In the victim's case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. Despite your futile "don't go down there, you jerk!" pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. (As a side-thought, "unseen menace" may remind you of that highly "original" BLAIR WITCH). Naturally, he can't prove it, and 50's space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time.
Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment.
(There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the "story" is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he'd have more provisions to survive hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance. Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best.
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