History Film / TeenagersFromOuterSpace

->'''''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' in unison:''' TOR-CHAA!!!

* FlyingSaucer: a very unique variation. The alien ship is basically a massive screw with a standard flying saucer as its head; when it lands, it drills into the ground until only the saucer part on top is visible.

* KeystoneArmy: The Supreme Leader, [[spoiler: Derek's father]], is noted as this in dialogue with the crew. [[Spoiler: his leaving their homeworld to visit his son on Earth]] is noted as risking their people's whole regime being overthrown. [[spoiler: and since he and the other aliens die in the fleet crash at the end, the aliens are most likely now a Decapitated Army]].

* GiantEnemyCrab: The Gargon.

* DisintegratorRay: That darn [[ILoveNuclearPower Atomic]] Disintegrator.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Virtually all the music used is actually stock music from the Capitol production library, much of it composed by Spencer Moore.

* BronsonCanyonAndCaves: Filmed on location here.

* BBCQuarry: In America!

* ScaryDogmaticAliens: Derek's people are blatant Space Nazis.

''Teenagers from Outer Space'' is a 1959 SF CultClassic BMovie written, directed and produced by Tom Graeff. A pair of men from outer space land their spaceship on Earth, and they decide that this is the perfect planet to begin a ranch for [[CallARabbitASmeerp gargons]] (i.e. [[{{Slurpasaur}} giant lobsters]]). The idealistic young crew member Derek makes a moral and legal objection when he sees there is already intelligent life on the planet, meaning that by their own laws they can't use this world. Then he makes an armed objection, attempting mutiny; he fails, and has to escape the wrath of his crew (after all, the high court might have sentenced him to... never mind) and flees to a small town nearby. There he meets Betty -- the most Fifties girl in that Fifties world. Meanwhile, the brash [[KickTheDog dog kicker]] Thor is sent to capture him -- alive; it turns out that Derek's secretly the son of "Our Leader", even though family relationships don't really count on the homeworld anymore. Meanwhile, the gargons have grown huge and have to be destroyed.

Shot for $14,000, which in technical film terms is no money at all even by '50s standards. [[SpecialEffectsFailure It shows]]. Even so, the film has serious science fiction writing even for now, exploring themes that are still relevant today. Their ideas outstripped their ability to afford to depict them credibly on screen.

The movie is considered public domain and can also be unlocked in the game ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans''.

!!''Teenagers From Outer Space'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* AxCrazy: Thor seems to like violence for its own sake. The very first thing he does is kill a puppy because it was there.

* BigBad: "Our Leader," TheEmperor of Derek's people.

* EvilPlan: The Spaceship Captain, on orders from "Our Leader," seeks to set up Gargons on Earth to slaughter everybody and become a farming planet. [[spoiler:"Our Leader" himself ends up hatching a scheme to convince Derek to return to their planet after he learns he's his son.]]
* {{Expy}}: Derek is clearly based on Klaatu from ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'', an alien invader who gains sympathy for the Earth.

* HostageSituation: ''Hoo,'' boy. Thor ''alone'' probably takes over half a dozen people hostage over the course of the movie.

--> '''Spaceship Captain:''' "You have concern for foreign beings over our mission to locate grazing land for our Gargan herds?"

* NeverTrustATitle: Despite the title and [[CoversAlwaysLie the posters]], nothing in the film even suggests the aliens are [[DawsonCasting supposed to be teenagers]]--even though Derek is the obviously youngest one, he's assumed by humans to be old enough to rent his own room.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: the film's climax contains a massive invasion fleet of hundred upon hundreds of spaceships menacingly hovering over the town, descending and crashing simultaneously in a massive, cataclysmic fireball... offscreen. It's obvious that they only built one prop UFO and had no way of depicting an explosion, so we just get characters ''talking'' about the fleet and hiding from the blast.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Virtually all of the music used in the film is actually stock music from the Capitol production library, much of it composed by Spencer Moore.

%% * GiantEnemyCrab: The Gargon.

%% * SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: Betty

%% * SpaceClothes: The alien uniforms.

%% * CallARabbitASmeerp: Gargons, as you can guess.

* EvilPlan: The Spaceship Captain, on orders from "Our Leader," seeks to set up Gargons on Earth to slaughter everybody and become a farming plant. [[spoiler:"Our Leader" himself ends up hatching a scheme to convince Derek to return to their planet after he learns he's his son.]]

''Teenagers from Outer Space'' is a 1959 SF CultClassic SnarkBait BMovie written, directed and produced by Tom Graeff. A pair of men from outer space land their spaceship on Earth, and they decide that this is the perfect planet to begin a ranch for [[CallARabbitASmeerp gargons]] (i.e. [[{{Slurpasaur}} giant lobsters]]). The idealistic young crew member Derek makes a moral and legal objection when he sees there is already intelligent life on the planet, meaning that by their own laws they can't use this world. Then he makes an armed objection, attempting mutiny; he fails, and has to escape the wrath of his crew (after all, the high court might have sentenced him to... never mind) and flees to a small town nearby. There he meets Betty -- the most Fifties girl in that Fifties world. Meanwhile, the brash [[KickTheDog dog kicker]] Thor is sent to capture him -- alive; it turns out that Derek's secretly the son of "Our Leader", even though family relationships don't really count on the homeworld anymore. Meanwhile, the gargons have grown huge and have to be destroyed.

''Teenagers from Outer Space'' is a 1959 SF CultClassic SnarkBait BMovie written, directed and produced by Tom Graeff. A pair of men from outer space land their spaceship on Earth, and they decide that this is the perfect planet to begin a ranch for [[CallARabbitASmeerp gargons]] (i.e. [[{{Slurpasaur}} giant lobsters]]). The idealistic young crew member Derek makes a moral and legal objection when he sees there is already intelligent life on the planet, meaning that by their own laws they can't use this world. Then he makes an armed objection, attempting mutiny; he fails, and has to escape the wrath of his crew (after all, the high court might have sentenced him to...never mind) and flees to a small town nearby. There he meets Betty - the most Fifties girl in that Fifties world. Meanwhile, the brash [[KickTheDog dog kicker]] Thor is sent to capture him -- alive; it turns out that Derek's secretly the son of "Our Leader", even though family relationships don't really count on the homeworld anymore. Meanwhile, the gargons have grown huge and have to be destroyed.

Shot for $14,000, which in technical film terms, is no money at all even by '50s standards. [[SpecialEffectsFailure It shows]]. Even so, the film has serious science fiction writing even for now, exploring themes that are still relevant today. Their ideas outstripped their ability to afford to depict them credibly on screen.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: the film's climax contains a massive invasion fleet of hundred upon hundreds of spaceships menacingly hovering over the town, descending and crashing simultaneously in a massive, cataclysmic fireball...offscreen. It's obvious that they only built one prop UFO and had no way of depicting an explosion, so we just get characters ''talking'' about the fleet and hiding from the blast.

->'''Spaceship Captain''': "The High Court may sentence you to TORTURE!"
-->--''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' In Unison: "TOR-CHAA!!!"

* PuttingOnTheReich: "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything We are the supreme race! We have the supreme weapons!]]
** "We have the supreme pizzas!"

Shot for $14,000, which in technical film terms, is no money at all even by '50s standards. [[SpecialEffectsFailure It shows]].

%% * BeardOfEvil: "Our Leader"

* DullSurprise: Just about everyone in this film acts like their permanently doped up on Novocaine.

%% * AxCrazy: Thor.

%% * DullSurprise: Most characters.

%% * HumanoidAliens: To an annoying extent.
%% * {{Jerkass}}: Thor.

''Teenagers from Outer Space'' is a 1959 SF CultClassic SnarkBait BMovie written, directed and produced by Tom Graeff. A pair of men from outer space land their spaceship on Earth, and they decide that this is the perfect planet to begin a ranch for [[CallARabbitASmeerp gargons]] (i.e. [[{{Slurpasaur}} giant lobsters]]). The idealistic young crew member Derek makes a moral objection when he sees there is already life on the planet. Then he makes an armed objection, attempting mutiny; he fails, and has to escape the wrath of his crew (after all, the high court might have sentenced him to...never mind) and flees to a small town nearby. There he meets Betty - the most Fifties girl in that Fifties world. Meanwhile, the brash [[KickTheDog dog kicker]] Thor is sent to capture him -- alive; it turns out that Derek's secretly the son of "Our Leader". Meanwhile, the gargons have grown huge and have to be destroyed.

* DawsonCasting: "Really '''old''' teenagers from outer space!"

* NeverTrustATitle: There's nothing but the title that suggests the aliens are even [[DawsonCasting supposed to be teenagers]]--even though Derek is the obviously youngest one, he's assumed by humans to be old enough to rent his own room.