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Invaders From Mars

Play trailer Poster for Invaders From Mars PG 1986 1h 38m Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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A boy (Hunter Carson) sees his parents and neighbors act like zombies after a flying saucer lands in his back yard.
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Noel Murray The Dissolve But while it's first and foremost a terrific showcase for some imaginative designers, Invaders From Mars also holds together fairly well as a movie. Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 13, 2015 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...the first half of Invaders From Mars is easily the best, with a strange off-kilter feel that comes from slavishly updating a 50's storyline... Rated: 3/5 Mar 28, 2021 Full Review Richard Freedman Newhouse News Service None of this will exactly make you faint -- either from terror or pleasure. Nov 15, 2019 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy [UPDATED 2024 BLU-RAY REVIEW] A hapless remake from the jokers who also gave the world Bolero, Firewalker, and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. Rated: 1.5/4 Apr 8, 2015 Full Review Dustin Putman TheBluFile.com Creepy and charming. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 8, 2015 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jun 30, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Robert S The only things interesting about this ridiculous movie are the creature designs, and even those are kinda laughable. The acting is so amateurish and flat, it feels like a junior high school performance. And there are many times the movie makes no sense, and random things happen just because. And the kid who anchors it all seems detached and emotionless and kind of indifferent, probably his first acting job. It just wasn’t convincing or engaging on any level. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/09/25 Full Review CodyZamboni Z Remake is watchable, campy, and never boring, But cheesy fx, a jokey approach, annoying story developments, ruin the fun, And even though it copies the original's ending, it still feels like a cheat, which lowers the overall impact, Nice cast hams it up. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/19/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas de terror são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/17/25 Full Review Cees T Interesting collage of '80s shows like Under the Mountain, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Critters, but I fell asleep before it got to the Dune / Starship Troopers / Duke Nukem part. 3/10 - No good. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/25/25 Full Review Bradley C If you remake a classic you better do a good job or people will say you made a cheap ripoff. This is the cheapest, shoddiest ripoff in the history of movie making. The cast must have been desperate for a paycheck to be in this mess. Watch the original. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/21/25 Full Review Audience Member A somewhat fun movie that suffers from some bad acting. I enjoyed the military part of the movie, but that's about it. It was very predictable and the directing didn't seem very good. The ending sucked too. I'd say it's a bad movie that is a tiny bit fun. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A boy (Hunter Carson) sees his parents and neighbors act like zombies after a flying saucer lands in his back yard.
Director
Tobe Hooper
Producer
Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
Screenwriter
Richard Blake, Don Jakoby, Dan O'Bannon
Distributor
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Image Entertainment Inc., MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
PG
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 6, 1986, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.8M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround
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