Night of the Blood Beast

Night of the Blood Beast is a 1958 American sciencefiction horror film about a team of scientists who are stalked by an alien creature, which implants its embryos in an astronauts body during a space flight. Produced by exploitation filmmaker Roger Corman and his brother Gene, it was one of the first films directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and was written by firsttime screenwriter Martin Varno, who wasyears old. It starred several actors who had regularly worked with Roger Corman, including Michael Emmet, Ed Nelson, Steve Dunlap, Georgianna Carter and Tyler McVey.

A rocketship carrying astronaut John Corcoran Michael Emmet launches and orbits the Earth, marking the United States first manned space launch. Shortly after taking off, the ship is struck by an unknown object, forcing Corcoran to abort the mission and land. However, the equipment cannot handle the fast descent back into the atmosphere and the ship crash lands in the woods, killing Corcoran. Dave Randall Ed Nelson and Donna Bixby Georgianna Carter, two technicians from a nearby space agency tracking station, locate the crashed ship and recover Corcorans body. They are baffled, however, by what appears to be a giant tear in the side of the destroyed spacecraft and a mudlike substance covering some of the wreckage. Randall and Bixby are joined by lead scientist Dr. Alex Wyman Tyler McVey, technician Steve Dunlap John Baer and physician Julie Benson Angela Greene, who was also Corcorans fiancee. Wyman observes that Corcorans body exhibits no signs of rigor mortis, and that the blood pooling beside him is not livid as it should be. The team brings the corpse back to their lab to run tests and find further irregularities. Although the body lacks a heartbeat or pulse, it maintains the blood pressure of a living human being. After looking at his blood in a microscope, they find unusual, unidentifiable cells that seem resistant to destruction from human white blood cells.The team tries to call for further assistance, but find the radio is no longer working. Randall heads outside to check the power transformers, and is attacked by a large creature Ross Sturlin hiding in the underbrush around the station. Randall fires a few shots at the creature with his pistol and escapes unscathed. Although he did not get a good look at the creature, he describes it to the rest of the team as similar in size to a bear. Later, the team finds the infirmary has been trashed and Corcorans body is gone. They initially believe the creature has broken in and stole the corpse, but are shocked to

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