The Eye Creatures - Plot Synopsis

Plot Synopsis

The movie begins with a military briefing film which shows a hovering flying saucer (resembling a domed yo-yo) as the narrator (Peter Graves) describes how the military's "Project Visitor" has been tracking it and anticipates it will land in the "central United States". After the briefing Lt. Robertson reports to the base near the expected target. He berates his subordinates for their habit of using the monitoring equipment to spy on teenagers making out in the woods. One of the teens sees an object land nearby and tells his friends at a local bar, including Stan Kenyon. He and his girlfriend Susan Rogers later hit one of the creatures with his car, so they drive off to call the police. Out in the woods, they are forced to use the phone of a grumpy codger who resents the "smoochers," frequently threatening them with a shotgun.

Meanwhile, two drifters come across the dead creature and they decide to put it on exhibition. When one of them returns to the site, other aliens arrive, scaring him and causing a deadly heart attack. When the police finally investigate, they assume that Stan ran over the drifter and they arrest the young man.

Having overheard the bar conversation about the UFO, Lt. Robertson reports to his commander, who reluctantly authorizes a cordon around the saucer. They eventually blow up the spaceship and congratulate themselves for their effective defense, not realizing that the creatures weren't in their craft and are still roaming the woods.

Easily escaping from the police, Stan and Susan meet up with the dead drifter's friend and the three of them attempt to prove the alien danger to the community. Mike is cornered by the creatures but Stan and Susan flee. They then accidentally discover the monsters explode when exposed to bright light. Unfortunately, after the autopsy showed that the victim earlier died from a heart attack and that Stan had not killed him, the police want nothing more to do with him. The teenagers then gather their friends together and drive out to the clearing where they left Mike. Surrounding them with their cars, the teens use their headlights to evaporate the remaining creatures. Fortunately, Mike survived his attack, and Stan and Susan resume their interrupted plans to elope.