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Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Format | Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Widescreen, NTSC |
Contributor | Scott Wulff, Lawrence Poindexter, Salvatore Fondacaro, Shonda Whipple, Donald Hotton, William Frankfather, Joseph Brutsman, Scott Huttman, William H Bassett, Brett Johnson, Louise Fletcher, Dale Dye, Charlie Dell, Douglas Simpson, Eddy Donno, Scott W Ambrose, Aaron Scott Bernard, Daryl Bartley, Matt Bennett, Margarita Fernandez, Scott Leva, John Dykstra, Laraine Newman, Hunter Carson, Chris Hebert, Amy Fitzpatrick, Mark Giardino, Debbie Lee Carrington, Shawn Campbell, Karen Black, J Acheson, Jimmy Hunt, Debra Berger, Christopher Allport, Mason Nupuf, Bud Cort, Michael McGrady, Kenneth Kimmins, Joe Anthony Cox, Roy Mansano, Lonny Low, Eric Pierpoint, Frederick Menslage, Timothy Bottoms, Virginia Keehne, Steve Lambert, Eric Norris, James Karen, Tobe Hooper See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 3 hours and 56 minutes |
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Product Description
A boy sees his parents and neighbors act like zombies after a flying saucer lands in his back yard.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Item model number : 15700
- Director : Tobe Hooper, John Dykstra
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Widescreen, NTSC
- Run time : 3 hours and 56 minutes
- Release date : April 7, 2015
- Actors : Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, Scott Huttman, Scott W Ambrose
- Subtitles: : English, English
- Studio : Shout Factory
- ASIN : B00S0DW3VS
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #22,565 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #400 in Science Fiction Blu-ray Discs
- #1,156 in Horror (Movies & TV)
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{Possible spoilers ahead, proceed with caution}
There were quite a few scenes that stuck with me over the years, the light show of the ship landing, the tunneling machine making its rounds, the spinning sand that swallowed you whole, and the kid using a penny to fire the alien weapon so the army could leave. The one scene that truly scared the bejeezus out of me was where the teacher was caught swallowing the frog whole. (I don't know why, but then again, given my age at the time, it probably had something to do with the fact that I thought teachers acted alien in the first place, lol.)
The funny part is I've struggled to find this movie for many years, typing in various searches to IMDb and Google, and never returned anything remotely close to the key few frames I remembered. Tonight, on a whim, I ran a search again and this movie came up on IMDb and Amazon Prime had it to stream as part of Prime. Finally, I put an end to at least a 30 year search, trying to find a movie from my childhood.
Our young hero David (Hunter Carson) is a wholesome preteen with wholesome parents. He leads a simple, happy life until one night he witnesses a huge gnarly spaceship landing in the countryside. The next morning his father is behaving very strangely and has an odd wound on the back of his neck. Soon more people in the town are acting strangely just like David’s father, especially those who go investigate where this spaceship allegedly landed.
David has adult-like agency and it's painfully obvious who is under brainwashed mind control and who isn’t. Perhaps that’s the PG-ness of the movie, making it more kid-friendly. The controlled adults do normal everyday things… but they do them wrong. They burn bacon and toast, drink coffee “wrong”, eat burgers “wrong”, and generally seem “off.” David’s parents want him to come to “see something” in the countryside. Sure, they do.
The weird behavior continues when David catches his teacher Mrs. McKeltch (Louise Fletcher) eating a frog—a classically funny visual. McKeltch becomes very aggressive towards David, who is protected by the still unbrainwashed school nurse Linda (Karen Black). The number of people that can be trusted in town is diminishing fast! Even his cute little classmate Heather (Virginya Keehne) becomes an obvious alien-controlled enemy.
Eventually, David locates and investigates the underground cavernous lair created by the aliens. Here we find different alien castes: larger, lumbering workers and an Emperor Krang-like brain-shaped overlord. Some of the workers even have laser guns mounted on them. Trying to save humanity, David turns to General Wilson (James Karen) and NASA.
