- For the episode, see MST3K 906 - The Space Children.
The Space Children is a 1958 science-fiction film directed by Jack Arnold.
Plot[]
The Space Children
A glowing, pulsating brain-like alien creature teleports to Earth and establishes a base in a cave on the beach near a U.S. military rocket launch site. It communicates telepathically with the children of the engineers and technicians involved in constructing and flying the latest in Cold War technology: an orbiting H-bomb platform to be launched atop a six-stage rocket. With 12-year-old Bud Brewster as "the leader" (he can immobilize people, prevent them from speaking, etc, with the blob's help), the kids start willingly doing the alien's bidding as the adults try to figure out what is happening.
The blob is powerful. When an enraged, drunken stepfather chasing after his wife's son prepares to assault the boy, the blob kills him. When technician Hank Johnson discovers the existence of the blob in the cave, his mind is "taken away" and he is hospitalized. When technician Dave Brewster tries to tell his bosses what is going on, his son Bud (who has walked through base security) shows up and prevents him from writing or speaking.
The blob is eventually able to communicate its message of peace and disarmament, and departs from Earth.
Cast[]
- Michel Ray as Bud Brewster
- Adam Williams as Dave Brewster
- Peggy Webber as Anne Brewster
- Jackie Coogan as Hank Johnson
- Russell Johnson as Joe Gamble
- Johnny Crawford as Ken Brewster
- Jimmy Ogg as Floor Manager
Notes[]
MST3K Connections[]
- Director Jack Arnold was also director for This Island Earth (Metaluna scenes), The Chicken of Tomorrow, and Revenge of the Creature.
- Writer Bernard C. Schoenfeld was also writer for The Magic Sword.
- Peggy Webber also portrayed Jenni Whitlock in The Screaming Skull.
- Russell Johnson also portrayed Dr. Steve Carlson in This Island Earth.
- Johnny Crawford also portrayed Horsey in Village of the Giants.
- Eilene Janssen (Phyllis Manley) also portrayed a teenage girl in car in Beginning of the End.
- Vera Marshe (Frieda Johnson) also portrayed Mrs. Hubbard in Tormented.
- James Douglas (communications man) also portrayed an army sentry in Beginning of the End.
- Helen Jay (mother) also portrayed Mrs. Farley in The Deadly Mantis.
- Jimmy Ogg also portrayed Al in Teen-Age Crime Wave.
- Producer William Alland was also producer for This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, The Mole People, and The Deadly Mantis.
- Cinematographer Ernest Laszlo was also cinematographer for Tormented.
- Art director Hal Pereira was also art director for Village of the Giants.
- Hair styles supervisor Nellie Manley was also hair styles supervisor for Village of the Giants.
- Makeup supervisor Wally Westmore was also makeup supervisor for Village of the Giants.
- Sound recordist Charles Grenzbach was also re-recording mixer for Being from Another Planet and Alien from L.A. as well as sound recordist for Village of the Giants.
- Process photographer Farciot Edouart also did process photography for Village of the Giants.