Invaders From Mars

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Alec B it gets a little too long but the designs remain charming and it effectively makes an alien Invasion a vehicle for very specific childhood fears. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review Thom G Showing its age, but still entertaining and a classic! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/24 Full Review Matt R "From out of space comes hordes of green monsters" & in Super Cinecolor too! INVADERS FROM MARS (1953) was the first film to bring spaceships and aliens to the big screen in color! This independently produced, relatively low budget film, came out just before the Technicolor big budget WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953). Invaders is an amazingly suspenseful wonder whose influence can still be seen in everything from "The Simpsons" to "The Iron Giant" to "NOPE". John Tucker Battle's story and Richard Blake's screenplay predates "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" but introduces some of the same paranoia and dread as earthlings are turned into mutates and controlled by the Martian invaders. There were some involved with the production that claim Invaders was originally planned to be in 3D. Even in standard 2D, it is a stunning picture. Directed by William Cameron Menzies, the picture has good performances, dramatic music and great effects that really stand out in full color. I only regret not having seen INVADERS FROM MARS before now or not in a theater. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Scary for young Blobettes. Well done for early '50's. Eerie music is help. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member "What happened to him? He was alright, and then..." Alien invasion flick which finds a father transformed into a very different and angry man immediately after he investigates the landing of a flying saucer. The son notices something awry, and soon sees more and more neighbours acting strangley robotic and curt. As the boy attempts to alert others, he is thought to be pulling a prank and his words are neglected to the point of locking him behind bars. Pretty ridiculous and definitely marketed toward children as the kid is present in most scenes; I'm glad he wasn't too annoying. A great example of the scifi/horrors popular at this time. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Saw this movie on TV when I was 11 years old. (Early '60s...yes, I am that old.) It scared the cr*p out of me. Our backyard had a sandy area, and I was scared to walk across it all summer, for fear I'd be sucked underground. Plus, I kept looking at the back of my kid sister's neck to make sure one of those Martian mind-control gizmos hadn't been implanted there. At the ripe old age 11, I realized I was being really silly, but I just couldn't help it. So, if you're 11 years old and highly suggestible, and you want to have the cr*p scared out of you, see this movie. Yeah, I know it's a Cold War allegory. I didn't know that at the time. I just knew it was really, really scary. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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