The Beast with a Million Eyes

The Beast with a Million Eyes is a 1955 film about dysfunctional family operating an isolated date farm in the California desert that is threatened by the arrival of an extra-terrestrial. Directed by David Kramarsky and Roger Corman. Written by Tom Filer. Prepare for a close encounter of the terrifying kind!  (taglines) The Beast [approaching Earth] I need this world. From millions of light-years away I approach your planet. Soon my spaceship will lands on Earth. I need your world. I feed on fear, live on human hatred. I, a strong mind, without flesh or blood, want your world. First the unthinking, the birds of the air, the animals of the forest, then the weaker of men, shall all do my bidding. They shall be my ears, my eyes, until your world is mine. And because I see your most secret acts, you will know me as "The Beast with a Million Eyes"! This is somewhat like our own planet, though ours is a dark world. This is a perfect testing ground. Isolated, possessing hate. Hate and madness are the keys to power in my world. I can leave her in a screaming oblivion. Allan Kelley We thought it was all over... [pause] It's just beginning. You've shown me what our strength is. It's not a strength of the mind; it's something far stronger than that. It's had you under its control. But we've got you now. And he can't keep you if you fight it, if we all fight it together''. That's the thing to remember, we're together. Together, we can defeat it. Understand me, baby. Remember that. If we fight it together, we'll win. Carol Kelley Well, how do I know? You're the sheriff, do something! Report it, I guess. People aren't safe anywhere these days. When we're together like this, I - I feel strong. We've got to stay close, Allan. We haven't been close in a long time, have we? It's been so lonely. That's it, Allan. That's our strength. Each of us is bound to each other. That's what love means. That's our strength, Allan, being together. Alone, we're nothing. Don't you see? Oh, Allan, maybe it's trying to drive us all insane! Dialogue Carol Kelley: I don't suppose it really matters, but... Allan Kelley: Does anything really matter to you anymore? Carol Kelley: Oh, I'm sorry she heard, I'm... I didn't mean to... Allan Kelley: You say a lot of things you don't mean, Carol. But you still say them, don't ya? Carol Kelley: Yes. I'm not easy to get along with am I? Oh, I don't know. I think I could stand it, except for out there... all that wasteland and mountains. We might as well be on another planet. Oh, Alan without Sandy I don't know what would happen to me. It'd be just you and me and... Him. Always watching. Why doesn't he ever go away on his day off? Always watching us. Heaven knows thinking what thoughts. Allan Kelley: We've been over this before. You must know by now, he's harmless. Carol Kelley: I've never been sure. Allan Kelley: She's your daughter. Do you hate your own daughter? Carol Kelley: Sometimes, when I see her, so young and pretty, with all the best years ahead of her, the years I missed. Yeah, sometimes I think I do hate her. Allan Kelley: Carol, suppose it wasn't a plane - in our sense of the word. Suppose it landed out there in the desert somewhere for a reason. Carol Kelley: You mean, a plane from somewhere else? Allan Kelley: Can you imagine anything human in all of this? Carol Kelley: A plane from another world. Oh, Allan, what's it trying to do? What kind of a trap are we in? Allan Kelley: I wish I knew. Sandra Kelley: He said, "It's closing in." As if he meant something else. Carol Kelley: Something else? Sandra Kelley: Yes, besides all these - these animals. Something or someone, bigger or - oh, I don't know. Just the way he looked when he said it. I really got scared, but not like before. Just - as if there were something more at stake? Allan Kelley: There isn't time. Carol Kelley: What you mean? Allan Kelley: Carol, look, I don't know. I actually don't know. Allan Kelley: How do men have souls? Carol Kelley: If I could answer that, I'd more than human. Taglines Prepare for a close encounter of the terrifying kind! Screaming Terror! An unspeakable horror... Destroying... Terrifying! Cast Paul Birch — Allan Kelley Lorna Thayer — Carol Kelley Dona Cole — Sandy Kelley Dick Sargent — Larry Chester Conklin — Old Man Webber Bruce Whitmore - The Beast (voice only) External links 0048991 The Beast with a Million Eyes Category:Films about extraterrestrial life Category:Films set in deserts Category:Films about dysfunctional families Category:Films directed by Roger Corman Category:Films about alien invasions Category:1955 American films Category:1955 English-language films Category:American science fiction horror films Category:English-language science fiction horror films