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


“Their conquest has already begun. . . . He knows they’re here.”
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.

Hunter Carson
David Gardner

Karen Black
Linda Magnusson

Timothy Bottoms
George Gardner

Laraine Newman
Ellen Gardner

James Karen
Gen. Climet Wilson

Bud Cort
Mark Weinstein

Louise Fletcher
Mrs. McKeltch

Eric Pierpoint
Sgt. Maj. Rinaski

Christopher Allport
Captain Curtis

Virginya Keehne
Heather
Invaders from Mars is a horror, science fiction film released in 1986 exploring themes of space invasion, remake, alien invasion, body snatchers, absurd, ridiculous. Directed by Tobe Hooper, it stars Hunter Carson, Karen Black, Timothy Bottoms. A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
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