he left those little footprint stickers they use to teach you the waltz on the floor. #monsterdon

man from venus sounds like a clumsy euphemism for an aged twink #Monsterdon

Why does Gretchen sleep with a hair band on? Was that the fashion back in the 1950s? #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Looks like talking vs. movie sound problem is decades old. Thank dog for captions.

"..and you were there, and you were there, and so was Toto!"

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

DUDE, NOT THE CORKSCREW GRIP D: #monsterdon

Strangely, he was much less creepy when they were hiding his face from us

#monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

@Taweret they're operators like in the Matrix sense and you could call them up asking for the minister of candy for all they care, they'd just phase them into this reality and put you through #monsterdon

#Monsterdon "I think this is where the appendix goes...I hope...."

"don't be afraid, I just like watching you sleep...I'm from Space...."

#monsterdon

hello? ministry of war? yes, this is joe from the Cock and Ball Tavern. we have a man here from Venus and he says... hello? hello?!

#monsterdon

Jeez, that nightgown's serious. Underwires, overwires, three ties and a full hundred meters of skirt. #monsterdon

@strangefour@retro.pizza It's a theme hotel, I guess?

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

@brooke Didn't have to work as hard for a jump scare back then #monsterdon

That door unlocking scene was the performance of a lifetime #monsterdon #thestrangerfromvenus

3... 2... 1... now LOOM

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

"We, on Venus, have long since evolved beyond the need for your concept of privacy."

#monsterdon

damn, lost the time to #monsterdon, now I'm 15 minutes behind schedule :blobfoxsad:

That is an upsetting number of cuckoo clocks.
#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

whoever is describing the music and sound cues on these subs is fucking killing it #monsterdon

Obviously, alien doesn’t know not to burst in on a lady’s room to look for her father.

#Monsterdon

People don't knock on Venus, apparently >_> #monsterdon

"This is no ordinary man... he doesn't pay taxes" #monsterdon

You're listening to the BBC America in the UK News #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus Okay, so I'm not very impressed with the Venusian surveillance of human society. They must have listened to enough Earthling radio to learn English (and probably other languages), but the Obvious Alien they send doesn't know how to introduce himself and just acts too weird around humans.

You would think they could pick enough cultural cues to like... do a self introduction and realize that people have names?

There are so many clocks ... and now the Stranger is being creepy about entering women's bedrooms.

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

The stranger makes Peter Pan sound effects!!

#monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

Hang on. "Wild rumours of an invasion from Venus..." Dood. It's ONE GUY. #monsterdon

Did you say Venus? https://youtu.be/8LhkyyCvUHk?si=-DAVX4cnRhwCOwyF #monsterdon

Hey space dude, leave Gretchen alone

#monsterdon #boundries

*GASP* he's even more white!
#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

Hello, I’d like to speak with the War department now please. Thank you. #Monsterdon

Just imagine if the news suddenly said "Don't worry, we're not being invaded by Venus". #monsterdon

#monsterdon he's blandly handsome, but the humans are HIDEOUS PIG MEN

@jonny Have you not seen Dr. Strangelove?

#monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

Calculon would fit in so well in this role. 😂 #Monsterdon

@Taweret
Pretty sure that what modern SUVs are. 😖
#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

#monsterdon guy waits 15 minutes to face the camera and he doesn't even have a pig-nose Rod Serling is out there somewhere just shaking his head

"You display your intelligence proudly" is just an old English aphorism for telling someone their fly is undone. #Monsterdon

wait you're calling from... the street below up... two storeys?

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

#Monsterdon As he strides up the stairs by the cuckoo clocks. Subtle commentary, Mr. Director, subtle.

This man likes water. This means war!

That escalated quickly

#monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

Funny - he looks like he's from Freedonia

#monsterdon
#StrangerFromVenus

stranger from venus showing the Brits why immigration and saving the NHS are totally related

#monsterdon

That was such a weird, anticlimactic face reveal.

Is he some famous british actor we're supposed to recognize?

#monsterdon

if someone handed me a brandy every time i showed up with a haunted look id be drunk every second of the damn day #Monsterdon

@apLundell you thought HE was the alien, but YOU were the real alien!!!

#Monsterdon # BlackMirror

Finally starting on #monsterdon after a little music rights management crisis and uh

okay this sure is an interesting way of starting the movie. I wonder why they've decided to not let us see the visitor's face at all?

I double-checked this goof for accuracy and despite this being a UK-produced film, the actress playing Susan -- Patricia Neal -- is indeed American. She would go on and win an Oscar for best actress for her role in "Hud" which I've never heard of before but sounds like it could be a #Monsterdon film.

