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''It! The Terror from Beyond Space'' is an independently made 1958 American black-and-white science fiction film produced by Robert Kent, directed by Edward L. Cahn, and starring Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith (Shirley Patterson) and Kim Spalding.〔Warren 2000, p. 160.〕The film was distributed by United Artists.〔Maçek III, J.C. ("Building the Perfect Star Beast: The Antecedents of 'Alien'." ) ''PopMatters'', November 21, 2012.〕 The plot involves the second mission to Mars, which brings back the sole survivor of the first. The survivor, the expedition's former commander, claims that his crew were killed by a hostile Martian life form, but no one believes him until the stowaway creature attacks. The premise of a hostile alien creature hunting a spaceship's crew as it returns to Earth was the inspiration for screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's screenplay for Ridley Scott's 1979 film ''Alien''.〔 ==Plot== In 1973, a nuclear-powered spaceship sets off from Mars back to Earth, bringing with it the sole survivor of the first mission to the planet, Col. Edward Carruthers (Marshall Thompson). He is suspected of having murdered the other nine members of his crew for their food and water rations, on the premise that he had no way of knowing if or when an Earth rescue mission would ever arrive. Carruthers denies the allegation, attributing his crew's deaths to a hostile alien. Commander Col. Van Heusen is unconvinced and makes sure that Carruthers is constantly accompanied by another member of his crew. Unbeknownst to the rest of the crew, before blast-off, someone left a large external exhaust vent open, allowing the alien to stow away. The crew are at first skeptical that ''something '' has crawled aboard while they were on Mars. However, when Kienholz investigates some sounds on a lower level, he is killed and his body hidden in a duct. Next is Gino Finelli. He is found, barely alive, but the creature attacks a would-be rescuer. Bullets have no effect, forcing the man to leave Gino behind, much to the distress of his brother Bob. An autopsy of Kienholz's body reveals it has been sucked dry of all moisture. The crew try hand grenades and gas grenades, but the humanoid alien proves largely immune to the weaponry. They try to electrocute the creature, with no effect. When ''It'' goes into one of the spaceship's atomic reactor rooms, they shut the door and expose it directly to the ship's nuclear pile. ''It'' crashes through the door and escapes. The creature is so powerful, it can even tear through the metal hatches separating each level. The survivors (except for one man, who is trapped below in a spot inaccessible to the creature) retreat to the control room on the topmost deck. When Carruthers notices the ship's higher-than-normal oxygen consumption rate, he guesses that it is due to the creature. In a last desperate move, everyone puts on their spacesuits and Carruthers opens the command deck's hull airlock to the vacuum of space. The plan works: ''It'' suffocates and finally dies, stuck part way through the final hatch. A press conference is later held on Earth, revealing the details of what happened aboard the rescue ship. The project director emphasizes that Earth may now be forced to bypass the planet "because another word for Mars is death". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「It! The Terror from Beyond Space」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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