Invaders from Mars (1986) (2024)

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1986

Directed by Tobe Hooper

Synopsis

Their conquest has already begun. ... He knows they’re here.

In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.

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Cast

Hunter Carson Karen Black Timothy Bottoms Laraine Newman James Karen Bud Cort Louise Fletcher Eric Pierpoint Christopher Allport Virginya Keehne Kenneth Kimmins Charlie Dell Chris Hebert Mason Nupuf William Frankfather Debra Berger Eddy Donno Mark Giardino Donald Hotton Jimmy Hunt William Bassett Dale Dye Scott Leva Steven Lambert Debbie Lee Carrington Tony Cox Sal Fondacaro Randall Wulff

DirectorDirector

Tobe Hooper

ProducersProducers

Menahem Golan Yoram Globus

WritersWriters

Don Jakoby Dan O'Bannon

Original WriterOriginal Writer

Richard Blake

CastingCasting

Robert MacDonald Perry Bullington

EditorEditor

Alain Jakubowicz

CinematographyCinematography

Daniel Pearl

Assistant DirectorAsst. Director

David Womark

LightingLighting

Roger Sassen

Camera OperatorsCamera Operators

Randy Nolen Bruce M. Pasternack

Production DesignProduction Design

Leslie Dilley

Art DirectionArt Direction

Craig Stearns

Set DecorationSet Decoration

Cricket Rowland Randy Moore

Visual EffectsVisual Effects

Stan Winston Paul Boyington John Dykstra

Title DesignTitle Design

Wenden K. Baldwin Kyle Seidenbaum

StuntsStunts

Steven Lambert Eddy Donno Dana Dru Evenson Spiro Razatos Tony Brubaker Tim A. Davison

ComposerComposer

Christopher Young

SoundSound

Randy Vandegrift David Bartlett Gilberto Costa-Nunes Mark Eiges Noah Blough Ron Bartlett Trevor Keates Zack Davis Sandy Gendler Barbara McBane Robert Ulrich Stanley B. Gill Baird Bryant Julie Hall Richard Villa

Costume DesignCostume Design

Carin Hooper

MakeupMakeup

Lisa Schulze Vered Hochman Dee Mansano

Studios

The Cannon Group Golan-Globus Productions

Country

USA

Language

English

Alternative Titles

Invaders from Mars (1986), Invaders, L'invasion vient de Mars, Invasion vom Mars, Invasores de Marte, Támadók a Marsról, Пришельцы с Марса, Najeźdźcy z Marsa, 화성에서 온 침입자, 火星大接触, スペースインベーダー, Invasion fra rummet, Napadači s Marsa, פולשים ממאדים, L'Invasion vient de Mars

Genres

Horror Science Fiction

Themes

Monsters, aliens, sci-fi and the apocalypse Horror, the undead and monster classics Sci-fi horror, creatures, and aliens Action-packed space and alien sagas Imaginative space odysseys and alien encounters Terrifying, haunted, and supernatural horror Gothic and eerie haunting horror Show All…

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06 Jun 1986
  • Invaders from Mars (1986) (3)Romania15
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03 Sep 1986
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12 Sep 1986
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05 Dec 1986
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05 Nov 1987
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07 Aug 1989
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01 Jan 1996
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06 Jun 1986
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Invaders from Mars (1986) (16)UK
12 Sep 1986
  • Theatrical12Cut for PG originally; uncut since2015
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06 Jun 1986
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01 Jan 1996
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  • Review by nathaxnne [hiatus <3] ★★★★★ 15

    Tobe Hooper's Invaders From Mars is an anomaly among the 1980's remakes of 1950's B-Movie Horrors because it doesn't attempt to make its source material frightening for a later era so much as it is interested in recreating the feeling of watching those films in the 50's, with all the attendant creepiness and paranoia. Invaders From Mars uses the best available talent (Dan O'Bannon, John Dykstra and Stan Winston among them) to make an intentionally artificial out-of-time world, where everything seems not so much fake as it does made. This is a world not of our own, but made from and out of Sci-Fi Schlock of old. That Hooper turns around and makes the subtexural threat not communism but the…

  • Review by Tony the Terror ★★★½

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    Caught somewhere between a kids fantasy movie and an adult horror movie, this was a great watch for a weekend afternoon. It’s far from my favorite Hooper, but it’s fun and full of that whimsical 80’s sci-fi aesthetic. I loved the silly looking giant toothy heads with feet Martian monsters and all the lovingly crafted practical effects. Still, it doesn’t always walk that line between kid and adult as well as it wants to. The ending doesn’t really match everything that comes before it.

    For me, the biggest draw to this was Karen Black. I’ll watch her in anything because she is perfect and we never deserved her while we had her. The fact that the kid is played by her actual son is just icing on the cake.

    Bananameter: 🍌 Louise Fletcher shoving a frog in her face can surely cure any bad mood 🍌

  • Review by VIVE_le_FILTH ★★★½ 7

    Another Cannon Seal of Approval!!

    This was a fun 50's style Sci-Fi movie if a little bit slow paced in parts but was totally worth watching for the ending alone ... classic!!!

    Also for some reason the main alien/monster reminded me of
    Harvey Weinstein don't know why?

