Everyones busy talking about Steven Spielberg's next alien movie "Disclosure Day." Of course, I've decided to ignore the shiny new object and spend my time discussing #TobeHooper's 1986 remake of #InvadersFromMars instead. Priorities. #SciFiCritic 1000daysofscifi.blogspot.com…

6.16(火)こんにちは 今日は #スペースインベーダーの日👾 世界にブームを巻き起こし日本のゲーム文化のキッカケになったゲーム⋆* てことで今日は 🎬スペースインベーダー(邦題)の予告を♪ ゲームと関係無さそうね？ 火曜日も頑張って✨ 🎬InvadersFromMars(1986) ▶️youtu.be/MBBdJVr_8kE?si=75q8… @YouTube

🌌🛸 TOTALLY RADICAL '80S ALERT, RETRO WARRIORS! 🕹️🍕 Yo, what's up my fellow Saturday morning survivors and arcade cabinet legends? It's your boy Cap'n Retrovania, the '80s kid turned nostalgic vampire dad, coming at ya with some pure childhood nightmare fuel that still gives me those backyard chills! 🚀 HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY to Invaders from Mars (1986) — released exactly today, June 6, 1986! The Tobe Hooper remake of that classic 1953 invasion flick dropped right into theaters and straight into our collective nightmares. Dude, this one hit different as a kid! Little David Gardner (played by the awesome Hunter Carson) is just minding his own business when—BOOM —a freakin' UFO crashes in his backyard sandpit! These slimy Martian invaders start burrowing underground and turning the whole town into zombie-like mind-controlled puppets. His own parents (Timothy Bottoms and Laraine Newman), the teachers, the cops... everyone's getting that glassy-eyed "join us" vibe! Only David and his badass teacher Linda Magnuson (Karen Black) are left to fight back against the takeover. Throw in Louise Fletcher as the creepy Mrs. McKeltch, James Karen as the gun-totin' General Wilson, and you've got a full-on '80s sci-fi horror party! But let's talk about what made this movie ABSOLUTELY BITCHIN' — the effects! Stan Winston and his legendary team went full practical makeup monster mode with those grotesque alien drones and guards. We're talking slimy, pulsating designs that still look gnarly today. And the alien guard suits? Mind-blowing suit performer wizardry! Those inverted-leg Martian drones were rocked by two performers back-to-back in one costume — a little person (like the incredible talents such as Debbie Lee Carrington, Tony Cox, or Sal Fondacaro in the crew) facing forward in a backpack-style rig while the main performer moved the legs backward. One handled the body, the other puppeteered the freaky face and expressions. Pure genius from Stan Winston Studio! It made those things walk like nightmare creatures from another dimension. John Dykstra crushed the visual spaceship effects too. This wasn't CGI slop — this was hands-on, sweat-and-latex magic! If you grew up renting this at the video store, dodging the sandpit on the way home, or blasting it on VHS during a sleepover... you know the vibe. It's got that perfect mix of wonder, paranoia, and over-the-top Hooper chaos. Who's firing this one up tonight for the anniversary? Grab the pizza (extra sauce, obvs), crank the volume, and let's defend Earth from the Martian horde! Who's your favorite character or grossest practical effect moment? Drop it in the replies, you radical retro survivors! "They're here... and they're NOT taking our pizza!!!" 🍕👽🛸 #InvadersFromMars #40thAnniversary #80sHorror #StanWinston #TobeHooper #PracticalEffects #RetroNostalgia #80sKidsRule #SaturdayTurnedNightmares #NESVibes #VHSForever #June6th1986

Happy Birthday to legendary composer Christopher Young! 🎂❤️ #ChristopherYoung #FreddysRevenge #Hellraiser #InvadersFromMars #DarkDelicacies

⏳Final Week. Own the Definitive Art of Renato Fratini! Our friends at Ink Forge Press have a fantastic project on Kickstarter, and it’s in its final week! Tim Smith — who some of you may know as our dedicated Editor of the Covers art book — is behind this amazing 448-page tribute to master illustrator Renato Fratini. This is a deep dive into mid-century art, from Barbarella to Bond. Let’s make sure this project finishes strong! 🔗Click here to back it now: kickstarter.com/.../the-art-… Campaign ends April 7th, 2026 #RenatoFratini #inkforgepress #artbook #kickstarterfinalweek #bondart #Barbarella #heavymetalmagazine #comicbookart #scifiart #invadersfrommars #fromrussiawithlove #jamesbond #retrofuturism #italianposterart #vintageposter #midcenturydesign #theartofrenatofratini #robertheinlein #comicbookart

Invaders from Mars | HMV Store | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 🔗: hmv.com/store/film-tv/4k-ult… I used to love this movie 🍿 as a child in the 1980's, watching old Sci-Fi movies from the 1950's 🛸 on TV 📺. #HMV #InvadersFromMars #4KBluRay #BluRay #SciFi #ClassicSciFi

