Outer Space Silliness

When I was growing up, there was a class of movies in the science fiction genre called B movies. These were silly, often cheaply made movies that usually featured BEMs (bug-eyed monsters) who terrorize humans, but the humas always won in the end. The Doom Machine, by Mark Teague, reminded me of those B movies. It starts in a small town where Jack Creedle and his Uncle Bud live. Uncle Bud is developing a gadget (a space traveling machine) that will make him millions of dollars. Jack is a mechanical wiz who soup up any moving vehicle, spaceships included. Into their town come serious-minded Isadora Shumway and her mother, a brilliant scientist, just at the time an alien spaceship lands near the town. The aliens, known as the Skreeps, look like giant spiders with multiple eyes and have come to Earth looking for treasure that will allow their captain Xaafuun to become the leader of their home planet. The aliens capture the four humans and Uncle Bud's gadget and take them into outer space where all kinds of weird and crazy adventures happen. This silly story will keep you chuckling throughout all the strange events. Oh yes, and the humans win in the end.