The monstrous creature effects are good, fun, and decent quality. No one gets killed (at least, not violently). So there are no death scenes to discuss other than a bloodless incineration. Although an alien death results in throwing some rubber guts in front of the camera for a giggle, and someone does get eaten by a worker alien in a kind of silly scene. The alien lair raid is a lot like a proto-Starship Troopers bug extermination. The workers shake and scuttle like Muppets when they’re being machine-gunned down.
This is much lighter fare for director Tobe Hooper. For all its softer PG-ness, I still enjoy this movie. This is more of a thrilling adventure/Sci-Horror with a kid hero than horror.
Top reviews from other countries
an excellent remake aswell, incredible special make up & creature effects done by Stan winston's team
the Alien creatures look incredible, very realistic and scary
Shout/scream factory have given this 80's classic all new HD transfer in 2:35:1 widescreen
which looks excellent very nice sharp & clear picture quality
plus the Audio quality has been boosted to a new 5.1 master mix plus a stereo mix aswell
new special features aswell
a new retrospective featurette about this film THE MARTIANS ARE COMING-45mins
interviews with Tobe Hooper, Hunter carson
also interviews with special creature effects man Alec Gillis & Gino Crognale
who both talk about working on the film with stan winston and music composer Christopher young
Actress Karen black from the film passed away years ago otherwise she may have been interviewed
the CANON film producers Menahem & Golan have also passed few years ago now
there's also new Audio commentary with Director Tobe Hooper
aswell as Tv spots, Theatrical trailer etc
Definitely time to upgrade get this new blu-ray from scream factory
5 stars for this new blu-ray
From the director of ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ and ‘Lifeforce.’
This space-age creature feature is crawling with horrifying hordes of Martians hell-bent on stealing your soul: as well as your planet! Little David Gardner’s starry-eyed dreams turn into an out-of-this-world nightmare when invaders from the red planet land in his backyard and unleash their hostilities on unsuspecting earthlings! Paralyzed with fear as the aliens take over the minds of his mom, dad and even his schoolmates, David must somehow find a way to stop them: before they turn the whole human race into brain-dead zombies!
Showcasing "magnificent" (Time Out) special effects from John Dykstra [‘Star Wars’] and the "horrific" (Time Out) creations of Stan Winston (Aliens), this thrilling remake stars Karen Black [‘House Of 1,000 Corpses’], Hunter Carson [‘Paris, Texas’], Timothy Bottoms [‘Rollercoaster’], Louise Fletcher [‘Flowers In The Attic’], James Karen [‘The Return Of The Living Dead’] and Bud Cort [‘Harold And Maude’].
Cast: Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, Karen Black, James Karen, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher, Eric Pierpoint, Christopher Allport, Donald Hotton, Kenneth Kimmins, Charlie Dell, Jimmy Hunt, William Bassett, Virginya Keehne, Chris Hebert, Mason Nupuf, William Frankfather and Peter Firth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Director: Tobe Hooper
Producers: David Rodgers, Edward L. Alperson Jr., Menahem Golan and Wade H. Williams III and Yoram Globus
Screenplay: Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby
Composer: Christopher Young
Cinematography: Daniel Pearl
Video Resolution: 1080p [Cinecolor]
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English
Running Time: 99 minutes
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Shout! Factory [CANNON /M-G-M]
Andrew’s Blu-ray Review: Fans of Tobe Hooper’s 1986 film ‘INVADERS FROM MARS’ can jump for joy, with Scream! Factory’s new Collector’s Edition Blu-ray, and it’s definitely a release to check out. Loaded to the brim with brand new and retro special features, the film does an excellent job of bringing back not only a sense of nostalgia for old school fans of the film, but introduces a fun and campy ride for its new viewers.
Personally, I think the film and its content all speak for themselves, but just in case you have a question or two regarding the release, we’ve got you covered, having taken a look at the release and we can definitely assure you, it’s one of the most entertaining family sci-fi horror films of all time.
Late one evening a small boy sees a UFO landing in the open field behind his home. He tells his parents who obviously do not believe him. However, the following morning his father is behaving strangely, as if he is possessed by an alien intelligence. (What does his father do that is so weird? He gulps down his morning coffee in one single gulp, which perhaps isn’t all that weird . . .)
