Invasion of Mars (1986)

Movie
German title	Invasion of Mars
Original title	Invaders from Mars
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1986
length	99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Tobe Hooper
script	Don Jakoby , Dan O'Bannon Richard Blake ( writer )
production	Yoram Globus , Menahem Golan
music	Christopher Young , David Storrs
camera	Daniel Pearl
cut	Alain Jakubowicz
occupation
Karen Black : Linda Magnusson Hunter Carson : David Gardner Timothy Bottoms : George Gardner Laraine Newman : Ellen Gardner James Karen : General Climet Wilson Bud Cort : Mark Weinstein Louise Fletcher : Mrs. McKeltch Eric Pierpoint : Captain Curtis Christopher Allport : Captain Curtis Jimmy Hunt : Chief of Police

Invasion from Mars is an American movie from the year 1986 . The science fiction film from director Tobe Hooper with Karen Black and Hunter Carson in the lead roles , the one invasion of Earth by aliens describes is a remake of the eponymous film of 1953 by William Cameron Menzies . The film was produced by Cannon Films . It opened in German cinemas on August 7, 1986.

action

One night, the little boy David notices how a UFO lands behind a hill near his parents' house. He speaks to his parents about it, but they do not want to believe him. The next day, his father is outwardly unchanged, but strangely emotionless. A short time later, David's mother and other residents of the small town are also changed. They have been injected with a device in the form of a small spike that is used to control them by the aliens who landed with the UFO. David confides in Mrs. Magnusson to the school nurse, one of the few who has not yet been manipulated. Even his teacher, Mrs. McKeltch, has already been changed and, like David's parents, tries repeatedly to get hold of him.

With the help of the military, David finally manages to storm and destroy the underground base that the aliens have built. He can also save the psychologist Mrs. Magnusson, who has been caught in the meantime, while his teacher Mrs. McKeltch is eaten alive by the aliens. The already injected spines will be ineffective by the destruction of the command base and people will be back to normal.

Trivia

• Karen Black and Hunter Carson are mom and son in real life.
• The school in the film was named after William Cameron Menzies, the director of the original film.
• Jimmy Hunt, the boy from the original film, plays the police chief.
• In the basement of the school, where Linda and David want to hide from the police controlled by the aliens, a replica of the boss alien from the original 1953 film can be seen between various stored objects (figure with tentacles in a glass ball).
• Noticeable towards the end of the film is the rapid cut from the exploding spaceship straight to the end credits of the film: As in the original version from 1953, the last storyline has been removed from the German version. In this, the entire plot of the film is described as David's nightmare, who is comforted by his parents after waking up in fright and then sees how the spaceship of the aliens from his dream actually lands behind the hill.
• The hand detectors used by NASA personnel in the film are the same props used as a tricorder in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .

Awards

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

Reviews

• film-dienst : “ Modernized remake of the science fiction film of the same name from 1953; a perfectly staged ghost train ride overloaded with special effects "

Web links

• Invasion from Mars in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Comparison of the cut versions of FSK 12 - US DVD of Invasion vom Mars (1986) at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ schnittberichte.com
2. ↑ IMDb
3. ↑ Invasion of Mars. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .