Teenagers From Outer Space

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Michael B "Why Did I Watch This?" Review: Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) Subtitle: I Came for Aliens, I Stayed for the Lobster. I Regret Everything. You ever finish a movie, sit in total silence, and stare into the void while the credits roll, asking yourself: What just happened? That's Teenagers from Outer Space in a nutshell. This movie isn't just a relic from the 1950s — it's a time capsule filled with questionable choices, dry acting, and one poor dog’s unnecessary disintegration. The film opens with a spaceship that looks like a vacuum cleaner duct taped to a Frisbee. Out step the titular “teenagers,” who are neither teenagers nor convincingly alien. They’re wearing matching jumpsuits and speak like they memorized their lines phonetically while sleep-deprived. Their mission? Turn Earth into a Gargon farm. What’s a Gargon, you ask? A giant space lobster. And how do we know it’s a giant lobster? Because the filmmakers just slapped a real lobster into a frame and zoomed in. I'm not kidding. One alien, Derek (played with the emotional range of a cardboard cutout), defects from the group because he’s decided humans are cool and also, he maybe loves a woman he met ten minutes ago. Meanwhile, the villain Thor (who acts like a grumpy substitute gym teacher) stalks around town vaporizing anything that moves—including the aforementioned dog, which the film has the nerve to kill off in the first act. I didn’t sign up for emotional trauma via beagle, thanks. The dialogue sounds like it was written by aliens trying to mimic Earth speech patterns. Conversations feel like they're happening in slow motion, even though nothing is actually happening. The music? A series of loud, random orchestral stabs that seem to be trying to escape the movie. By the time Derek heroically sacrifices himself to destroy the alien threat (by which I mean he mashes buttons and yells into a tube), I felt like I had been vaporized. Spiritually. Emotionally. Existentially. So why did I watch this? I don’t know. Curiosity? Morbid fascination? Some deep, subconscious urge to see just how weird the 1950s could get? Would I recommend it? Only if you're hosting a bad movie night, enjoy shouting "WHAT IS HAPPENING" at your screen, or want to experience the cinematic equivalent of being abducted by aliens with a $12 special effects budget. Final Thoughts: Watching Teenagers from Outer Space is like getting probed by boredom and camp at the same time. It’s baffling. It’s bizarre. It’s... unforgettable, for all the wrong reasons. Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Space Lobsters (That 0.5 is for the unintentional comedy gold. And 1.0 justice for Sparky.) Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/25 Full Review Blobbo X Stars for mst3000 version only. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/24/25 Full Review Dallas H The acting is more wooden and stiff than the peg leg of Long John Silver. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review Georgan G Lots of goofy fun in this one. Another decent flick from the 50 SciFi Classics Pack. This one has to be a cult favorite. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/06/23 Full Review Michael Leo S Fabulous movie--suspenseful till the end Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/03/23 Full Review DanTheMan 2 There's very little of note to be had with Teenagers from Outer Space, a low-budget passion project by Tom Graeff, but all you need to know is it features a space "teenager" called Derek, a giant lobster monster, excessive use of stock footage in lieu of actual special effects, music later used in Night of the Living Dead and featured in its entirety in Destroy All Humans as an unlockable bonus due to a lapsed copyright. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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