night blood beast night blood beast american science fiction horror film team scientists alien creature embryos astronaut body space flight produced exploitation filmmaker brother gene films directed written time screenwriter years old starred actors regularly worked including tyler took weeks write script original working title creature galaxy story partially influenced real life space race film thing world gave uncredited assistance dialogue budget shot seven days charlie studios television station hollywood blood beast alien costume previously film teenage cave man filmed weeks earlier art director built rocket ship props slept sound stage work sessions following dissatisfaction treatment pursued successful arbitration cases response original story writing credit claimed written entire story film featured episode comedy television series mystery science theater plot rocket ship carrying astronaut launches earth marking manned space launch shortly taking ship struck unknown object forcing mission land equipment handle fast descent atmosphere ship crash lands woods killing technicians nearby space agency tracking station locate crashed ship recover body appears giant tear destroyed spacecraft mud like substance covering wreckage joined lead scientist tyler technician physician observes body exhibits signs blood team brings corpse lab run tests find irregularities body lacks pulse maintains blood pressure living human looking blood microscope find unusual cells resistant destruction human white blood cells team tries assistance find radio longer working heads outside check power attacked large creature hiding station fires shots creature pistol escapes unscathed good look creature describes rest team similar size bear later team finds body gone initially believe creature broken stole corpse shocked instead find mysteriously regained consciousness checking blood trace mysterious cells investigating body find cells changed like entered abdominal cavity creature later breaks lab time initially suspicious involved death denies appears sort connection creature despite death believe creature evil simply misunderstood creature chance explain actions asks condemn monster simply different plot destroy creature improvised gas bombs flees station finds creature nearby cave consuming brain creature able speak scientist voice absorbed knowledge asks death needed creature insists necessary sacrifice arrive destroy creature step aside let throw bombs creature insists evil monster intelligent alien come earth save human race self destructive tendencies explains body embryos allow alien species human race creature claims way truly save humanity realizing creature forcing species human race concludes creature evil commits suicide embryos come fruition throw explosives kill creature dying warns species waiting space return day conquer humanity cast creature production writing night blood beast films produced movie filmmaker brother partnered making hot car girl beast haunted cave attack giant premature burial science fiction screenwriter wrote terror space originally approached job working project recommended close friend job son veteran actor years old time met roger discussed called sort weird idea picture offered couple dollars job minimum compensation rates known scale time know guidelines accepted offer signed contract rough idea low budget film said set specific guidelines gave impression knew pretty sort got idea wasn going use extras things took weeks write blood beast script written working title creature galaxy conceived brothers later changed night blood beast received film credit film story claimed wrote film entirely little story ideas didn movie night blood beast said gene didn open mouth roger told said wrote screenplay showed parts roger went researched medical technology library hollywood near vine street story portrays america manned voyage space heavily influenced real life space race ongoing united_states soviet_union time said major inspiration thing world directed science fiction film group soldiers scientists threatened alien creature remote arctic research outpost said film influenced indirectly classic film classic film today said influence thing loved scenes thing sure way overtly said received uncredited assistance friends fellow won academy award best original screenplay film defiant ones ran lines ideas men sought advice smith particular inspired lines speech monster end film creature discusses human characters consider embodiment evil simply different said dialogue smith ended getting cut final film primary themes film embodied attempts defend alien creature simply ugly different necessarily evil script followed common trait horror films 1950s somewhat monsters entirely sympathetic creature proves evil pursuing world domination casting cast film director years old time directed hot car girl night blood beast directorial credits science fiction film later went direct attack giant cast selected actors worked films worked western television series boots directed episodes major role impressed actor work ethic later starred film attack giant worked films including attack teenage doll gods shark reef asked nelson remembered film interview admitted said film treated material light filming film shot seven days budget roger present film production involved creatively financially gene involved running day day operations experienced supervised provided guidance gene present shooting operated charlie studios called studios time filming progressed director called collaborative process involved crew said happy filming process went changed dialogue story elements consultation permission said reached point called agent said working sons sick tired thing interior scenes shot sound stages inside exterior shots filmed set caves park los_angeles popular shooting location low budget films exterior scenes tracking station shot television station far said television station built los_angeles emergency broadcasts filmed world war send information propaganda overseas allies secured permission film simply calling city los_angeles asking permission said considered trying assumed city allow familiar station father appeared dramatic television released los_angeles transmitted station blood beast shoot los_angeles charged fee actor shoot station crew size shooting took place outside station inside station night scenes shot day film crew find shadows shoot block sun impression nighttime said shooting mobile units involved normally everybody chases sun chasing shadows alien costume featured night blood beast film teenage cave man save money tried incorporate existing sets costumes elements previous films new ones financial savings said brothers conscious spending cheap main word vocabulary monster costume scenes shot weeks costume modified slightly claimed somebody set said nose looks jewish cut slightly resemble wore costume scenes teenage cave man night blood beast filming difficult grew extremely hot inside costume exterior shots director photography film production manager went film director worked art director night blood beast manual construction work set brought trailer sound stage sleep work sessions props built rocket ship frame cut circles covered plastic sheet spray painted look metallic created blood cells characters looked microscope baby aliens resembled looked composed music film entire crew went work attack giant brothers arbitration dissatisfaction eventually led formal arbitration proceedings member wrote script encouraged actor discuss matter according claimed actors writers similar problems past taking action provided continued work films meeting member filed arbitration papers paying process editing film received arbitration notice angry started screaming throwing things cutting room claims film crew members approached promised hire work future films dropped matter refused later filed second arbitration learning receive writing credit original story claimed story produced large amounts dated notes claimed proved wrote won arbitration matters refused pay result allowed use writers guild america members films non union writers years finally agreed pay wanted use union writer films said sought money delay country paid money missed opportunity additionally despite winning arbitration writing credit matter given screen original story credit night blood beast contacted distributor told removing credit mean recalling prints changing cost thousands dollars agreed allow remain unchanged release distribution night blood beast distributed test screened audiences sneak previews audiences attending different film surprised screening blood beast instead coincidentally attended sneak previews advance knowledge screening attended pleased presence time screenwriter seen completed film enjoy said watching left sitting right sitting main job hands held wouldn cut throat theatrical release night blood beast double feature billed gods shark reef reviews english professor written extensively science fiction film compared night blood beast terror astronaut returning space alien creature said lacked epic film said blood beast career making cheap knock offs popular films barrel washington_post writer said hard find worse movie monster looks like having film critic historian said plot good idea criticized called sloppy execution literary film critic said considered film failure monster simply live expectations revealed gave film half stars entry directed low budget succeed night blood beast films universally considered terrible film reviewer watched book quest find worst film time adams said enjoyed movie level calling cheap enjoyable ideas hosted san_francisco television science fiction films said night deliberately imitated best scenes thing world cultural references night blood beast featured seventh season premiere episode originally broadcast november thanksgiving special film ran honeymoon short film married couple forced postpone honeymoon husband write song telephone company angel helps night blood beast produced films featured conquered world viking women sea teenage cave man attack giant night blood beast featured episodes dvd box set mystery science theater volume released december
Night of the Blood Beast