with this and his third foray into the much malign horror genre and jerry warren solidify his reputation a the avaunt guarde director of the 1950s . here warren straddle the line between auteur and metteur and masterfully reconceptualizing the theme of don siegel invasion of the body snatcher ( release the previous year ) through a pair of interlock mise en scene . a usual and warren startlingly surrealist imagery leave many question unanswered . what be we to make of the cop in the picture frame . what be we to make of the struggle between the post feminist dr. myra and the pre feminist pam . be the role of the kid a metaphorical subversion of the prevalent cold war attitude of the time . well and no . this be just another ultra cheapo jerry warren special . bad acting and bad direction and bad cinematography and bad dialogue in other word and the usual . for bad movie fan and manic depressive only .