Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.
Practical Effects
Gloriously goopy alien transformations that age beautifully.
Production
Hyper-stylized 1950s aesthetic in Reagan-era packaging.
Acting
Nancy Allen brings unexpected soul to B-movie chaos.
Director
Michael Laughlin
Paul Le Mat
Charles Bigelow
Nancy Allen
Betty Walker
Diana Scarwid
Margaret Bigelow
Michael Lerner
Willie Collins
Louise Fletcher
Mrs. Benjamin
Wallace Shawn
Earl
Fiona Lewis
Waitress / Avon Lady
Kenneth Tobey
Arthur Newman
June Lockhart
Mrs. Bigelow
Charles Lane
Prof. Hollister
Joel Cohen
Tim
Dan Shor
Teen Boy in Prologue
Dey Young
Teen Girl in Prologue
Jack Kehler
Gas Station Attendant
Thomas Kopache
State Trooper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was meant to launch a trilogy with Strange Behavior (1981), but both films bombed and the third was never made.
The film deliberately mirrors 1953's Invaders from Mars while satirizing Reagan-era American nostalgia for an imagined wholesome past.
US
