have both, I prefer this one. Thanks again!!

[@JeffM---]

I really enjoyed that. Loved the ending.

[@henrybrowne7248]

A love story and hope for a brighter future.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

You know, if you cut off the first 22 minutes and start the movie when he lands on the asteroid, you basically have a 1 hour long Outer Limits or Twilight Zone episode. I means it's good but, it's 1960s television kind of good.

[@williamriley-le9zo]

That was typical of the 50's B movies. Hokey but enjoyable enough to watch.

[@bobjohnson205]

@26:50 You gotta love those jurors! 😉

[@brihath0805]

Interesting to see Dean Fredericks in this movie. He played the title role as Steve Canyon in the TV series of the same name in the late 1950's.

[@gorymarty56]

Like the pressure suits.

[@ericastier1646]

The solarites anatomy is very well thought out as what extra terrestrial life could look like.

[@Bokkie36]

C'est génialement kitsch, une pure merveille. Si vous pouviez mettre Planete interdite ou l'étrange créature du lac noir. Merci beaucoup, je m'abonne. Cordialement Greetings from France of a 52 years old guy. 🎉

[@jmark7390]

The special effects are very scary....I cried when he got sucked in to the planet

[@mikesilva3868]

Thank you very much thank you very very much 🎉

[@maxi0395]

grazie mille maestro

[@damin9913]

This looks good❤

[@mikesilva3868]

😊

[@brunodesamber5714]

A. Very. Good. Alien 👽 movie. 📽 👌👍

[@brucealexander9024]

37:20 "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be such a bad actor". OK, really, these shows were "B" movies made on a $50 budget with low-rent actors and re-used sets. You can't take them too seriously or you miss the point. It was early 1960s escapism at it's mediocre best and you just gotta let the not-so-great parts slide on by...or watch another show. BTW, the "space suits" were actual Air Force pressure suits for jet pilots of that period; that's why you see them in multiple movies...they were cheap and available.

[@lindaa9778]

Wonderful 😃

[@cliffg7459]

There's no way I would have left that fast. I would have needed more time with Zetha, forget the nonsense.

[@CopiousJohn]

I thought of Tom Tryon and Paula Prentiss in "In Harm's Way"...."Chapman, leave me with a baby!"

[@ultrasoundguy1]

Hmmm, the Transicorder TR-100 at 41:44 is playing yet is in the record position. Of course, other than that, the plot is entirely plausible. :)

[@brianbetz7030]

Ignorant human! Don't you know that the TR-100 has the capability to record AND play at the same time when it is in the transdimensional phasing mode?

[@dfygoh3215]

The special effects are so stupid it actually makes a great movie

[@giusepealamia7298]

Grazie l ho già visto 2 volte 😅

[@pfaffman100]

Going to be awesome.

[@teamdeo6313]

enjoyed this!!!

[@JohnLineal]

something - like buckrogers😊

[@jamesstone7325]

Two beautiful girls are in love with you, one speaks, the other does not. Which one do you choose? Be honest.😁

[@michaelrodriguez253]

😅😮

[@DanielSantana-lo1kh]

Definitely the speaker. Can do everything the non speaker can plus verbalize her love for me. ( I like that)

[@KevinM2732]

Very enjoyable

[@marvinspates924]

Great movie I enjoyed it!!! The attacking formations sounds are a lot Star Wars sounds! Come to think of it, how can you hear sounds in space if there's no air?!?!?!?!?

[@CopiousJohn]

Well duhhhhhhhh. The same way you can hear and feel the rumble of a passing space ship.

[@victorforzani3433]

what got me is how he was not even concern about trying to find the missing man, and when the ship landed he didn't try to fix the ship instead he wanted to get off, bad writing and direction.

[@David-su2vv]

Space walk with no tether line….oops 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@silvercoins]

Greetings from Russia 2024...I remember very well The Voyages of Sinbad which was shown in the USSR

[@kessahstasya3142]

Star trek vibe)

[@slotcarfan]

Gamesters of Triskelion

[@riverraisin1]

Why is the Starship Enterprise and a piece of toilet paper similar? Because they both circle Uranus searching for Klingons.

[@evetsnitram8866]

I think the guy who developed the video game Asteroids watched this.

[@proto-geek248]

Production design by Robert Kinoshita, the legendary creator of Robbie the Robot, and Robot B9 from Lost in Space 🤖👍

[@AirCicilia]

It took me all these years to finally realize why robot B9 got the designation they gave it.

[@raystone3172]

first time I saw this movie the monster scared the crap outta me lol

[@bigsilverorb3492]

"It's against all theories of space!"

[@gorymarty56]

All the women are space comm officers

[@carlkalman1148]

Women were usually relegated to minor extras, or supporting roles in films of the era.

[@davidevans3492]

Love how’s it the 1980’s and their still using toggle switches

[@Ewwtuba]

Lol and analog needle displays and mechanical numerical counters.

[@slotcarfan]

Does anyone else see some "Gamesters of Triskelion" Star Trek theme in this movie?

[@David-gh6vp]

Yes. This flick inspired several future films. e.g. Having the Beginning at the end is reminiscent of "Millennium" [A Canadian movie from ~ 1990?] anti-matter and warping time-space?? This is a keeper!

[@kidkique]

02:17 the only thing this movie got right about the '80s was cassette tapes

[@danielmartens156]

The planet looked like a piece of extra crispy chicken! 😊

[@ramoncillerofernandez6706]

Gracias por ponerla en español

[@Al8101]

FX and sets not bad for low budget in 1961!

[@lrb3989]

The objects floating by looked like fried chicken livers

[@inspectormills3290]

If Francis X Bushman is acting in a movie, I watch it!

[@mattdevaux7202]

So, the jury is composed of pretty cheerleaders LoL

[@jgrab1]

That asteroid looks like a Popeye's chicken nugget.

[@loriengram2786]

Good movie !!👍🏽👍🏽

[@robertbruner7429]

At least these guys had the common sense needed to wear seat belts...something Star-Trek crews never seemed to figure out. They could exceed light speed, traverse time warps, but couldn't fasten a seat belt before crashing into something on an almost weekly basis.

[@CopiousJohn]

True, but you have to balance that against the "no tether on an EVA" rule.