More strange behaviour: the boy spies his less-than-favourite teacher gulping down a bull frog (now that's weird) and his mother serves up breakfast bacon burnt to a crisp (perhaps not really that weird either) and eats raw hamburger patty meat (not so weird). Anyway, all of the people displaying this weird behaviour have funny wounds at the base of their necks. Soon it is becoming apparent that Earth is being invaded by aliens, but who would believe a small boy?
If the story sounds familiar then you have probably seen the original 1953 film (of the same title) of which this is a remake by producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. If you haven’t, but the material still seems familiar, then you have either seen any of the three versions of ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (that’s right: three of them!) Interestingly enough, the original ‘Invaders From Mars’ actually predates the original 1956 Black & White ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers.’
Film critics weren’t the only ones who didn’t take to Cannon’s produce though, but by the time the ‘Nineties rolled around; the company was bankrupt as ordinary audiences stayed away in droves. Despite ‘Invaders From Mars’ being one of Cannon’s better films. The brilliant special effects by legendary John Dykstra (‘Star Wars’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’) and the various creatures brought to life by Stan Winston are perfect for the time it was filmed in 1986 and to great effect.
The acting is suitably camp (you just got to love Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratched in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’) as everyone’s Most Hated Primary School Teacher from Hell, plus the dialogue is so over the top, that makes the film enjoyable, especially when tyey say, “Marines have no qualms about killing Martians, son,” and also “Marines do not carry change” is my all-time favourite. But the film’s tempo is quick and keeps the pace going well.
Also, material that seems fine for the paranoid Cold War-era 1950s seems a bit odd when remade for the mid-1980s despite Reagan-era gung ho-ism. Viewed today one can easily see what John Clute meant when he said that 1950s sci-fi movies were really about anti-intellectualism. In one scene in this film a NASA scientist tries to communicate with the aliens, naturally he is blown to smithereens with a death ray, quite a satisfying scene from the film and a warning never try to pacify a Martian Drone.
Sometimes, certain aspects of a movie can make up for areas in which its quality is lacking. I would say that’s the case for ‘Invaders From Mars.’ The great visuals provided by the sets and the creature design combined with the story to help me enjoy this film very much and especially watching this re-mastered Blu-ray disc and I know of other fans of this cult sci-fi film will also enjoy viewing it and is definitely a fun ride for its time. So check it out you sci-fi nuts, as it is well worth purchasing this Blu-ray disc.
Blu-ray Video Quality – ‘Invaders From Mars’ makes its grand arrival on Blu-ray courtesy of Scream! Factory on a Region A locked Blu-ray disc. The disc opens to the similarly formatted Scream! Factory main menus with music from the main film and clips in the background playing throughout. Film grain is alive and well, while never being too intrusive leading to outstanding detail levels. For a creature feature, all you have to do is look at the monster work by Stan Winston to see that this movie probably has never looked better. Colours are rich and totally wonderful. ‘Invaders from Mars’ eclipses its previous NTSC DVD and LaserDisc inferior releases.
Blu-ray Audio Quality – Sporting a fantastic awesome 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track and a 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio track and ‘Invaders From Mars’ gets a truly pleasing audio debut. If you want to remain authentic to the original experience, then stick with the 5.1 audio tracks, as the imaging on both tracks are deliciously creepy in places as well as the voices, and the subtle sound effects. Levels are well balanced and the tracks are free from any hiss, pops, or breaks anomalies.
Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:
Audio Commentary: New Audio Commentary with Director Tobe Hooper and Moderator Michael Felsher: This is a totally fascinating audio commentary and Michael Felsher sounds like a total enthusiast for the ‘Invaders From Mars’ and makes for an enjoyable audio commentary. We get to find out that Tobe Hooper copied the film title wording from ‘Superman’ and very effective they are and what a shame the film was not in 3D, as the titles would of looked totally awesome in that format. They also talk about the original ‘Invaders From Mars’ [1953] and mentions William Cameron Menzies [Production Designer], who had sadly passed away, plus most of the original cast from the ‘Invaders From Mars’ [1953] had also sadly passed away, but by luck Tobe Hooper was able to get the original actor Mr. Jimmy Hunt, who is one of the policemen in the 1986 film, who was the original boy in the 1953 film. A very nice thing they say is the acknowledgement of the fact that Karen Black had also passed away and totally respected her acting ability, especially in this 1986 film. Tobe Hooper wanted to put his own slant on this film, especially wanting Louise Fletcher in the film, who was not keen to eat the frog. Michael Felsher was in total awe of the Martian spaceship tunnels, that were built on the Howard Hughes Hanger and they were real neat sets, which I agree also totally amazing, and having Hunter Carson, the little boy in the tunnel, makes the tunnels look even more massive in size. When we get to chapter 7, where Karen Black and Hunter Carson go back to the school, Tobe Hooper points out several things relating to the original 1953 film, where he mentions again getting Mr. Jimmy Hunt, who was the original young boy in the 1953 film and also pointing out when Karen Black and Hunter Carson are down in the basement of the school, Tobe Hooper points out when the policemen are scanning their torches around the basement, you will see the original Martian Supreme Intelligent being in the glass bowl from the 1953 sci-fi film. Tobe Hooper also points out when the military are down in the Martian spaceship tunnels, and especially when the Martian drones appear, that inside the rubber suits are beach muscle guys, they had to walk backwards, while viewing everything on a small TV monitor and on top of those guys were small female assistants operating the arms. As we get to near the end of the film, Tobe Hooper says he had a great affection for making this remake film and a total homage to the original 1953 film and also hopes people over the years will appreciate his work on this 1986 film, but of course all sci-fi aficionados of this cult film find it totally brilliant, that has a massive cult following, which is what I also feel about this brilliant sci-fi masterpiece.
Special Feature: The Martians Are Coming! – The Making of ‘Invaders From Mars’: An all-new retrospective featuring interviews with Tobe Hooper [Director]; Hunter Carson [Actor]; Alec Gillis [Special Creature Effects Artist] and Gino Crognale [Special Creature Effects Artist] and Christopher Young [Composer] [2015] [1080p] [16:9] [36:32] Shout! Factory presents us with a totally unique and special feature, where we get to hear about this 1986 sci-fi film and takes us through a fascinating insight into this particular sci-fi genre film, because we get the likes of contributors of Tobe Hooper; Hunter Carson; Alec Gillis and Gino Crognale. Again they all talk a great deal at their great affection for this particular camp sci-fi film and the comments by Tobe Hooper were most interesting and wanted his 1986 film to be squarely aimed at the child’s view of what was happening to his family and his perspective on adults not listening to him. Tobe Hooper also informs us this his 1986 sci-fi film was at the time of its release was a complete financial flop, but when the film was released on a VHS video tape and other home viewing media, it has gained a cult status and now even more with this Blu-ray release, which I concur 100%. Another nice thing Tobe Hooper informed us that he was proud and honoured to have the well-established female actors Karen Black and Louise Fletcher. Hunter Carson was equally enamoured by Louise Fletcher, as they got on so well together, even to the point they always had their lunch break together and that Louise Fletcher was very funny. The two guys who did the special creature effects had a riotous ball and really enjoyed their experience, but not especially when Gino Crognale was in the Martian Supreme Leader rubber suit caught fire, they had a desperate job to get him out of the costume and was nearly badly burned, but luckily was able to be released from the costume. The only person I was not comfortable in viewing was the composer Christopher Young, who was totally weird and would hate to come face to face with him in a dark alley, as he looks totally menacing. But despite this, this was a really special feature and a definite must watch.
