http://www.viewpoints.com/Zontar-the-Thing-From-Venus-The-Eye-Creatures-reviews Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:53:05 GMT Latest reviews about Zontar the Thing From Venus/The Eye Creatures http://www.viewpoints.com/Zontar-the-Thing-From-Venus-The-Eye-Creatures-review-80f98 These are two very low low budget color movies made by independent schlock film-maker Larry Buchanan for American International Pictures television division. Larry hoped they were good enough to be released theatrically, but they were made cheap and quick to be part of AIP's (American International Picture--where Roger Corman began his career) television film library. The idea was to put a few original productions in color into the packages of cheap black and white horror movies and you would sell them a lot easier to television stations desperate for programming. <br/><br/>The idea worked as a marketing concept. The AIP television packages were very successful. In fact if you remember these movies at all you remember them because they helped put you to sleep when they played on television probably in the early morning hours. <br/><br/>Now they are on DVD. <br/><br/>The first of the television movies Larry made was <strong>THE EYE CREATURES</strong> that was released to television in late 1965. It was often shown with a typo in its...... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:53:05 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Zontar-the-Thing-From-Venus-The-Eye-Creatures-review-80f98 ChrisJarmick 1