The Day Time Ended (1979)

A small family consisting of father (Jim Davis), mother (Dorothy Malone), daughter (Marcy Lafferty), son (Scott Kolden), son in law (Christopher Mitchum) and granddaughter (Natasha Ryan) relocate to the Sonoran desert. But their first night in their new home, they are under siege by UFOs and strange creatures that have escaped through a time warp caused by a supernova. Directed by John Bud Cardos, the film suffers from its low budget and weak special effects. In fact, the special effects look right out of a 1950s B science fiction movie instead of a 1979 (which is post STAR WARS) film. The narrative is of some interest however as its time out of whack plot is reminiscent of a TWILIGHT ZONE or OUTER LIMITS television episode while its ending is reminiscent of George Pal's WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE. It would have helped if the script hadn't reduced its characters to stock figures. If you can get past the cheap visual effects, it's tolerable enough. The underscore by Richard Band isn't bad at all and gives the film a bit of class.