Strange Invaders

1983
PG
1h 34m

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5.4/10

3.6K

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Nancy Allen, Louise Fletcher, Wallace Shawn, and Michael Lerner in Strange Invaders (1983)

Alien beings, whose settlement in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his son from their clutches.

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Alien Invasion Horror Mystery Sci-Fi

Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations

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Trivia
Second part of a planned trilogy, known as the "Strange Trilogy", by writer-director Michael Laughlin. The first part had been Strange Behavior (1981). A third was planned, but due to a lack of funding, it was never made.

Goofs
Betty runs back to the hotel in the dark, then immediately heads down the fire escape with Charles. But when they get down to street level it is broad daylight.

Quotes
Betty Walker: Well, now that we're past this awkward 'getting to know you' phase, let me buy you a drink. Well, come back tomorrow - maybe we can find this photograph.

Connections
Featured in In Search of Tomorrow (2022)

Soundtracks
Since I Don't Have You
Performed by The Skyliners

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6/10

Kenneth Tobey!

A clever plot -- aliens take over a small town in rural America -- is almost done in by a plodding pace and the weakest leading man to ever appear in a sci-fi movie, Paul LeMat. Nevertheless, the movie has a strange charm, as LeMat travels to this podunkville to find his ex-wife, who inexplicably vanishes while visiting the town. The ending holds a couple of surprises, but by then you'll probably be glad the damn thing's over. The main reason to watch this sort-of cult classic is to see how closely a film made in 1983 succeeds in paying homage to all those cheeseball sci-fi flicks of the 1950s, when commies were the biggest threat, often showing up in sci-fi movies disguised as invading aliens. I have no doubt that as low-budget as this production was, it had its influence on ABC's classic sci-fi show, THE INVADERS. Also, keep an eye out for several familiar faces dotting the landscape, including Ken Tobey, star of Howard Hawks' 1951 commie threat epic, THE THING FROM Another WORLD.