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Warner Bros. selected the Title

posted 12 years ago by Deluge69-663-991830
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From what I've gathered, Tom Graef originally entitled it THE GARGON TERROR, but after he sold it to Warner Bros. (Exactly how was he able to attain that near-impossible feat?), the Warner's executives retitled it TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE to obviously sell it to the Teenage Drive-In market.

I'm curious as to how much they paid him for the legal distribution rights.

Could be considered one of the very first Indie Films.

I often wondered how it would have been if Graef had a bigger budget, better effects; etc. Within the shoddy, but oddly appealing no budget, there was an interesting story that was struggling to get out.

Notice how the first half resembled TERMINATOR?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[–] hobnob53 12 years ago

After WWII there were a lot of independently-produced films sold for distribution to the majors, and later, to smaller outfits such as AIP. One of WB's greatest box-office successes was the independently-made Beast From 20,000 Fathoms in 1953. Teenagers -- and Warner did louse up that title -- was one of many such low-budget films picked up by a big company, mostly sci-fi but some mysteries, westerns, etc. Not a ground-breaker in any sense, but I guess everyone made money.

However, I believe the film is indeed known as The Gargon Terror in Britain.