The Phantom Planet

1961 B-movie

Rating: 8/20

Plot: America is misplacing their astronauts. Another pair of astronauts is sent to a mysterious asteroid so that they can also get lost. One lands safely but is immediately shrunken because of the amount of gravity the planet has or some other scientific explanation like that that I'm just too tired to understand. Captain Frank Chapman joins the fight against

I'm not sure I understand all the shrinking since everybody winds up the same size anyway. It's not like they showed off any special effect brilliance or anything like that. It really adds nothing to the plot. Aside from a few pretty goofy moments, including when the monster from another planet is finally revealed, there's not much to see here. It's pretty typical 60's B-movie mumbo-jumbo, far too talky and with almost no action at all. Avoid it.