I Married a Monster from Outer Space
                             
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Year: 1958
Rating: 6.0
I am sure many women have felt that way at times. But Marge really does. The funny thing is though that the monster probably treats her better than some human husbands to their wives. The problem is of course that he and his alien buddies want to take over the earth. Isn't that always the way. This is another of those red scare sci-fi paranoia films of the 1950s in which humans are inhabited by other species. There is something about those sorts of films that digs deep into our psyche. Is anyone really who they seem to be. Low-budget B film but very well done with a few special effects that won't win any prizes but for a film like this are perfect. When the aliens turn into foam it is very cool. 



An alien race that look like Creatures from the Black Lagoon but even uglier are looking to propagate their race. They have no female species left and so look for substitutes. Young fertile substitutes. I am not quite sure how that happens - only a top scientist could explain it - where is Neil deGrasse Tyson when you need him. But these creatures are able to use some smoke that allows them to take on the body of the human - but that human body still exists. They stop Bill on the road the night before his wedding and do the switch. He now seems a little distant to Marge and he hates dogs but apparently is doing his husbandly duty in the bedroom. But no children. And helps with the household chores and brings him the bacon. Really, what more could a wife want. 



These were the days when a proper woman would sit in the car until the man opened her door. In fact, he isn't a bad guy considering and it gives the film some pathos. But it isn't only Bill, most of the men in authority are being taken over - so when Marge finally figures it out, there is no one to turn to. And they are near a discovery how to have children. Monster children! Marge is played by Gloria Talbot, one of my favorite B actresses in lots of TV shows but also some other good B films like The Leech Woman, The Cyclops, The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll and Girl's Town. Bill is played by  Tom Tryon and it is directed by Gene Fowler Jr. who previous to this directed I was a Teenage Werewolf.