A young man visits his fiancé's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results.
Acting
Karloff's final Addams Family-style patriarch performance
Practical Effects
Gloriously unconvincing foam rubber plant monsters
Production
Roger Corman's AIP sets recycled to death
Director
Daniel Haller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Colour Out of Space,' though Lovecraft purists would riot at the comparison.
This was Karloff's final film for American International Pictures, ending his reign as horror's most bankable name.
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