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Invaders from Mars (1986)

Directed by Tobe Hooper

Science Fiction

Most recently watched by sensoria, seanCduregger

Overview

In this remake of the classic 1950s sci-fi tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.

Rated PG | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Hunter Carson | Karen Black | Timothy Bottoms | Laraine Newman | James Karen | Bud Cort | Louise Fletcher | Eric Pierpoint | Christopher Allport | Virginya Keehne | Kenneth Kimmins | Charlie Dell | Chris Hebert | Mason Nupuf | William Frankfather | Debra Berger | Eddy Donno | Mark Giardino | Donald Hotton | Jimmy Hunt | William Bassett | Dale Dye | Scott Leva | Steven Lambert | Debbie Lee Carrington | Tony Cox | Sal Fondacaro | Randall Wulff

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
09/12/2014TabletStreamingRented3.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Great kid-centric alien invasion film. Interesting story and great acting, but the real star are the awesome creature FX on the visitors.

And that ending? Well, it got a good smile from me.

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