The X from Outer Space

The X from Outer Space

Mankind threatened by a deadly nucleus from the vast void of space

Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu

Produced by Shochiku

196789 min5.2 / 10

A campy 1960s Japanese kaiju film that treats an absurd alien-monster premise with earnest sci-fi spectacle and practical creature effects.

The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.

Questions people ask

  • Is The X from Outer Space sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is The X from Outer Space easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does The X from Outer Space end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is The X from Outer Space scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is The X from Outer Space violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity36

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise31

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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