It Came from Somewhere Else

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It Came from Somewhere Else
Directed byHoward Hassler
Written byPatrick V. Johnson
Produced byJohn Bruhn
StarringWilliam Vanarsdale
CinematographyDan Jones
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

It Came from Somewhere Else is a 1988 motion picture comedy directed by Howard Hassler. It is a spoof of sci-fi films and is a B-movie. Kung fu aliens from space have invaded the small town of Grand Bosh, accompanied by a surge of spontaneous human combustion and other mysterious phenomena in this awkward spoof of 1950s sci-fi.

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