of Buchanan's life has recently been reprinted as a softcover book available on Amazon, the story of Buchanan's arduous journey from Texas orphanage to Hollywood director, and a look inside the wacky world of low budget filmmaking. The AIP TV Movies The Eye Creatures (1967) - remake of Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) Zontar, the Thing from Venus (1967) - remake of It Conquered the World (1956) Creature of Destruction (1967) - remake of The She-Creature (1956) Mars Needs Women (1968) - an original script by Buchanan Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968) - loose remake of Voodoo Woman (1957) In the Year 2889 (1969) - remake of Day the World Ended (1955) Hell Raiders (1969) - remake of Suicide Battalion (1958) It's Alive! (1969) - adapted from the Richard Matheson story "Being" References Notes Bibliography Goodsell, Greg, "The Weird and Wacky World of Larry Buchanan", Filmfax, No. 38 April/May 1993 p 60-66 External links Obituary at Los Angeles Times American male screenwriters People from Dallas 1923 births 2004 deaths Film directors from Texas People from Limestone County, Texas Screenwriters from Texas 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters Respiratory disease deaths in Arizona Deaths from pneumothorax Science fiction film directors