Long Day's Journey Into Space

 

 

 (themoviedb.org)

JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET-1962-In the year 2001 when the world is run by The United Nations, an international manned rocket ship is heading for Uranus. On the way their minds are taken over by an alien presence that learns their innermost feelings. Exploring the big U, they encounter a one-eyed creature (Terrible stop motion). They meet a village girl Ingrid (Greta Thyssen) and 2 other women. Ladies man Capt. Don Graham (John Agar; in HAND OF DEATH the same year) sees illusions of her. There's a giant spider and a one-eyed spongy monster wants to take over Earth. 

Techno-color Sci-Fi cheapie filmed in Denmark, directed and co-written by Sidney Pink (the English language version of REPTILICUS (1961)) and Ib Melchoir who had already teamed with Pink for THE ANGRY RED PLANET in 1959. 

Lead actress Thyssen was once groomed as a new Marilyn Monroe but now might be more well known to some of us from the trio of Joe Besser 3 Stooges shorts she co-starred in.

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Denmark

VALHALLA RISING-2009- A warrior called One Eye (Mads Mikkelsen) escapes his captors in 1000 AD. He joins up with some Christian crusaders (?) and discovers a new land. He's accompanied by Are (Marteen Stevenson), a mute slave boy who suddenly starts talking toward the end. After breaking away from the Crusaders he's hacked to death by (North American?) Indians. This is not an action packed sword slashing Viking battle epic as some might suspect from the title. There's excellent direction and photography but it might leave some viewers scratching their heads. Hey, my head was itchy anyway! 

Denmark director Nicolas Winding Refn's name is (at the time of this writing) attached to a LOGAN'S RUN remake.

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