The greatest distinction the film usually has in genre footnotes is that it is uncreditedly based on a novel The Puppet Masters (1951) by sf grandmaster Robert Heinlein, author of books like Starship Troopers (1959), Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) and films such as Destination Moon (1950). The relationship between the book and film is unclear - the book is not credited on the film, while various reports would seem to indicate that Heinlein reached a legal settlement with the filmmakers after claiming they took the story from him uncreditedly. The book was later filmed - with credit - as The Puppet Masters (1994). Necessarily the film is a lot less ambitious in scale than the book - in the book the invaders arrive from outer space in flying saucers; here the film has them confusingly seem to arrive from space by burrowing up from the earth - however the central idea of parasites that control human minds by attaching themselves to the back of the neck remains. Amusingly neither film version arrives at the solution that Heinlein offers - that humanity has to give up wearing clothes so that people can see whether parasites are attached to the back of the neck or not...""...VeSota has minor roles in numerous Roger Corman films - Teenage Doll (1957), The Undead (1957), War of the Satellites (1958), A Bucket of Blood (1959), The Wasp Woman (1959) and The Haunted Palace (1963). He directed upon only three occasions - Jayne Mansfield's first film, the crime thriller The Female Jungle (1954), this, and the very silly and even cheaper alien invasion comedy Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962). The one name that later proved of great fascination was that of Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek (1966-9) fame - here billed as Leonard Nemoy. You won't recognize Nimoy, although his voice is familiar - he's the aging professor who turns up inside the capsule right at the end of the film
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