A mechanical brain is programmed to sabotage the government's secret lab while working on the first space station.
Practical Effects
Gog and Magog: janky robots that haunt my dreams
Production
Underground lab sets built with genuine government anxiety
Sound
Killer sound waves as murder weapon — camp genius
Director
Herbert L. Strock
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 3D but rarely screened that way; most audiences saw Gog's robot claws flailing flat.
One of the first films to feature a computer as villain, beating HAL-9000 by eight years and with infinitely worse graphics.
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