Zontar, the Thing from Venus

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Zontar, the Thing from Venus (1966)
AIP Production #6669

Jeff and Cheryl notice something awfully familiar about a mind-controlling, cave-dwelling alien invader in Zontar, the Thing from Venus.

Written by Larry Buchanan and Hillman Taylor
Directed by Larry Buchanan

Starring:
John Agar as Dr. Curt Taylor
Susan Bjurman as Ann Taylor
Anthony Huston as Keith Ritchie
Patricia De Laney as Martha Ritchie
Neil Fletcher as Gen. Matt Young
Warren Hammack as John
Colleen Carr as Louise
Jeff Alexander as rocket scientist
Bill Thurman as Police Chief Brad Crenshaw
Andrew Traister as Sgt. Magalari
Jonathan Ledford as gate guard
George Edglley as Mr. Ledford
Carol Gilley as Alice
Bertha Holmes as townswoman

Produced by Azalea Pictures and released by American International Television as part of Sci-Fi 65 and Amazing Adventures ’67

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)