Cosmos War of the Planets 01

1977 - Italy
Director: Alfonso Brescia
From IMDB: A strange signal arrives on the Earth disturbing all communications, while an ufo appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with his spaceship and crew to the space outside the Solar System to find the origin of that signal. They reach an unknow planet where a giant robot enslaved a whole population of humanoids by taking their psychic energies. The robot's got his eyes on the Earth, too...

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• sf
• scifi
• italy

[GhostMint]

Hey which dvd did you grab this from? Is it the Platinum Disk with the other Brescia, the Retro Media box set, or the Televista? I just wanted to know because the trasnfer looks good and I am shopping for the film.

[starflyer3000]

It was a $1 DVD from Wal-Mart that had four films, two per side. It's called "The Sci-Fi Invasion" and also has Assignment Outer Space, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, and Warning from Space. It was published by Digiview Entertainment (like a lot of the $1 Wal-Mart DVDs).

[ShitStaindGod]

Do you have the part where they actually first confornt the Giant Robot????

[starflyer3000]

I have the whole movie. However, for some reason YouTube couldn't transcode the rest of the movie, even though each segment was created exactly the same. I might try again at some point if I have time. Thanks.

[AlanSessler]

one of my favorite soundtracks! creepy sci-fi analog synths!

[doctorw2]

the scripting and acting is horrid but, the costumes are very nice though.

[peacejunk]

here you can find the whole film for free download:

wwwDOTarchiveDOTorg/details/Co­smos_War_of_the_Planets

(somehow youtube doesnt allow posting links anymore ...

[icegrill73]

I remember watching this on ch. 9's Afternoon Movie Feature when I was 13. It took me 20 years to find this again, and enjoy the cheesiness of great Italian sci-fi. Love it!!!

[AlanSessler]

@feverdeanmg okay. Must have been some other bad movie with crazy costumes. Maybe Santa Claus Vs. the Martians or something. I have a flashback of crazy "helmets".

[feverdeanmg]

@AlanSessler This was not on MST3K but it should have been. It's one of my favorite bad Italian sci-fi pieces of sh#t from the 70's. Maye we'll get lucky and Cinematic Titanic or Riff Trax will do it. I agree with you there is something genuinely creepy about the the whole movie from the moment they set foot on the alien planet.

[jackscal1]

sad to see john richardson in such trash, he was such a handsome man in the sixties and once considered for james bond.

[TheOmegaPerson]

Italians in spaaaaaaaacccccccceeeeee!

[Skulldini]

@starflyer3000 Now, this isn't that movie in which a weird figuer removes a mask he's wearing to reveal that he has a rotted face,.. is it ? If so, I vaguely recall seeing it,.. and have been trying to track it down, unsuccesfuly, for a long time now.

[hotello2009]

musics are from Marcello GIOMBINI, and not from "giombrini" - the movie is a little bit inspired from Space 1999