Battle of the Worlds (Blu-ray)

From the height of the Italian sci-fi craze comes this creepy thriller about a runaway asteroid dubbed "The Outsider." Scientists are puzzled as it begins orbiting the Earth before intentions are made clear with an unleashed fleet of lethal flying saucers! Starring the fantastic Claude Rains, Bill Carter, Umberto Orsini, Maya Brent, and Jaqueline Derval, with cinematography by Marcello Masciocchi. This star-faring thriller comes to you from the Italian genre master known for his "willingness to embrace what others might dismiss as kinda trashy," Antonio Margheriti. - (San Francisco Bay Guardian.)

Starring: Claude Rains, Bill Carter, Maya Brent, Umberto Orsini, Jacqueline Derval, Renzo Palmer, Carol Danell