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I vaguely remember an old black and white movie with things that looked like lampshades. The lampshades would settle on a persons head and they would start bleeding and die. Anybody know the movie?










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  • Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?

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  • TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.

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  • There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!

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  • I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.

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  • Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?

    – DavidW
    Apr 9 at 21:44











  • TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.

    – Dennis
    Apr 9 at 22:07











  • There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!

    – gowenfawr
    Apr 9 at 23:50











  • I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.

    – PlutoThePlanet
    Apr 10 at 17:27














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  • Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?

    – DavidW
    Apr 9 at 21:44











  • TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.

    – Dennis
    Apr 9 at 22:07











  • There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!

    – gowenfawr
    Apr 9 at 23:50











  • I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.

    – PlutoThePlanet
    Apr 10 at 17:27



















  • Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?

    – DavidW
    Apr 9 at 21:44











  • TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.

    – Dennis
    Apr 9 at 22:07











  • There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!

    – gowenfawr
    Apr 9 at 23:50











  • I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.

    – PlutoThePlanet
    Apr 10 at 17:27

















Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?

– DavidW
Apr 9 at 21:44





Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?

– DavidW
Apr 9 at 21:44













TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.

– Dennis
Apr 9 at 22:07





TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.

– Dennis
Apr 9 at 22:07













There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!

– gowenfawr
Apr 9 at 23:50





There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!

– gowenfawr
Apr 9 at 23:50













I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.

– PlutoThePlanet
Apr 10 at 17:27





I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.

– PlutoThePlanet
Apr 10 at 17:27










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"Not of this Earth" (1957)



Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.



Not of this Earth






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    Awesome special effects.

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    That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.

    – Valorum
    Apr 10 at 7:59






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    Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer

    – Mark Rogers
    Apr 10 at 14:16











  • @Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)

    – Jacob C.
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    What is this, a gif for ants?

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"Not of this Earth" (1957)



Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.



Not of this Earth






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    Awesome special effects.

    – Organic Marble
    Apr 10 at 1:00






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    That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.

    – Valorum
    Apr 10 at 7:59






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    Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer

    – Mark Rogers
    Apr 10 at 14:16











  • @Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)

    – Jacob C.
    Apr 10 at 18:44






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    What is this, a gif for ants?

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"Not of this Earth" (1957)



Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.



Not of this Earth






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  • 14





    Awesome special effects.

    – Organic Marble
    Apr 10 at 1:00






  • 4





    That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.

    – Valorum
    Apr 10 at 7:59






  • 2





    Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer

    – Mark Rogers
    Apr 10 at 14:16











  • @Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)

    – Jacob C.
    Apr 10 at 18:44






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    What is this, a gif for ants?

    – Valorum
    Apr 10 at 18:58














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"Not of this Earth" (1957)



Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.



Not of this Earth






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"Not of this Earth" (1957)



Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.



Not of this Earth







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    Awesome special effects.

    – Organic Marble
    Apr 10 at 1:00






  • 4





    That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.

    – Valorum
    Apr 10 at 7:59






  • 2





    Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer

    – Mark Rogers
    Apr 10 at 14:16











  • @Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)

    – Jacob C.
    Apr 10 at 18:44






  • 1





    What is this, a gif for ants?

    – Valorum
    Apr 10 at 18:58














  • 14





    Awesome special effects.

    – Organic Marble
    Apr 10 at 1:00






  • 4





    That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.

    – Valorum
    Apr 10 at 7:59






  • 2





    Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer

    – Mark Rogers
    Apr 10 at 14:16











  • @Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)

    – Jacob C.
    Apr 10 at 18:44






  • 1





    What is this, a gif for ants?

    – Valorum
    Apr 10 at 18:58








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Awesome special effects.

– Organic Marble
Apr 10 at 1:00





Awesome special effects.

– Organic Marble
Apr 10 at 1:00




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That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.

– Valorum
Apr 10 at 7:59





That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.

– Valorum
Apr 10 at 7:59




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Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer

– Mark Rogers
Apr 10 at 14:16





Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer

– Mark Rogers
Apr 10 at 14:16













@Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)

– Jacob C.
Apr 10 at 18:44





@Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)

– Jacob C.
Apr 10 at 18:44




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