The Creation of the Humanoids is a 1962 American science fiction film release, directed by Wesley Barry and starring Don Megowan, Erica Elliot, Frances McCann, Don Doolittle, and Dudley Manlove. The film is not based on the plot of Jack Williamson‘s novel The Humanoids, to which it bears little resemblance, but on an original story and screenplay written by Jay Simms.

In a post-nuclear-war society, blue-skinned, silver-eyed human-like robots have become a common sight as the surviving population suffers from a decreasing birth rate and has grown dependent on their assistance. A fanatical organization tries to prevent the robots from becoming too human, fearing that they will take over. Meanwhile, a scientist experiments with creating human replicas that have genuine emotions and memories.

The Creation of the Humanoids is often said to be “Andy Warhol‘s favorite film”. The original source for this claim appears to be a 1964 art review of new Warhol paintings that begins with a short description of the film and states that the protagonists’ climactic discovery is “the happy ending of what Andy Warhol calls the best movie he has ever seen.”

color, widescreen, mono, 84 minutes. DVD-R comes packaged as shown in color DVD case, wrapped in plastic!