Invaders From Mars

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Audience Member Visually appealing but hampered by a bizarre 3rd act that relies far too much on montage footage that appears earlier in the film. They seemed to have the ideas for a 60 minute film and then ended up stretching out to cover the rest of the run time. The acting is solid but not earthshattering. It's okay one time watch but there is a reason that "The War of the Worlds" gets far more attention. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/25 Full Review Logan D When a spacecraft lands in a nearby sandpit, a young boy has to convince his town that aliens are replacing humans. A sincere but unintentionally hilarious film. It's campy and they use such things as balloons for the alien tunnels. B movie at it's best. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Michael C After seeing the mediocre 1986 remake, I was happy to have an opportunity to see the original 1953 film in its entirety. While it is not the best movie I have ever seen, I did find the movie enjoyable for a number of reasons. Jimmy Hunt does a very good job in the lead role of young boy David McClean who sees aliens land behind his home and take over everybody around him. The special effects are not great (You can clearly see the zippers on the back of the green aliens' costumes.) but they are passable. One thing that works in the movie's favor is that the cliché of nobody believing David until it's too late. Thankfully that is not the case as David finds people who believe him immediately. One such person is Dr. Patricia Blake played by the late Helena Carter. The other is Dr. Stuart Kelston played by the late Arthur Franz. Both are very good in their respective roles. The climax of the movie is actually well done and even a little exciting. Overall, the original version of "Invaders From mars" is a good and enjoyable movie. It is worth seeing at least once. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/06/25 Full Review Dave S After a young boy sees what appears to be an alien spacecraft disappear into the desert sand, those around him start to behave uncharacteristically, leading authorities to correctly assume that something is horribly amiss. While it has its shortcomings (some cringy dialogue and cheap looking sets), the first half of Invaders from Mars, a strange combination of Leave it to Beaver and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, is actually pretty effective, slowly building suspense as things begin to spiral out of control. However, things go downhill significantly over the second half, most notably when the actual Martians are introduced. Dressed in what appear to be head-to-toe velour jumpsuits, they lurch about in their underground tunnels like a bunch of stoned Teletubbies. The crosscutting between a mass of tanks, soldiers in panic mode, and the comically dressed invaders over the last twenty minutes quickly grows wearisome, all topped of with a twist ending that really doesn’t serve much of a purpose. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review Ted B 3.5 stars; As a kid, two movies scared me the most: the original "The Thing" and this movie. This movie had a much longer-lasting effect because of the ending. At first, you are led to believe that a kid seeing a flying saucer land in his backyard, and all of the things that happened afterward, were really just a dream that the kid was having. However, later when the kid really wakes up, he sees the very scene of the flying saucer landing outside his window again.... chilling. The ending was so chilling that in Great Britain, the film was released with the second part of the ending removed. Making it seem like it was all just really all a dream anyway. This movie was a real cut above the standard drive-in movie B-level sci-fi movies that were released in the 1950s. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/03/24 Full Review Dallas H Oh, the joys of 1950s cheesy science-fiction movies about an alien invasion with Martians that look like basketball players wearing costumes they picked up from a nearby Spirit Halloween store. I got a kick of enjoyment from watching this movie. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/27/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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