
Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he travels to where she grew up--a rural town in the Midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the Newmans. He meets aliens; but when he contacts the FBI, they don't believe him. He tells his story to a tabloid; and suddenly, he is chased by the aliens.... (Full plot summary below)
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Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he travels to where she grew up--a rural town in the Midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the Newmans. He meets aliens; but when he contacts the FBI, they don't believe him. He tells his story to a tabloid; and suddenly, he is chased by the aliens.
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| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonThe zippy script by Michael Laughlin and future Oscar winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) is better than Laughlin's often lethargic direction. |
| User ReviewDavid DI see why this film developed cult statis. A classic 1983 science fiction film that has class and great actors. A very entertaining film. I remember seeing this film on HBO back in 1983, I still love this film. |
| User ReviewMichael WThey should defiantly do a remake of this movie.......or not... |
| User ReviewBonnie ETHIS WAS AWESOME!!!! when the people turned into the glowing balls it CREEPED ME OUT SO BAD!!!!!!! Its great. |
| User ReviewFrank Rthe music makes this one creepy, but a interesting story and take on aliens. |
| User Reviewscott bThis movie is very funny. It is kidish but you'll love it. You have to see this one. |
| User ReviewAlan PThis is the second of an uncompleted "Strange Trilogy," the first of which was the also entertaining and underrated "Strange Behavior". A complete throwback to films sci-fi film of the 1950s like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", this film tells the story of an isolated town who newcomers Paul Le Mat and Nancy Allen find their behavior rather peculiar. From there, the film takes some fun and outrageous turns. Directed by Michael Laughlin and written by Bill Condon, who would later go onto write and direct much classier of films like "Kinsey" and "Gods and Monsters". Lousice Fletcher, Wallace Shawn and June Lockhart also appear. |
| User ReviewJesse RThis was a pretty good movie and it does make you wonder if anything like this could really happen. A husband marries an alien, which he never knows until he discovers years ago aliens came to earth and their spirits invaded human bodies, one being his wife. Nancy Allen who plays Betty Walker stars in this film, which 5 years later she'd play Pat Gardner in Poltergeist III: We're Back (1988) and she starred in the the RoboCop Trilogy films as well. |
| User ReviewSean GUltimately this lives up to the feel of a midnight movie with its tone similar to sci-fi of yesteryear mixed in with the 80's. Some of the effects are cool while others are cheesed out. Everytime I started to get bored something would happen. I almost feel like this could go along in a marathon of Night of the Creeps, Night of the Comet, and Invaders from Mars. |
| User ReviewJason DStrange Invaders walks a very fine line between being a cult hit film and being a laughable dud from the 80's. The film starts off in the quaint 50's in the town of Centerville, where simple people live simple lives until an alien invasion occurs, taking over the entire town by capturing everyone's souls and wearing their flesh. Some twenty odd years later, college professor Paul Le Mat goes in search of his ex-wife after she goes missing for a few days, only to find out about the aliens in town and flees back to New York. The only problem is that the aliens follow him back and amass a body count trying to track him down. Mat enlists the help of tabloid reporter Nancy Allen (Robocop), who we have to wait 35 minutes in to finally see, as well as former alien invasion survivor Michael Lerner (Anguish), who we have to wait over an hour to finally see as they battle the aliens in Centerville in hopes of saving Mat's kidnapped daughter. My reason for the movie walking that fine line is simple, it goes back and forth from being a decent 80's film to a boring 80's film. After they introduce Lerner's character, the film actually becomes a lot of fun and rather enjoyable. The effects are actually pretty good, showcasing some surprisingly violent, grossness to them that I was not expecting. The film also supplies a bevy of interesting appearances from the likes of June Lockhart (Lost in Space), Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), popular cartoon voice actor Wallace Shawn (Toy Story series, The Incredibles), and Jack Kehler (Pineapple Express). Great cast, but I don't know if they were used well enough. Average movie. |