Invaders from Mars (1986 film)

Invaders from Mars is an American feature film from the year 1986. The sci-fi horror film from director Tobe Hooper with Karen Black and Hunter Carson in lead roles, describing an invasion of Earth by extraterrestrials, is a remake of the film of the same name from the year William Cameron Menzies 1953. The film was produced by Cannon Films.

Action

The little boy David noticed one night, like a UFO landed behind a hill near his parents' house. He talks to his parents it, but they want to give him no faith. The next day his father is indeed externally unchanged but strangely emotionless. A short time later, David's mother and other residents of the small town are changed. They were injected in the form of a small spine in the neck, with which they are controlled by the aliens that have landed with the UFO device. David confides in Mrs. Magnusson, the psychologist of his school, the few has not been tampered with as one. Even his teacher Mrs. McKeltch was already changed and tried, just as David's parents, his repeated to get hold of.

With the help of the military eventually succeeded David to storm the underground base, who built the aliens and destroy them. He can also save the psychologist Mrs. Magnusson, who was taken in the meantime, while his teacher Mrs. McKeltch is eaten by the aliens alive. The already injected spines become ineffective by destroying the command base and the people back to normal.

Trivia

  • The school in the film is named after William Cameron Menzies, the director of the original film.
  • Jimmy Hunt, the boy from the original film, plays the chief of police.
  • In the basement of the school, in which Linda and David want to hide from the controlled by the aliens police, is between various stored objects also a replica of the Boss aliens from the original film from 1953 can be seen ( figure with tentacles in a glass ball ).
  • Noticeable towards the end of the film, the rapid section is from the exploding ship directly to the end credits of the film: As in the original version from 1953 was removed from the German version, the last storyline. In this the complete story of the film is described as a nightmare of David, who is comforted after waking up startled from his parents and then see how the spaceship of aliens now but actually ends up from his dream behind the hill.
  • The hand detectors that are used in the film by the staff of NASA, are the same props in the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has been used as a tricorder.

Awards

  • Louise Fletcher in 1987 was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Worst Supporting Actress in the category.
  • John Dykstra and Stan Winston were also nominated for the Golden Raspberry, in the category of Worst special effects.

Reviews

  • Filmdienst: " Modernized remake of the eponymous science fiction film from 1953; a perfectly staged, overloaded with special effects ghost train ride "
1986 in film Screenplay Yoram Globus Film score Christopher Young Daniel Pearl (cinematographer) Fictional film Invaders from Mars (1953 film) The Cannon Group Unidentified flying object Closing credits Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
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