"It, The Terror from Beyond Space"

Reputedly inspiration for Alien. It is however totally Star Frontiers. Nuclear powered rockets that land tale first, conventional weapons: grenades, semi automatic pistols and rifles, gas grenades, gas masks, magnetic shoes for walking down the side of the ship, vertical deck layout. As for inspiration for Alien: unstopable alien monster initially using air ducts to move around and kill crew. Seemingly impervious to conventional weapons, and in the end blasted out the air lock by a desperate crew. In a reversal of alien the main hero is under a cloud at the start of the movie facing a court martial back on earth whereas Ripley returns to earth under a cloud not as hero. Funny thing is the 50's view of women, they wear lighter uniforms and magically appear to pour coffee or serve a plate of food when a man sits down at the table- this includes the female doctor who apparently knows her place and is Janey on the spot servimg coffee and food in an early seen. Oh yeah they scream at appropriate times too and let the men handle the guns. What a hoot. The rubber suited monster is everything you'd expect from a period monster movie or godzilla movie- just horrible. Still i did enjoy watching it to pick out the SF legacy from it.