Synopsis: A government project involving children is taking place on an English coastal town. A middle-aged American in the company of a young woman stray themselves into the project site while on the run from the gang led by the young woman's brother.
Appraisal: The sci-fi aspect of it is silly and dated, and a historical reminder of how scared the world was at that time (the film was completed in 1961 and shelved for two years); it is nevertheless a quite enjoyable spectacle for its use of landscape, adequate script and professional acting. It famously anticipates A Clockwork Orange (1971) in some early scenes and, perhaps not as famously, borrows a plot element from Scarface (1932).
Rating: 58
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