Somewhere in this world stalks a thing that is...
An alien from planet Davanna, whose population has developed a terminal blood disease caused by nuclear radiation, is sent to Earth to acquire fresh human blood for his people.
Paul Birch
Paul Johnson
Beverly Garland
Nadine Story
Morgan Jones
Harry Sherbourne
William Roerick
Frederick W. Rochelle
Jonathan Haze
Jeremy Perrin
Dick Miller
Joe Piper
Anna Lee Carroll
Davanna Woman
Pat Flynn
Simmons
Barbara Bohrer
Waitress
Roy Engel
Desk Sergeant
Tamar Cooper
Joanne
Harold Fong
Speciman
Lyle Latell
Paul Johnson
Gail Ganley
Teenage Necker
Ralph Reed
Teenage Necker
Hank Mann
Lead Bum (uncredited)
Jan Boleslavsky
Davanna Contact (uncredited)
Director
Roger Corman
Writers
Mark Hanna, Charles B. Griffith
Ronald Stein
Original Music Composer
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Charles Gross Jr.
Editor
Sierbahnn
6/16/2026
They tried for alien Dracula. They failed The promotional material for this movie makes it look as if they were trying to out-scary Dracula, which was a hype at this time, but this movie does not have the heart of Dracula movies (although there have been some stinkers). It is typical cold-ware fare; xenophobia, fantasticism, all that good stuff. It is by no means a bad movie, but it certainly is not one of the all-time greats.
