The reason I've rated this film as awful is down to the fact that I am watching a truly AWFUL "colorized" version of this otherwise brilliant black and white film on Talking Pictures (Channel 81, Freeview UK), a channel that generally prides itself on showing old and often obscure black and white films, as I type this review. Would Talking Pictures Kindly obtain an ORIGINAL Black and White copy of this film and run that in future? I'd much appreciate it- this version I'm watching is ghastly!!!

*Spoiler/plot- Night Caller from Outer Space (Blood Beast from Outer Space), 1965. A strange orb from space lands on Earth in the UK and the Govt takes charge. The orb seems to have special properties that coincides with the disappearance of young women from the area.*Special Stars- John Saxon, Patricia Haines.*Theme- War is dangerous for women and other living things.*Trivia/location/goofs- B & W, British. Made at Shepperton Studios in England.*Emotion- This film was interesting and had such suspenseful dramatic pacing that kept me fully involved in the script's plot. I enjoyed the weaving of the plot with the disappearing women idea. The end of the film is done very well and plausible. It was not preachy or insulting of the viewer's aesthetics. I give this film high makes and would recommend it to be seen, even though the film theme is very common in the film's of this Cold War era.

A strange orb is found in the outskirts of London. The orb is soon determined to be a matter transference device sent to Earth from one of Jupiter's moons. It seems this alien civilization is bent on sending one of their own to Earth, but for what purpose? When a string of 20+ young women goes missing, the orbs monstrous purpose becomes much clearer.Night Caller from Outer Space is a rather talky, but enjoyable little B&W sci-fi thriller. Highlights for me include the mystery elements of the story from the first ¾ of the film's runtime, seeing John Saxon in such a decidedly British production, the unknown creature lurking in the shadows, and some outstanding cinematography (in fact, the film looks far better than it has any right to given it's obviously modest budget). The biggest weakness, unfortunately, comes in the final moments of the movie. The ending of Night Caller from Outer Space is such a let-down and non-event that it really takes away from everything that came before. As the movie ended, I sat in amazement and said to myself, "That's it? You've got to be kidding." It's a very lame payoff. Night Caller from Outer Space deserved better than that.Finally, Night Caller from Outer Space includes some really cool period shots of London at night from the mid-60s. I always get a kick out of that sort of thing.

THE NIGHT CALLER is a very uneven movie in that it's sometimes excellent and sometimes awful . For the most part it's very atmospheric and downbeat sci-fi film noir where most of the scenes are filmed during night and resembles the classic QUATERMASS BBC serials of the 1950s where scientists team up with the military and Scotland Yard to deal with an extraterrestrial menace Unfortunately it becomes clear that the script wasn't written by someone as intellectually or dramatically gifted as the legendary Nigel Kneale and it's the plot and dialogue that's the problem with audience being subjected to some quite laughable techno babble that anyone with any type of basic scientific knowledge will roll their eyes at . Once the alien masterplan is revealed people will be falling out of their seats asking " Is that it ? " and let's not mention some very ludicrous plot holes like how does an alien from another planet learn to drive a car or acquire money to rent an office This is a movie containing a strange mixture of good and bad aspects and it's by no means an ordeal to sit through especially like me you're a fan of QUATERMASS , the original series of THE OUTER LIMITS and early 1970s DOCTOR WHO but it's a movie that should have been a lot better and shows like 28 DAYS LATER that if a film is good it's down to the director and if it's bad it's down to the screenwriter