Atmospheric visuals dominate this Italian made sci-fi tale about earthlings who get more than they bargained for when their spaceship touches down on the mysterious planet Aura.
They're attacked by an unknown force and later find out that Aura is inhabited by a dying race of vampire beings who have the power to raise the dead and take over the body and minds of the living.
Although obviously made on a very small budget, this film is a lot of fun to look at, although the acting makes it seem like a movie made well before 1965. If anything, it feels like a low budget action or serial feature from the 1940s. The alien body snatcher/mind stealer thing was a pretty common element in these movies well before this was made and was often taken to symbolize subversive communist infiltration, although it's hard to say if that was the intent here. No doubt this movie was good source material for numerous big budget sci-fi features that came later.
They're attacked by an unknown force and later find out that Aura is inhabited by a dying race of vampire beings who have the power to raise the dead and take over the body and minds of the living.
Although obviously made on a very small budget, this film is a lot of fun to look at, although the acting makes it seem like a movie made well before 1965. If anything, it feels like a low budget action or serial feature from the 1940s. The alien body snatcher/mind stealer thing was a pretty common element in these movies well before this was made and was often taken to symbolize subversive communist infiltration, although it's hard to say if that was the intent here. No doubt this movie was good source material for numerous big budget sci-fi features that came later.