EDITOR’S NOTE: Invasion of the Star Creatures was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, May 22, 1965 at 11:20 p.m.

Directed by character actor Bruno VeSota and written by Jonathan Haze, this has Privates Philbrick (Robert Ball) and Penn (Frank Ray Perilli) assigned to Fort Nicholson, which has a cave under the Earth — is this another Shaver Mystery film? — where they meet Kalar aliens Dr. Puna (Joanne Arnold, Playboy Playmate of the Month for May 1954) and Professor Tanga (Dolores Reed, sadly her third — after Hit and Run and Party Girl — role before she died of a drug overdose). Along with their vegetable men, they want to take over our planet, but because men are sexist pigs, they have learned how to stop them with a kiss. I kid!

Shot in Bronson Canyon, where all monsters and aliens find their homes, this was originally going to team up Haze (the star of The Little Shop of Horrors) with Dick Miller. It played double features with The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, which is a two-movie deal I love.

You can watch this on Tubi.