Invaders from Mars
“Their conquest has already begun. . . . He knows they’re here.”
1986 · 1 h 40 min
Directed by 
Tobe Hooper
Tobe HooperCast
Karen Black 
Hunter Carson 
Timothy Bottoms Laraine Newman 
Louise Fletcher
Credits
Written by: Richard Blake
Plot
A boy sees aliens.
Sinekatalog’s take
Tobe Hooper's remake of the 1953 alien-invasion B-movie is campy and weird. Its creature effects and paranoid tone have a certain charm, but the film is uneven and often silly.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.5 / 10 (12,348 votes)
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