Invasion of the Animal People

Invasion of the Animal People
Swedish theatrical poster
Directed byVirgil W. Vogel
Written byArthur C. Pierce (screenplay and story)
Produced byBertil Jernberg
Gustaf Unger
StarringBarbara Wilson
Stan Gester
Robert Burton
John Carradine
CinematographyHilding Bladh
Edited byShirley Citron
Tom Rolf
Music byHarry Arnold
Allan Johansson
Release dates
  • 19 August 1959 (1959-08-19) (Sweden)[1]
  • 3 May 1962 (1962-05-03) (U.S.)
Running time
73 minutes (Sweden)
55 minutes (US)
80 minutes (US TV)[2]
CountriesUnited States
Sweden
LanguagesEnglish
Swedish

Invasion of the Animal People (Rymdinvasion i Lappland in Sweden and Terror in the Midnight Sun[3] internationally) is a 1959 Swedish-American black-and-white science fiction-monster film released to Swedish cinemas on August 19, 1959.[4] The film was produced by Bertil Jernberg and Gustaf Unger, directed by American Virgil W. Vogel,[5] and stars Barbara Wilson, Robert Burton, and Stan Gester. Written by Arthur C. Pierce, the film had most of its dialogue in English.[6]

Space Invasion of Lapland was heavily re-edited by American producer Jerry Warren and had newly filmed American sequences added. The film had its U.S. release in 1962 under the title Invasion of the Animal People[7] as a double feature with Warren's Terror of the Bloodhunters.

  1. ^ Warren, Bill (1986). Keep Watching The Skies Volume 2. McFarland & Co., Inc. ISBN 0-89950-170-2. Page 749
  2. ^ Henenlotter, Frank (2001). Terror in the Midnight Sun (DVD liner notes). Something Weird Video Inc. ID9751SWDVD.
  3. ^ Warren, Bill (1986). Keep Watching The Skies Volume 2. McFarland & Co., Inc. ISBN 0-89950-170-2. Page 749
  4. ^ "Rymdinvasion i Lappland" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 19 August 1959. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  5. ^ Elin Fjellman Jaderup (22 April 2005). "Superobskyrt" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. ^ Henenlotter, Frank (2001). Terror in the Midnight Sun (DVD liner notes). Something Weird Video Inc. ID9751SWDVD.
  7. ^ Henenlotter, Frank (2001). Terror in the Midnight Sun (DVD liner notes). Something Weird Video Inc. ID9751SWDVD.