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on May 11th on #4K in the UK from @BFI: #InvadersFromMars (1953)! From three hundred million miles away…invaders from Mars! In the dark of a stormy night, young boy David MacLean (Jimmy Hunt) witnesses a flying saucer land in a sandpit in his small, American town. It's not long before the adults, including his very own parents, appear...changed. Desperate for help, David enlists physician Dr. Pat Blake (Helena Carter) and local astronomer Dr. Stuart Kelston (Arthur Franz), to try and stop the invasion of the green, brainwashing, monsters. A landmark in sci-fi cinema, Invaders from Mars inspired filmmakers as wide ranging as Don Coscarelli (Phantasm), Brad Bird (The Iron Giant) and John Carpenter (The Thing) and is now available fully restored! Extras Restored 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) William Cameron Menzies: Architect of Dreams (16 mins): interview with William Cameron Menzies’ biographer James Curtis and his eldest granddaughter Pamela Lauesen Jimmy Hunt Saves the Planet (11 mins): interview with the actor Terror From Above (22 mins): featurette with acclaimed filmmakers John Landis and Joe Dante, editor Mark Goldblatt, special visual effects artist and two-time Oscar winner Robert Skotak and film preservationist Scott MacQueen Restoring the Invasion (7 mins): before and after clips of the restoration with film restoration supervisor Scott MacQueen TCM Festival Introduction (2022, 7 mins): John Sayles’ introduction at the Turner Classic Movie Festival in Hollywood European Observatory Sequence (9 mins) European ending (3 mins): alternative ending to the film Original theatrical trailer Rerelease trailer Image gallery: featuring original press book pages and behind-the-scenes photos from the restoration process **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film UK Preorder: amzn.to/3McUUS4 #BluRay #Ad #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected #BritishFilmInstitute #BFI

Coming to 4K UHD 5/11 from @BFI Invaders from Mars 4K UHD Pre-order: amzn.to/4kj6sQt Extras •Restored 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) •William Cameron Menzies: Architect of Dreams (16 mins): interview with William Cameron Menzies’ biographer James Curtis and his eldest granddaughter Pamela Lauesen •Jimmy Hunt Saves the Planet (11 mins): interview with the actor •Terror From Above (22 mins): featurette with acclaimed filmmakers John Landis and Joe Dante, editor Mark Goldblatt, special visual effects artist and two-time Oscar winner Robert Skotak and film preservationist Scott MacQueen •Restoring the Invasion (7 mins): before and after clips of the restoration with film restoration supervisor Scott MacQueen •TCM Festival Introduction (2022, 7 mins): John Sayles’ introduction at the Turner Classic Movie Festival in Hollywood •European Observatory Sequence (9 mins) •European ending (3 mins): alternative ending to the film •Original theatrical trailer •Rerelease trailer •Image gallery: featuring original press book pages and behind-the-scenes photos from the restoration process •**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film #SciFi #BFI #InvadersfromMars #Bluray #physicalmedia #Horror #HorrorCommunity #FilmCommunity #4K #4KBluray #4KUltraHD #DVD #physicalmedia #FilmstaGram #physicalmediaforever #bluraycollector #bluraycollection #Horror #HorrorMovie #HorrorMovies #Film #Movie #Movie #Cinema #CinemaLovers #FilmTwitter #MovieNight #Cinephile #MovieBuff #NowWatching

The Sets cost roughly $89.95.. #InvadersFromMars #TCMParty

"Invaders from Mars"(1954) #SciFiHorror #InvadersfromMars

Remembering the late, great Tobe Hooper - born on this day in 1943. #TobeHooper #TexasChainsawMassacre #EatenAlive #TheFunhouse #Poltergeist #TexasChainsawMassacre2 #InvadersfromMars

INVADERS FROM MARS (1953)🛸 Dir. #WilliamCameronMenzies #InvadersFromMars #SciFi

Remembering the late James Karen - born on this day in 1923. #JamesKaren #Poltergeist #ReturnOfTheLivingDead #ReturnOfTheLivingDeadPartII #InvadersFromMars

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This opening to #InvadersFromMars is so Twilight Zone coded #TCMParty

Horror month is here and a NEW series! This week it's #InvadersfromMars from 1986! Don't forget your pennies and turtle necks for this one! We'll also be doing a livestream over on our Youtube channel Oct. 30th for #Halloween! #scifi #podcast#horror#80s linktr.ee/TheNoOn15Teen?utm_…

Horror month is here and a NEW series! This week it's #InvadersfromMars from 1986! Don't forget your pennies and turtle necks for this one! We'll also be doing a livestream over on our Youtube channel Oct. 30th for #Halloween! #scifi #podcast#horror#80s linktr.ee/TheNoOn15Teen?utm_…

#NowWatching Invaders From Mars (1986), the totally tubular sci-fi horror flick directed by the legendary Tobe Hooper! This rad remake of the 1953 classic cranks up the '80s weirdness to 11. Follow young David Gardner (played by Hunter Carson), a kid who spots a UFO landing behind his house and realizes aliens are brainwashing his town! Teaming up with the school nurse, Linda Magnusson (Karen Black), David fights to save his family and friends from creepy extraterrestrial control. The stellar cast includes Timothy Bottoms as George Gardner, David’s dad who gets a bit too “spaced out,” Laraine Newman as Ellen Gardner, his mom, and James Karen as the tough General Wilson. Plus, Louise Fletcher delivers chills as the sinister Mrs. McKeltch, and Bud Cort pops up as the quirky NASA scientist Mark Weinstein. With gnarly practical alien makeup effects by Stan Winston and mind-blowing visual effects by John Dykstra, this flick is a wild nostalgic ride for any retro horror fan. Grab some popcorn, and watch this '80s invasion classic for the Halloween season! 🛸📼🎃 #RetroHorror #InvadersFromMars #TobeHooper #80sHorror #80sKidsRule #80sNostalgia

Hooper’s Invaders from Mars has energy and imagination, but the execution is uneven. The dreamlike visuals linger, even if the story collapses under its own pulp excess. Ambitious but flawed. ★★½☆☆ #InvadersFromMars #SciFi

1986 Movie Bracket – Round 2, Group 9 Pick TWO to move on! 86. Invaders from Mars 11. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 83. Iron Eagle 12. River’s Edge #FerrisBuellersDayOff #InvadersFromMars #IronEagle #RiversEdge