History Film / ItConqueredTheWorld

* SeeYouinHell: Claire's words more or less to the monster as she tries to shoot it.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', except with a giant rutabaga. Some ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' tossed in as well.

* NonindicativeName: "It Duped A Bitter Idiot, Conquered Something Like Five People, And Knocked Out The Power For A While." must have been a bit unwieldy.

* ActionGirl: Beverly Garland. Corman was a filmmaker who did not believe in the NeutralFemale - he had female protagonists who were tough, intelligent and resourceful. A good example is when Beverly Garland's character Claire ''grabs a rifle'' after telling the BigBad she's going to slaughter it when her idiot husband is mesmerized by the alien once too often, and gives it a memorable TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, then growls: "You think you're gonna make a slave of the world... [[PrecisionFStrike I'll see you in Hell first!]]" Keep in mind, Garland was delivering this to a walking ''carrot'' and made it ''believable''.

->''"He learned almost too late that man is a ''feeling'' creature... and because of it, the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes. There can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. When men seek such perfection, they find only death... fire... loss... disillusionment... the end of everything that's gone forward. Men have always sought an end to the toil and misery, but it can't be given, it has to be ''achieved''! There is hope, but it has to come from inside, from man himself."''\\
--''' Dr. Paul Nelson'''

* ExecutiveMeddling: The creature was originally conceived as [[{{Heavyworlder}} short and squat, due to the harsh gravity of its native planet]]. Actress Beverly Garland was unimpressed by the vertically-challenged villain -- approaching it within hearing of director Roger Corman she cried "So, you plan to take over the world do you? Take that!" and kicked it in the head. Corman therefore told the prop guy to do something to make it bigger and scarier. Well, it's ''bigger'', at least.
* FollowTheLeader: ''InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'', except with a giant rutabaga. Some ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill'' tossed in as well.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Cited by Music/FrankZappa in his opening monologue to "Cheepnis" on ''Music/RoxyAndElsewhere''. At least one of the shots of the alien features ''the two-by-four used to push it into the shot'' being dragged quickly out of the frame.

* FollowTheLeader: ''InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'', except with a giant rutabaga.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Cited by Creator/FrankZappa in his opening monologue to "Cheepnis" on ''Music/RoxyAndElsewhere''. At least one of the shots of the alien features ''the two-by-four used to push it into the shot'' being dragged quickly out of the frame.

''It Conquered the World'' is a 1956 sci-fi film about an alien from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by Creator/RogerCorman, written by Creator/LouRusoff (with uncredited contributions by Charles B. Griffith), and starred Creator/PeterGraves, Creator/LeeVanCleef, Creator/BeverlyGarland and Creator/SallyFraser. It was originally released by Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures in a double-featured package with ''Film/TheSheCreature''.

For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E11ItConqueredTheWorld episode recap page]].

* SpecialEffectFailure: Cited by Creator/FrankZappa in his opening monologue to "Cheepnis." At least one of the shots of the alien features ''the two-by-four used to push it into the shot'' being dragged quickly out of the frame.

** Theories for what it resembles include [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 a space pickle]], or [[Music/FrankZappa an inverted ice cream cone]].
-->'''Creator/FrankZappa:''' It looks like, uh, like a teepee or a... or a rounded off pup-tent affair. And it's got fangs on the base of it -- I don't know why, but it's a very threatening sight.

->''"He learned almost too late that man is a ''feeling'' creature... and because of it, the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes. There can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. And when men seek such perfection, they find only death... fire... loss... disillusionment... the end of everything that's gone forward. Men have always sought an end to the toil and misery, but it can't be given, it has to be ''achieved''! There is hope, but it has to come from inside, from man himself."''\\

''It Conquered the World'' is a 1956 sci-fi film from Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures about an alien from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by Creator/RogerCorman, written by Creator/LouRusoff (with uncredited contributions by Charles B. Griffith), and starred Creator/PeterGraves, Creator/LeeVanCleef, Creator/BeverlyGarland and Creator/SallyFraser.

''It Conquered the World'' is a 1956 sci-fi film about an alien from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by Creator/RogerCorman, written by Creator/LouRusoff (with uncredited contributions by Charles B. Griffith), and starred Creator/PeterGraves, Creator/LeeVanCleef, Creator/BeverlyGarland and Creator/SallyFraser.

