Venus! The closest planet to our own. We (America) has never been there. The Soviets have, a few times. We went to Mars! Did you know the Soviets beat us to Mars? They did. Doesn't get broadcasted by NASA...but they were a few years ahead of us. Leave it to NASA to make Mars boring with pictures of sand and rocks. Come on Elon Musk! Drive NASA out of business. Anyway...today's feature is 1967's "Zontar: The Thing from Venus," directed by Larry Buchanan.
Curt (John Agar) and Keith (Tony Huston) are two scientists and best buddies. Boring blokes with hot wives, Anne and Martha (Susan Bjurman and Pat Delaney). Both women could have done better. Sad. Keith, fed up at being dull, decides to communicate with an alien on Venus. He invites the Venusian to Earth... mistake. Zontar arrives and cons Keith into helping him take over Earth. The Venusian looks like a demented Rodan from those Japanese monster movies. Little Zontars fly through the sky implanting control devices on the town leaders and generals. Curt is left "un-controlled" as Zontar needs his scientific abilities.
Curt figures out that his bestie and Zontar are collaborating to take over Earth and wants no part of it. The town is now in a panic and key players in the military are under Zontar's control. The beautiful wives? Well, they must have lost a bet as their poor matrimony choices are about to be brutally realized. Now Curt must fight a lonely battle against the Venus invader and his dweeb buddy, Keith. Eventually we see Zontar in all his glory as Keith's wife decides to try to save the world.
Will the beautiful wives save the world as Curt remains slow on the uptake? Is Zontar running the world a happier prospect than the dozen or so billionaires who run the world now? If Zontar does conquer the world will he choose Anne or Martha (or both) as his mating vessel? Cheesy and at times heartbreaking, "Zontar: The Thing from Venus" is a lot of fun and worth a watch.
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