The result is an entertaining B-movie that's as good as 1950s science fiction gets.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 13, 2024

A rather simplified Cold War cautionary tale about xenophobia that doesn’t handle itself nearly as well as other classics of its time.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 6, 2023

... one of the more optimistic movies about visitors from the stars, and in its way was an inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s 'E.T.'

| Nov 6, 2022

Except for the gimmick value of fairly good 3-D photography and the reassuring thought that other planets may not want to destroy Earth, this is a quite conventional specimen of science fiction on the screen.

| Dec 3, 2019

If anything, a modern vantage point reaffirms how devastatingly the film hits the nail on the head.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 31, 2011

Despite the lurid title and the involvement of several genre regulars, It Came from Outer Space is hardly a typical 'Fifties sci-fi movie.

| Mar 25, 2009

Among top five of 1950s sci-fi classics, starring great effects along with Richard Carlson.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 22, 2008

Picture has been smartly fashioned to take advantage of all the tricks of science-fiction and 3-D.

| May 29, 2007

One of the better science-fiction films to come out of the Cold War 50s, this one must be counted among the anti-McCarthy statements.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 29, 2007

[A] scary black-and-white SF effort from 1953.

| May 29, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 18, 2007

Merely mildly diverting, not stupendous.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 31, 2006

Conta com uma temtica rica que, ao contrrio de boa parte de seus contemporneos, usa os aliengenas no como metfora para a ameaa comunista, mas para condenar o preconceito.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2006

The 3-D process leaves the image somewhat murky, but you can discern sparks of authentic pulp poetry throughout.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 15, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 1, 2005

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 15, 2005

Good, old-fashioned drive-in fun.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 23, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 6, 2003

Surprisingly good '50s alien invasion flick with giant eyeballs -- maintains its charm despite the lack of 3-D effects on most video copies.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 2, 2003