- For the episode, see MST3K 320 - The Unearthly.
The Unearthly is a 1957 horror film directed by Boris Petroff. It was written by Jane Mann and John D.F. Black.
Plot[]
Professor Charles Conway is an amoral scientist attempting to develop a method of prolonging human youth and vitality by creating "the 17th gland". Ignoring scientific ethics, his research subjects are people who have no family and are under the impression that Conway can cure their depression.
Conway's research is unsuccessful and his subjects are turned into grotesque monsters. Some of Conway's patients begin to learn the truth about his scheme and intend to stop him.
Cast[]
- John Carradine as Dr. Charles Conway
- Tor Johnson as Lobo
- Allison Hayes as Grace Thomas
- Myron Healey as Mark Houston
- Sally Todd as Natalie Andries
- Arthur Batanides as Danny Green
- Marilyn Buferd as Dr. Sharon Gilchrist
- Harry Fleer as Harry Jedrow
Notes[]
- Tor Johnson's son Karl appears as the largest mutant.
- The Lobo character here (who can speak) was created by writers Mann and Black. He is a different character than the mute Lobo played by Tor Johnson in the Ed Wood Jr. films Bride of the Monster and Night of the Ghouls.
- Screenwriter Jane Mann was the wife of director Boris Petroff.
- This film was released as a double feature with Beginning of the End, which would be used on Mystery Science Theater 3000 during Season 5.
- Both Trace Beaulieu and Kevin Murphy have expressed particular hatred towards this movie. In The Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, Murphy writes that he had a violent reaction to the randomness of the sudden appearance of the mutants at the movie's finale.
- Lobo's line "Time for go to bed" became a running gag, eventually serving as the punchline for an extended bit during the RiffTrax presentation of Plan 9 from Outer Space.
- Co-writer John D.F. Black would later write the notable Star Trek episode "The Naked Time", as well as the original feature film Shaft.
MST3K Connections[]
- John Carradine also portrayed Mr. Wilson in Red Zone Cuba.
- Myron Healey also portrayed General Michael Perry in The Incredible Melting Man.
- Allison Hayes also portrayed Donna in The Crawling Hand, Erica Page in Gunslinger, and Livia in The Undead.
- Arthur Batanides also portrayed Jerry in The Leech Woman.
- Sally Todd also portrayed Sanda in The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent.
- Tor Johnson also portrayed Lobo in Bride of the Monster and Joseph Javorsky in The Beast of Yucca Flats.
- Roy Gordon (Dr. Loren Wright) also portrayed the mayor in War of the Colossal Beast.
- Harry Fleer also portrayed Frank Hubbard in Tormented.
- Harry Wilson (monster in the basement) also portrayed a trophy in Bloodlust!
- Composer Henry Vars was also stock music composer for Bloodlust! and composer for The Leech Woman.
- Makeup supervisor Harry Thomas was also makeup artist for Project Moon Base, Invasion USA, High School Big Shot, Night of the Blood Beast, and The Bubble.
- Production manager Betty Sinclair was also production manager for Rocketship X-M.
- Sound technician Philip Mitchell also did sound for It Conquered the World and Teenage Cave Man, as well as being sound mixer for Bloodlust!.
- Wardrobe supervisor W.T. Zacha also portrayed a bartender in Master Ninja I and One Eye in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.
- Music supervisor Michael Terr was also musical director for King Dinosaur, music supervisor for The Violent Years, and composer for Bloodlust! and The Sinister Urge.