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Space Amoeba

Space Amoeba

Science Fiction · Adventure · Horror · 1970

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

Movie details

Space Amoeba

“An alien aiming for the Earth transforms monsters to attack!”

1970 Science Fiction · Adventure · Horror 1h 24m

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

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When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Directed by

Ishirō Honda

Written by

Ei Ogawa

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

Taro Kudo

A

Atsuko Takahashi

Ayako Hoshino

Yukiko Kobayashi

Yukiko Kobayashi

Saki, native girl

Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara

Makoto Obata

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Dr. Kyoichi Mida

Tetsu Nakamura

Tetsu Nakamura

Chieftain Ombo

Yū Fujiki

Yū Fujiki

Asia Development Promotion Division Manager

Court is in session

Put Space Amoeba on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.