Invaders from Mars, horror-film director Tobe Hooper's remake of the classic 1950's science fiction film, directed by William Cameron Menzies, centers on a young boy named David (Hunter Carson) who tries to stop an invasion of his town as aliens take over the minds of his parents George (Timothy ...more
MPAA Rating: PG | Year: 1986 | Running Time: 102 minutes
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With two months before his wild follow-up to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1986 proved to be a strange time for Tobe Hooper, as evidenced with this peculiar remake of the 1953 sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars. From start to finish, the movie is grounded in a kind of firm PG territory that works as a fun remake of the original, but is ultimately hampered with an in-your-face '80s aesthetic where Stan Winston's creature effects take precedent over the story's deep-rooted fear of paranoia. Filmed ...more
- Karen Black - Linda
- Hunter Carson - David Gardner
- Timothy Bottoms - George Gardner
- Laraine Newman - Ellen Gardner
- James Karen - Gen. Wilson
- Christopher Allport - Captain Curtis
- William H. Bassett - NASA Scientist
- Joe Anthony Cox - Drone
- William Frankfather - Ed
- Donald Hotton - Old NASA Scientist
- Michael McGrady - Marine #2
- Charlie Dell - Mr. Cross
- Joseph Brutsman - M.P. #1
- Eric Pierpoint - Sgt. Rinaldi
- Tobe Hooper - Director
- Menahem Golan - Producer
- Yoram Globus - Producer
- Dan O'Bannon - Screenwriter
- Don Jakoby - Screenwriter
- Craig Stearns - Art Director
- Wade Williams - Associate Producer
- Carin Hooper - Costume Designer
- Alain Jakubowicz - Editor
- Christopher Young - Composer (Music Score)
- Sylvester Levay - Composer (Music Score)
- David Storrs - Composer (Music Score)
- Leslie Dilley - Production Designer
- Daniel Pearl - Cinematographer











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