FAR OUT SYNOPSIS

Dr. Arthur Axelrod, an optometrist and part-time astronomer/physicist, introduces the audience to McCarthyville, New Mexico; the time is 1958 (PROLOGUE). A mysterious meteor crash-lands in the desert, and the local teenagers wonder what it is (THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE). At the same time, Dr. Axelrod’s geeky son, Milton, is mocked by the cool teens, led by Jeff, the high school’s star quarterback, his girlfriend Lucille, and Sondra, the pretty girl-next-door. Milton wonders what it would be like to be cool (THE POPULAR TEEN IN TOWN THAT EVERYONE LOVES). Sondra thinks Milton could change if he wanted to, but Jeff disagrees (WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET).

Aliens arrive soon after the meteor lands: their Supreme Leader is a walking eyeball with lobster claws. They have come because earth is an eyesore to them; the remedy is to transform the population into mutants, and they begin by transforming Dr. Axelrod’s fiancée into a cannibalistic zombie. The aliens want the optometrist, Dr. Axel