Theatrical Trailer & TV Spot: Here you get to see just two trailers, which are as follows: Theatrical Trailer [1986] [480i] [16:9] [1:26] and TV Trailer [1986] [480i] [4:3] [00:32]
Special Feature: Original Production Illustration Gallery from Artist William Stout with Audio Commentary by William Stout [2015] [1080p] [16:9] [14:02] Here we get an extra specially presentation by William Sout, who does an awesome audio commentary, especially while his stunning personal illustrations are being shown on your TV screen and talks extensively of his love for the 1953 ‘Invaders From Mars’ sci-fi film and especially informs us that he is a massive huge fan of the work of William Cameron Menzies [Production Designer], who is also one of his biggest heroes as well. One of his favourite designs that he hoped would get accepted, was the crew T-shirts, but sadly was not accepted. Another interesting anecdote he informs us about, is the theory why people work in the film industry, especially in America, is that some only work just for the money, which he feels is a very negative attitude, which is totally ridiculous, as you earn every single penny that you make in the movie industry, whereas his favourite thing on working on movies is the story he walks away with each individual movie and especially working on the 1986 ‘Invaders From Mars,’ which is personally his all-time favourite story. He also tells us that they contacted the United States Air Force, because they needed a lot of military hardware for the 1986 film and they were sent a script; but after sometime there was no reply back and eventually they came back to the studio after a lot of panic and came back with a statement, which William Stout reads out the actual statement that reads as follows, “I’m sorry, but the United States Air Force cannot co-operate in the making of this motion picture” and he asks them, “Why, because you guys are the heroes and you are the good guys, and the military that saves the day and kills the Martians,” and they reply back, “It is the official position of the United States Air Force that there are no Martians and there are no UFO’s” and William Stout never thought this an issue and was panic stricken. But with a stroke of luck, he was able to get in contact with the United States Marines Public Relations Liaison Officer and he was told that he would have complete co-operation of all the United States Marines in the making of the 1986 sci-fi film. He also gives great praise for Cannon Films, as they were very enthusiastic in making films for up and coming young ideas. But what I liked about this special audio commentary by William Stout, who has a really terrific calming voice and is also very interesting and fascinating intelligent guy and also you get to see in great detail all of his fantastic illustrations and is a definite one to view. Happy viewing!
Special Feature: Original Storyboards [2015] [1080p] [16:9] [4:16] This is like a slide show, where you get to view all of the storyboard drawings used for the film and at the same time you get the background music from the film. I personally found this rather boring, as all the drawings are in black-and-white, totally yawns ville!
Special Feature: Still Gallery [2015] [1080p] [16:9] [12:12] Here we get to view lots of colour image stills from the film in the form of another automatic slide show and you finally get to view a total of 27 images. Sadly it is totally silent compared to the storyboard slide show. But despite this it is great to view. Happy viewing!
Finally, it’s a wonderfully camp rollercoaster well done film, made at a time when Tobe Hooper was given the opportunity to create big, elaborate sets and ambitious projects. The colours look astonishing on this Blu-ray release, and that ambitious period of Tobe Hooper’s filmography just screams for a good Blu-ray release and this is definitely it. Some think the last quarter of the film heads into silly-territory, but it’s just the kind of silly that one would expect from a film called ‘Invaders From Mars’ and will also fit nicely in your Blu-ray collection. It has all the elements of the coming-of age films of the 1980s directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, and others. The only difference is it delves a bit deeper into the horror and sci-fi realms. It’s exactly the sort of genre movie you would expect from ‘Poltergeist’ Director Tobe Hooper. Highly Recommended!
Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Fan
Le Cinema Paradiso
WARE, United Kingdom
Blu-ray picture looks great for an old 80's classic (Final cut entertainment) 1080p HD
Features include many featurettes including A Career in Cannon 22-mins long, Mission to Mars, the special effects of the movie 28-mins long, Red planet recollection, remembering the movie 11-mins long, Creative concepts interviews 24-mins long, and Concept art for the movie 16-mins long.
Region B only, 95-mins (longer with credits) 1986.
Look out for the classic 80's cannon films title at the beginning!!!
Tobe Hooper's 80's version is a remake of the 1953 original.
Classic story of a young boy who witnesses an alien craft landing behind his house and burrowing into the ground. The townsfolk begins to be taken over. He tries to warn people But no one believes him.