  • Review by CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️ ★★★

    If you thought Invasion of the Body Snatchers lacked slimy aliens, horny teens and Marines who have no qualms about killing Martians, boy do I have a movie for you.

  • Review by belial_carboni ★★★½ 4

    Tobe Hooper's take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an ambitiously zany 80s spectacle of cheese. A light hearted suburban nightmare that's highlighted by dramatic performances and endearing practical FX. A low key 80s gem!

    After David witnesses a bizarre object land in his backyard everyone around him starts acting strangely. And why do they all have a mysterious marking on the back of their necks? First his parents, then his teachers will David be next???

    There's lots to enjoy here. Karen Black's dramatically campy performance, the rubbery and gooey alien designs, the retro sci-fi meets 80s horror vibes, imaginative settings and endless charm.

    A perfect Sunday afternoon kinda film.

  • Review by Acoucalancha ★★★

    "OOOOHHHH"

    People are acting weird, dad works for NASA, mom eats raw meat and burned bacon, the teacher eats live frogs and there's aliens parked over the hill. A young boy must navigate through all that while battling Martians.

    Invaders from Mars is yet another 80's horror movie with killer practical effects, costumes and creature designs. The set for the spaceship is quite unique and the weirdness displayed on-screen whenever those martians show up is entertaining and fun. The first time we see them remains my favorite moment. The problem is we see them for about 2 minutes in the first hour and then we don't see them again until the third act and this movie doesn't have much going…

  • Review by Mister Cap ★★★ 17

    ENGLISH below

    Ich habe "Invasion vom Mars" zum ersten Mal als Kind gesehen und fand, dass die froschfressende Lehrerin eine der schrecklichsten Erscheinungen der Filmgeschichte war, die ich bis dahin gesehen hatte. Jahre später fand ich heraus, dass diese Dame auch in anderen Filmen mitgespielt hatte, unter anderem in "Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest", in dem sie ebenfalls eine nicht sehr angenehme Zeitgenossin verkörpert. Hätte man mein Kinderich gefragt, wäre das sicher der Meinung gewesen, dass die Gute als Krankenschwester Ratched nicht schlecht war, aber die Froschfresser in diesem Film hier, viel erschreckender ist. 😁😁😁 Soweit mein Kinderich.😁😁

    In "Invasion vom Mars" entdeckt David, dass ein außerirdisches Raumschiff hinter dem Hügel in der Nähe seines Hauses gelandet ist. Die Außerirdischen…

  • Review by Scott R ★★★½ 4

    Hooptober XI: Grisly Ghouls and Occult Occurences 🧟‍♂️(6/31)
    Criteria:
    A Tobe Hooper film (there must always be a Tobe Hooper film)

    You’re very lucky, David Gardner. Not everyone gets to meet the supreme Martian intelligence.”

    Tobe Hooper does a remake of the 50’s Sci-fi classic (which I’ve actually seen and reviewed before and will link below). Certainly not as good as Carpenter’s work with The Thing, such are the budget limitations of a Cannon film hah, but I think this is notable in its own right!

    Some of the short are very reminiscent of the 1950’s original, so I think Hooper was likely a fan of that. And by god, if this isn’t some spooky vibes, Fa Real! I think Hooper…

  • Review by Travis Lytle ★★½ 4

    Tobe Hooper goes the Joe Dante route with "Invaders from Mars," a family-friendly remake of the same-named 1953 science fiction/horror film. A plot to turn townspeople into mindless drones, gooey alien creatures, and an elementary school-aged hero come together for a film that offers watchable and mostly innocuous fun.

    The story is the straightforward stuff of B-movies: martians land on Earth and begin to convert humans into mind-controlled slaves. A suspicious young boy starts to question the local strangeness and soon becomes a hero in the battle to rid the town of the space-borne threat.

    Hooper's eye for interesting angles and compositions adds some visual panache to the affair, while the special effects are nicely accomplished. The director keeps the…

  • Review by Jon Peters ★★★½

    “…I haven't been up there since I was a kid”, says the town's police chief, in reference to all the strange events happening at Copper Hill, just beyond David's (Hunter Carson) house. That line was delivered by Jimmy Hunt, the child star of the original 1953 classic INVADERS FROM MARS, in a fun cameo and nod to that film from Tobe Hooper, in case you were wondering about what type of remake Hooper was aiming for. It's a loving homage to the films of his youth, just wrapped in the excess of Cannon Films and their blank checks. But the film did little to improve Hooper’s career, which was beginning to get questioned after the ill-advised article that alluded to…

  • Review by pd187 ★★★½

    good when its tobe hooper making a goosebumps but it kept turning into (dj don cannon voice) a cannon! and i got bored

  • Review by julianblair ★★★

    Though I was unimpressed with this remake on first viewing (a decade ago), I now find that I enjoy it quite a bit. It is a faithful homage to the 1953 classic and tries its best to re-create the gauzy dreaminess of the OG version. I think I was too emotionally attached to the first one's unusual art direction and sets (per William Cameron Menzies). However Tobe Hooper creates an above-average effort. I think the original hit differently because none of us were familiar with "camp" in the 50s or having many scifi films told from a child's perspective....and so IFM was a real odd bird. I think watching them as a double feature would be most interesting.

    Watched for HooptoberX

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