Humanity's destroyer resembles a gorilla wearing diving equipment and spends a surprising amount of time near a cave. Solemn science-fiction dialogue and a visibly tiny production try to sell an extinction event that looks like a backyard fancy-dress emergency.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
8/10
Plot
8.5/10
Effects
10/10
Dialogue
8/10
Rewatchability
7/10
“The end of humanity has arrived in a rented gorilla suit.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 83
Synopsis and movie facts
Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destroy all human life. Ro-Man falls in love with one of the last six remaining humans, and struggles to understand how his programming can instruct him to kill her while his heart demands that he can't.
Released
1953
Directed by
Phil Tucker
Running time
66 min
Starring
George Nader as Roy
Claudia Barrett as Alice
Gregory Moffett as Johnny
John Mylong as The Professor
Selena Royle as Mother
Pamela Paulson as Carla
George Barrows as Ro-Man the Monster / Great Guidance
