A flying saucer bound for London is forced to make an emergency landing in the Scottish moors. On board is Nyah, a Darth Vader meets dominatrix-styled Martian on a hunt for male specimens to help repopulate her home planet following a devastating ‘war between the sexes’. Helping her is the intimidating robot Chani (surely a distant cousin of Robby the Robot). Nyah soon finds herself at an inn, where a variety of people happen to converge, among them a killer on the run, a model escaping an affair, and a professor examining what the government believes to be meteoric activity in the area.
I admittedly picked this movie for Shocktober because of its title, which reminded me of any number of Bert I. Gordon B-pictures, like Earth vs. the Spider (1958) or King Dinosaur (1955). Imagine my surprise when it instead turned out to be a British movie — based on a play! That explains why it primarily takes place in one location. There are similarities with American sci-fi schlock of the era beyond the title however, not least the design of the flying saucer and the robot, and the cheap production (though B-movies went by ‘second features’ in the UK).
It’s not exactly scary, nor does it attempt to be. The effects are adorably cheap, but the actors are game — the campy-yet-imposing Patricia Laffan is great as the ruthless Nyah. It’s a decent lazy Sunday matinee. Dr. Runtime approved (77 mins).
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