Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

Teenagers from Outer Space (released in the UK as The Gargon Terror) is a 1959 American independent black-and-white science fiction cult film released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was produced, written and directed by Tom Graeff and stars David Love, Dawn Bender, Bryan Grant, Harvey B. Dunn and Tom Lockyear. The film’s working titles were The Boy from Outer Space and The Ray Gun Terror.

Teenagers from Outer Space was distributed theatrically by Warner Bros. on June 2, 1959. It played on a double feature with the Japanese film Gigantis the Fire Monster.

In the film, a young alien named Derek becomes a fugitive on Earth after he defies his crew’s directive to eradicate human life in order to use Earth as grazing grounds for giant voracious livestock they call Gargons.

In 1987, the film entered the public domain in the United States because Warner Bros. did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.