Apatros Review Ep-0029: Zontar, The Thing From Venus [1967]

AR-0029: In the same year he saved Earth from a mutated space gorilla ["Night Fright"], John Agar took on another space invader in this el cheapo telepic remake of the classic Roger Corman original from director Larry Buchanan. A dictator from Venus smooth-talks its way to Earth by making buddies with a rather gullible scientist, letting the creature to hitch a ride on a US Military space probe back to Earth to take over, the gullible egghead feeling just like those leftists who watch too much CNN. Good thing for us, John Agar is on the case, using his brains & some brawn to send this three-eyed space bat back to Hell before it can make a campaign run to the White House.

The original "It Conquered The World" version was far better, even though the alien dictator in that was a space zucchini. This remake is CRAP!!!

My Grade: D- [Atrocious]

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