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''Zontar, the thing from Venus'' is a 1966 made for TV sci-fi film about an alien from Venus named Zontar, and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. Directed by self-proclaimed "schlockmeister" Creator/LarryBuchanan and featuring a screenplay by Buchanan and Hillman Taylor, it's a low-budget, 16mm film color remake of Creator/RogerCorman's ''Film/ItConqueredTheWorld'', which also featured an alien invader from Venus.
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''Zontar, the thing from Venus'' is a 1966 made for TV sci-fi SciFiHorror film about an alien from Venus named Zontar, and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help aid of a bitter-yet-idealistic an idealistic but embittered human scientist. Directed by self-proclaimed "schlockmeister" Creator/LarryBuchanan and featuring a screenplay by Buchanan and Hillman Taylor, it's a low-budget, 16mm film color remake of Creator/RogerCorman's ''Film/ItConqueredTheWorld'', which also featured an alien invader from Venus.
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''Zontar, the thing from Venus'' is a 1966 made for TV sci-fi film about an alien, alien from Venus named Zontar, from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed Directed by self-proclaimed Schlockmeister "schlockmeister" Creator/LarryBuchanan and based on the teleplay featuring a screenplay by Buchanan and Hillman Taylor and Buchanan. It is Taylor, it's a low-budget low-budget, 16mm film color remake of a Creator/RogerCorman film titled Creator/RogerCorman's ''Film/ItConqueredTheWorld'', which also featured an alien invader from Venus.
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''Zontar, the thing from Venus'' is a 1966 made for TV sci-fi film about an alien, named Zontar, from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by self-proclaimed Schlockmeister Larry Buchanan Creator/LarryBuchanan and based on the teleplay by Hillman Taylor and Buchanan. It is a low-budget 16mm film color remake of a Creator/RogerCorman film titled ''Film/ItConqueredTheWorld'', which also featured an alien invader from Venus.
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''Zontar, the thing from Venus'' is a 1966 made for TV sci-fi film about an alien, named Zontar, from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by self-proclaimed Schlockmeister Larry Buchanan and based on the teleplay by Hillman Taylor and Buchanan. It is a low-budget 16mm film color remake of a Creator/RogerCorman film titled Film/ItConqueredTheWorld, ''Film/ItConqueredTheWorld'', which also featured an alien invader from Venus.
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Keith dies with Zontar in the climax of the film.]]
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'''Zontar, the thing from Venus''' is a 1965 1966 made for TV sci-fi film about an alien, named Zontar, from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by self-proclaimed Schlockmeister Larry Buchanan and based on the teleplay by Hillman Taylor and Buchanan. It is a low-budget 16mm film color remake of a Creator/RogerCorman film titled Film/ItConqueredTheWorld, which also featured an alien invader from Venus.
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Zontar, the thing from Venus is a 1965 made for TV sci-fi film about an alien, named Zontar, from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by self-proclaimed Schlockmeister Larry Buchanan and based on the teleplay by Hillman Taylor and Buchanan. It is a low-budget 16mm film color remake of Roger Corman's It Conquered the World (1956), a Creator/RogerCorman film titled Film/ItConqueredTheWorld, which also featured an alien invader from Venus.
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Zontar, the thing from Venus is a 1965 made for TV sci-fi film about an alien, named Zontar, from Venus and its attempt at taking over Earth with the help of a bitter-yet-idealistic human scientist. It was directed by self-proclaimed Schlockmeister Larry Buchanan and based on the teleplay by Hillman Taylor and Buchanan. It is a low-budget 16mm film color remake of Roger Corman's It Conquered the World (1956), which also featured an alien invader from Venus.
At a dinner party with their wives, NASA scientist Dr. Keith Ritchie (Tony Huston) reveals to his colleague Dr. Curt Taylor (John Agar) that he has secretly been in communication with a three-eyed, bat-winged alien from Venus named Zontar who he claims is coming to Earth to solve all of the world's problems. However, as soon as Zontar arrives on Earth via a fallen laser satellite it quickly becomes obvious that the skeletal black creature has a hidden agenda.
The film was commisioned to pad out one of American International's television syndication packages and became one of Buchanan's best known work.
At a dinner party with their wives, NASA scientist Dr. Keith Ritchie (Tony Huston) reveals to his colleague Dr. Curt Taylor (John Agar) that he has secretly been in communication with a three-eyed, bat-winged alien from Venus named Zontar who he claims is coming to Earth to solve all of the world's problems. However, as soon as Zontar arrives on Earth via a fallen laser satellite it quickly becomes obvious that the skeletal black creature has a hidden agenda.
The film was commisioned to pad out one of American International's television syndication packages and became one of Buchanan's best known work.
