The Monitors

Oct 8 1969 PG 1h 32m
Comedy, Sci-Fi

Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.

Plot

Unusual sci-fi invasion film, with a black-comedy twist: The Earth is taken over by The Monitors, aliens who run it like hall monitors in a 1950's high school, with overtones of Big Brother. The film follows the progress of the human underground rebellion. The twist is that as the film goes on, the audience's sympathies shift to the aliens, who are basically benevolent. When the humans manage to oust them, it's back to corruption and bribery by the usual suspects.

Written by

Myron J. Gold, Keith Laumer

Directed by

Jack Shea

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Second City, Bell & Howell, Wilding Picture Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
338
Average Rating
4.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA