▁Officer ▁Ed ▁ ▁Production ▁Al ong ▁with ▁An atom y ▁of ▁a ▁Ps y cho ▁( 1 9 6 1 ), ▁The ▁Une arth ly ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁two ▁films ▁produced ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁Bor is ▁Pet ro ff ▁as ▁" Bro ok ▁L . ▁Peters ." ▁Origin ally ▁called ▁The ▁House ▁of ▁Mon sters , ▁it ▁was ▁fil med ▁over ▁approximately ▁five ▁days . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁acquired ▁by ▁American ▁Broadcast ing - Param ount ▁The at res ▁Pictures ▁after ▁principal ▁phot ography ▁had ▁been ▁completed . ▁While ▁the ▁film ▁cred its ▁Jane ▁Mann ▁with ▁the ▁original ▁story , ▁her ▁co - screen writer ▁John ▁D . F . ▁Black ▁( cred ited ▁as ▁Geoff rey ▁Dennis ) ▁reports ▁that ▁she ▁merely ▁typed ▁the ▁script . ▁Tor ▁Johnson ▁appears ▁as ▁Dr . ▁Con way ' s ▁min ion ▁" L ob o ", ▁a ▁role ▁similar ▁to ▁his ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁in ▁Ed ▁Wood ' s ▁B ride ▁of ▁the ▁Mon ster ▁( 1 9 5 5 ). ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁The atr ical ▁Re leased ▁in ▁the ▁United - St ates ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁June ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁The ▁Une arth ly ▁was ▁distributed ▁the atr ically ▁by ▁Republic ▁Pictures ▁Cor p . ▁on ▁a ▁double ▁feature ▁with ▁Begin ning ▁of ▁the ▁End ▁( 1 9 5 7 ). ▁It ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁shown ▁in ▁the aters ▁until ▁at ▁least ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁ ▁Home ▁media ▁The ▁film ▁a ired ▁on ▁television