''It Conquered the World'' is a 1956 sci-fi film about an alien from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by Creator/RogerCorman, written by Lou Rusoff (with uncredited contributions by Charles B. Griffith), and starred Creator/PeterGraves, LeeVanCleef, Beverly Garland and Sally Fraser.

Dr. Tom Anderson (Van Cleef) has made contact with an alien from Venus that has managed to hitch a ride back to Earth on a military probe. The alien has convinced Anderson to support its plans for world conquest; the alien causes all electric devices in Anderson's area to stop working, and sends parasites to control the minds of the most important people in the area: military commanders and rocket scientists at the nearby base, including both Anderson's friend Dr. Paul Nelson (Graves) and his wife.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey, [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Angel Eyes]] is friends with [[{{Airplane}} Captain Clarence]]!
** Dick Miller (''ABucketOfBlood'') and Jonathan Haze (''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors''), two RogerCorman regulars, make an appearance.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The creature was originally conceived as [[Heavyworlder short and squat, due to the harsh gravity of its native planet]]. Actress Beverly Garland was unimpressed by the vertically-challenged villain -- approaching it within hearing of director Roger Corman she cried "So, you plan to take over the world do you? Take that!" and kicked it in the head. Corman therefore told the prop guy to do something to make it bigger and scarier. Well, it's ''bigger'', at least.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The creature was originally conceived as short and squat, due to the harsh nature of its native planet. Actress Beverly Garland was unimpressed by the vertically-challenged villain -- approaching it within hearing of director Roger Corman she cried "So, you plan to take over the world do you? Take that!" and kicked it in the head. Corman therefore told the prop guy to do something to make it bigger and scarier. Well, it's ''bigger'', at least.

** Theories for what it resembles include [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 a space pickle]], or [[FrankZappa an inverted ice cream cone]]

-> He learned almost too late that man is a ''feeling'' creature... and because of it, the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes. There can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. And when men seek such perfection, they find only death... fire... loss... disillusionment... the end of everything that's gone forward. Men have always sought an end to the toil and misery, but it can't be given, it has to be ''achieved''! There is hope, but it has to come from inside, from man himself.\\

''It Conquered the World'' is a 1956 sci-fi film about an alien from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by RogerCorman, written by Lou Rusoff (with uncredited contributions by Charles B. Griffith), and starred PeterGraves, LeeVanCleef, Beverly Garland and Sally Fraser.

** Dick Miller (''ABucketOfBlood'') and Jonathan Haze (''LittleShopOfHorrors''), two RogerCorman regulars, make an appearance.

As both Nelson and Anderson's own wife start to realize what is happening, they start to fight both the alien conspiracy and Anderson's misguided belief in the alien's plan.

For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E11ItConqueredTheWorld episode recap page]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey, [[TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Angel Eyes]] is friends with [[{{Airplane}} Captain Clarence]]!

** Theories for what it resembles include [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 a space pickle]], or [[FrankZappa an inverted ice cream cone]]

''It Conquered the World'' is a 1956 sci-fi film about an alien from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by RogerCorman (one of his few watchable films), was written by Lou Rusoff (with uncredited contributions by Charles B. Griffith), and starred PeterGraves, LeeVanCleef, Beverly Garland and Sally Fraser.

But almost as importantly, it was featured on an episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to a lot of 1950s cinema, or Corman's work in general, this film is quite dark. [[spoiler:What with almost all of the cast dead and some pretty gruesome deaths.]]

* EyeScream

* KillEmAll

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!!The ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation contains these tropes:

* RunningGag: The host and his robots poke a lot of fun at Peter Graves' closing speech...in the span of the episode ending.
** OverlyLongGag: Graves' speech is played not once, not twice, but ''three and a quarter times'' after the movie. (On the SOL, in Deep 13, over the credits, and as TheStinger.)
** Then there's the repeated references to Peter Graves as James Arness.
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->'''Dr. Paul Nelson:''' He learned almost too late that man is a ''feeling'' creature... and because of it, the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes. There can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. And when men seek such perfection, they find only death... fire... loss... disillusionment... the end of everything that's gone forward. Men have always sought an end to the toil and misery, but it can't be given, it has to be ''achieved''! There is hope, but it has to come from inside, from man himself.\\
''(Fanfare plays.)''