A man talks to some blooping lights, communicates with a domineering Venusian citizen who hijacks a satellite to get to Earth! Larry Buchanan does it again Young scientist Keith, whose ideas have been thoroughly rejected by the military and the scientific community the latter represented by his friend Curt, played by John Agar , helps the Venusian alien Zontar to get to Earth and take over the planet for our own good, lest we continue destroying our world with atomic weapons and so on.
Well, in fact Zontar isn't exactly being benevolent but looking for a new host species his race of symbionts can use, their Venusian hosts having gone extinct. Soon Curt…. In a tastefully decorated mid-century-modern living roomwood paneling and seashell tchotchkesa secret panel slides aside to reveal what appears to be a high-end hi-fi stereo set. What is that odd sound issuing from the device? No, it's not progressive jazz. It's a signal, a sinister signal although the recipient doesn't yet know it , a signal advising the Earth that Zontar is coming, Zontar will soon be here!
Over the years, Zontar: The Thing From Venus has been one of those flicks that entered my awareness because I've read countless books about monster movies, cult movies, B-movies, and Zontar is referenced in many of them. But I'd never actually watched the…. This grade Z TV movie is an absolute hoot from its absurdly expository dialogue to its ridiculous creature.
Yes, 3 stars for a Larry Buchanan film. Probably his best and yes, I know what that is saying. But I really love this one. Lot of fun. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.
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It is more bat like in appearance than Beluah which has been referred to an alien celery stalk. Really in this case I do not feel one looks any better than the other and want to give Buchanan some credit for coming up with something a little original here.
Historically Beluah will be remembered as few fans of b-cinema have not seen the image even if they have never seen the film. Zontar is much more obscure due to the very nature of the film itself but he is not a bad looking monster for the time period. Zontar has no intention of assisting mankind and seems rather intent on initiating some sort of preemptive strike against the human race.
Again though it is strange that a creature with such power chooses to hang out in a cave on the edge of a small town. I do feel the cave in Zontar is a step up from the one in It Conquered the World though.
It is more of a cavern than cave and is the lurid lighting takes advantage of the fact the film is shot in color. Like It Zontar chooses only to gain control of the local town leaders rather the leaders of the Pentagon or White House.
And in the end, like also It he is basically killed off in simple hand to hand combat though in a more inventive manner perhaps. There is a legend, maybe true or maybe not, that Larry Buchanan sometimes edited his films with duct tape. But that is not really saying too much and I am trying hard to be fair with this film since I am a fan of low quality classic cinema. Fans of grade Z style movies by film makers like Ted V. Mikels and Al Adamson will find it worth a watch, if for no other reason than to compare it to the original.
Most others will find little of value here. It is a reasonable question to ask if the world really needed an even lower budgeted remake of It Conquered the World and why on earth one was ever made. Arkoff and James H. Neil Fletcher Gen. Matt Young as Gen. Matt Young. Andrew Traister Sgt. Magalari as Sgt. George Edgley Mr. Ledford - Newspaper Editor as Mr. Ledford - Newspaper Editor as George Edglley. Bertha Holmes Townswoman as Townswoman. Larry Buchanan. More like this. Watch options.
Storyline Edit. A misguided scientist enables an alien from Venus named Zontar to come to earth in order to help solve man's problems. However, Zontar has other ideas, like disabling the power supply of the entire world and taking possession of important officials with mind control devices.
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