Invaders from Mars (1986 film)
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| Directed by | Tobe Hooper |
| Produced by | Edward L. Alperson Jr. Yoram Globus Menahem Golan David Rodgers Wade H. Williams III |
| Screenplay by |
Dan O'Bannon Don Jakoby |
| Story by | Richard Blake John Tucker Battle |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Sylvester Levay Christopher Young David Storrs |
| Cinematography | Daniel Pearl |
| Edited by | Alain Jakubowicz |
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| Distributed by | Cannon Film Distributors |
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Release date
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6 June 1986 (USA) |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7 million |
| Box office | $4.9 million (domestic) |
Invaders from Mars is a 1986 science fiction horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby. It is a remake of the 1953 science fiction film Invaders from Mars, and is a reworking of that film's screenplay by Richard Blake from an original story by John Tucker Battle. Its production was instigated by Wade Williams, millionaire exhibitor, science fiction film fan and sometime writer-producer-director, who had reissued the original film in 1978 after purchasing the copyright to the property. Elaborate creature and visual effects for this remake were supplied by Stan Winston and John Dykstra.
On the night of a meteor shower, young David Gardner sees an alien spacecraft land in a sand quarry behind his house. This is the beginning of an alien invasion that sees David's parents (George and Ellen Gardner), his teachers and the townspeople slowly assimilated by the alien life forms, returning with less emotions. The only one who believes David is the school nurse, Linda Magnuson. Together, David and Linda enlist the aid of the U.S. Marines to help save the world.
At the end, David awakes in his bed and tells his parents about the events, all being a nightmare. After he and his parents return to sleep, he is suddenly reawakened by the alien spacecraft beginning to land. Running to his parent's bedroom, the film ends with him screaming as an alien noise can be heard, leaving David's fate unknown.
Jimmy Hunt, who played David Gardner's counterpart character in the 1953 film (David Maclean), portrays the Police Chief in the 1986 version. David is seen watching this film's director Tobe Hooper's previous film, Lifeforce, on television when his mother surprises him. When the indoctrinated police officers are searching for David and Nurse Magnuson in the school's basement, they briefly shine a flashlight on some stored theatrical props, one of which is the Supreme Intelligence alien inside its clear orb as depicted in the original 1953 version. It is not known if this is the original prop or a replica made for the 1986 film. The Gardner's mailbox shows the name of the town as Santa Mira, an homage to the town where another sci-fi film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, was set.
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