Ironically, QoB reinforces the soviet writers' assertion that westerners are fearful pessimists. QoB plays out perfectly as the alternate ending as imagined by Laungton. Laungton, is derided for his worry that first contact with aliens might be dangerous. Laungton's Nightmare - In the original soviet movie, the token westerner, Dr. In this, it is more akin to Bram Stoker's Dracula, in an era when people feared the influx of foreign immigrants, than an angst analogy over nuclear disaster. There is more of an ancient xenophobia in QoB than anything political or nuclear. Two, is the well paced moody monster flick that is the (mostly) new material in the second half. One, is that it uses the very cool models and set shots from Mechte Navstrechu which are a visual treat. As they land on earth, Laura discovers dozens of pulsating eggs hidden around in the ship. In a mild scuffle, Laura scratches the alien, who runs screaming. She is feeding on Allan, but Laura interrupts her. Allan ties her up, but that next night, she uses her heat vision to burn the ropes. Anders argues that she should not be killed, but studied on earth. She does not eat, but has strangely hypnotic eyes.

On the way, she regains consciousness, but cannot speak. They all regroup and take her aboard their ship for the trip to earth. An escape pod is found on Phobos, with an alien woman still barely alive. Turns out there were no survivors on the main alien ship. After that team encounters trouble en route and is low on fuel, a second ship is sent to help out. Earth sends one team of astronauts to mount a rescue. Briefly, signals are received on earth from an alien spaceship on its way to earth. Harrington turned a sentimental soviet sci-fi romantic piece into a moody sci-fi horror story. The second half of QoB is almost all new footage starring John Saxon, Basil Rathbone, Judi Meredith and Dennis Hopper. Much of the first half of QoB is made out of footage from the 1962 original. While others stayed fairly true to their original stories, Curtis Harrington (writer and director) turned the original, Mechte Navstrechu, on its head.

Queen of Blood (QoB) is a bolder and more expansive example of that sub-genre.

The 60s saw quite a few foreign sci-fi dubbed into english, with new english-speaking actor footage inserted.

Queen Of Blood by Charles Nuetzel