
Invaders from Mars(1953)
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.


“Unspeakable horrors from outer space paralyze the living and resurrect the dead!”
In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington DC see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

Gregory Walcott
Jeff Trent

Mona McKinnon
Paula Trent

Duke Moore
Lt. John Harper

Tom Keene
Col. Tom Edwards

Carl Anthony
Patrolman Larry

Paul Marco
Patrolman Kelton

Tor Johnson
Inspector Clay

Dudley Manlove
Eros
Joanna Lee
Tanna

John Breckinridge
Ruler
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a science fiction, horror film released in 1957 exploring themes of california, stewardess, tombstone, fog, resurrection, alien. Directed by Edward D. Wood Jr., it stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore. In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington DC see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.
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