[[Image:It Conquered the World.jpg|thumb|Movie poster for film]]
'''''It Conquered the World''''' is a 1956 [[science fiction]] film about a carrot-shapedan alien from Venus trying to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist.
* Director: [[Roger Corman]]
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== Plot synopsis ==
In this classic example of '50s science fiction cinema, Lee van Cleef, later star of many a"spaghetti Western" moviemovies, plays Dr. Tom Anderson, an embittered scientist who one dayhas pickspicked up the voice of a Venusian alien in his radio transmitter. The alien wants to take over the world with its mind-control devices and thus make a new home for itself. To the naïve Dr. Anderson, however, it claims only to be bringing peace to the Earth through the elimination of emotions. Anderson agrees to help the creature in this ploy, even recommending that the creature assimilate his friend Dr. Nelson and his wife.
Dr. Nelson, after killing a flying bat-like creature which carries the mind-control device, finally persuades the paranoid Anderson that he has been wrong to ally himself with an alien bent on world domination. They hurriedly leave when they discover Tom's wife has picked up a rifle and gone to the alien's cave to try to kill it. The monster, which looks a lot like a large carrot with claws, succeeds in taking the life of Mrs. Anderson before the two doctors make it to her rescue. Finally seeing his hubris and the loss of everything he holds dear, Dr. Anderson kills the monster, sustaining lethal wounds of his own in the confrontation.
==Genex Trivia==
According to the spirit of the times, the movie closes with Dr. Nelson waxing philosophical about the grisly fate of his late friend (his rather lengthy solioquy beginning with ''"He learned, almost too late, that Man is a feeling creature, and as such, the greatest in the universe…"''). In episode 311 of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', which featured the film, this "insightful" monologue was milked to its full effect by repeating it no less than four times before and during the end credits.▼
▲AccordingThe to the spirit of the times, the moviefilm closes with Dr. Nelson waxingspeaking philosophicalphilosophically about the grisly fate of his late friend, (his rather lengthy solioquy beginning with ''"He learned, almost too late, that Man is a feeling creature, and as such, the greatest in the universe…"''). In episodean 311episode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', which featured the film, this "insightful" monologue was milked to its full effect by repeating it no less thanrepeated four times before and during the end credits as a point of humor.