This is a bunch of old white men telling one guy he's insane for not fitting in and I feel tense

#monsterdon

Quite the reveal. #Monsterdon

Damn, this movie pre-dates blinky lights and rubber clothes…there are two spots on my #monsterdon bingo card that have no chance…

OMG he's hideous! He's like, totally normal looking! #Monsterdon

Dramatic face reveal! It's... some dude?

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

Such dramatic reveal of his face like he’s someone special. Feels like this is where William Shatner got his acting style.

#Monsterdon

This is all exposition
#monsterdon

His and hers @amyfou #monsterdon

Face reveal! He's ... he's ... he's ..... wearing a turtleneck!

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

So he's just a regular looking guy. That was a lot of build up to nothing

#monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

YEAH BABY HE'S GOT IT

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

Face reveal - with extra lighting!

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

The planet you call…Venus #monsterdon

@RamenCatholic @trixter he must teach us his ways and then we can liberate Earth #monsterdon

Pretty anticlimactic face reveal there, Venusian

#monsterdon

With the framing of the Stranger I'm almost expecting it to be revealed that *GASP* he isn't white! But I doubt this old movie is gonna pull that one.
#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

🌕TRIVIA FROM VENUS🌕

🦖There was a justifiable fear of a lawsuit as this movie with the same premise came out about the same time as The Day the Earth Stood Still, also with Patricia Neal!

🦖This explains the many titles used for the movie and that it was released in the U.S. initially to TV.

#StrangerFromVenus #TheVenusian #Monsterdon

it's important to have redundant cuckoo clocks for critical time reasons

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

@amyfou WC Fields knew about water #monsterdon https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/food/miscellany/water-wc-fields-never-touches-stuff

@apLundell@octodon.social there are many reasons I don't drink, you have defined another #monsterdon

Movie, could you like, pick up the pace? Fritz Lang's "M" had more going at at this point.

#monsterdon

1950s goto move: here, have a drink! #Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

Are other people getting a random few seconds of a busy signal every few minutes, or am I watching a bad rip? #monsterdon

And here's the crash victim, healed up if somewhat bemused. Did the Stranger cue his mysterious assistants to deliver her just as the local police were pressing him for answers?

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

cop shield is confirmed bc the bartender guy was easily able to touch his face and hands and stuff. whoever these ACAB venusians are i'm a fan #monsterdon

I'm really enjoying the characters in this film who suddenly forget they're supposed to be English. #Monsterdon

Just a general observation. This film is making me realise how irritating I find the Received Pronunciation

#Monsterdon

Watching on YouTube because the ad breaks are shorter than Tubi... then getting an ad for Tubi >:V #monsterdon

This man is the county's leading arm expert

#monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

"Let me look at her"

Oh great, it's Handsy McGrabbypants again.

#monsterdon

Why are they still not showing his face?? He's going to look like a normal guy, or the whole introduction scene would have gone differently!

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon Speaking of old jokes- the daughter's face when she says "That's plain WATER!?!?!?". She never touches the stuff, have you any idea what the fish do in that?

Brandy - it'll fix what ails ya

#monsterdon
#StrangerFromVenus

bro if you are an advanced being from venus you should do a little scouting ahead first to be able to enter their society without them immediately wanting to arrest you. nobody ever makes any plans.

#monsterdon

Did that guy say he was a doctor?

#monsterdon #Boundries

cops don't have a warrant, they can't touch him. #monsterdon

The cops in these British movies are always so polite. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Some fiance he's turning out to be.

Ooo, time for PANTOMIME!
#monsterdon

Oh, the cop's a mime! Nice to have a hobby like that. #monsterdon

pacing on this makes first doctor episodes feel like Speed Racer (2008)

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

Just wait till he goes all Venusian Karate on your asses.

#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

If this were in the US the locals would already pointing handguns at him #monsterdon

in case you missed the opening scene to this week's #monsterdon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVTzXvD1Mqo

We like our beer warm, our wrists touched and our questions answered. #Monsterdon

The way this film keeps not showing his face keeps reminding me of The Brain From The Planet Aros. They did a similar trick.

#monsterdon

P sure this stranger is actually from the Founders' homeworld #monsterdon #thestrangerfromvenus

protip, if you're having audio issues on set, you can ADR the dialogue later

you don't just have to leave it like that

#monsterdon

He likes water? Off to jail with him

#monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

A girl has no name sir. Wait wrong story.
#Monsterdon #StrangerFromVenus

#Monsterdon Somebody move or speak or something!