Reviews

With a great cast of TV and Film personalities this B-movie is a film of it's time. It was shown late at night even in the late '60's. A curious film and a must see, whether you like it or not. The awareness of sex before the sexual revolution. A little tongue-in-cheek too. It is amusing to know that Steve Allen who went from radio to TV, and enormously well liked, made this film. Steve wrote thousands of songs and many books, etc. Howard Stern fans may find this amusing after the fact that Steve thought Howard was just a shock jock with no worth. Yet Steve broke many barriers in the entertainment business. How different and yet similar are these two men. Just different times and moral codes. Would there have been Howard without a Steve?

This episode of the Twilight Zone is a must see. Bochner and the supporting actors work naturally in under 25 minutes in this teleplay. The story works on our fears and dreams as the alien Kanamits, all wonderfully played by Richard Kiel, tells the earth that they can turn our war and famined ridden world into a "Garden of Eden." The directing and script works so well together that it moves at break neck speed as questions about the Kanamits "good will" unfolds as you unfold them in your own mind. Kiel with bulbous head and darkened eyes doesn't moves his lips as he communicates telepathically. His expressionless face and a tinny Voice Over gives a strange and surreal effect. Good Night Mr. Serling!