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[Pak-Man]

Invaders from Mars

Feature film · 2021

They’re here to conquer Earth! But really mostly just this one sleepy town. Okay, pretty much just this one family's backyard.

With Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett

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From the golden age of green zipper-suit aliens and know-it-all scientists who are never wrong about anything, it's Invaders from Mars! They're here to conquer the Earth, but really mostly just this one little sleepy town. And actually not even the whole town, pretty much just one family's backyard. Still, it's an invasion!

David is a plucky 1950s lad who enjoys watching the skies with his telescope and being able to trust local authority figures. But all that is upended when Martians land in the sandpit in his family's yard - every yard has a sandpit, right? The aliens begin replacing everyone in the town with synthetic mutants (pronounced mu-TANTS) starting with David's very own parents! David heads straight to his town's surprisingly grand police station, and quickly gets help from a local doctor, an astronomer, and even the U.S. Army. Because, unlike most movies about a kid trying to convince everyone that something weird is going on, all the adults believe him immediately. For a movie about invasion paranoia, there sure is a lot of trust.

It all builds to a climactic confrontation with the Martians in, you guessed it, David's backyard. Can David save his parents in time? Will they increase his allowance? What's with the Great Gazoo head in the glass fishbowl? And, again, why does the yard have a sandpit?

All those questions will be answered, plus a twist ending sure to make you say "oh, come on!" Join Mike, Kevin and Bill out in the sandpit for Invaders from Mars!

Written by: Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, Conor Lastowka, and Sean Thomason

Contributing writers: Jason Miller and Zachary Shatzer

[PontifexPrimus]

Oooh, I remember this one because I saw the remake from 1986 before I saw the original! It gave me nightmares at the time - watching this version is sure to be hilarious in comparison.

[eegah]

We are only halfway through this but, so far, this is both a hilarious riff and an interesting movie.

[The Lurker]

Yeah.  I'm also on Team Saw the Remake First.

[Pak-Man]

This was a fun one. The movie has a goofy MST3K kind of feel and the riffing is top-notch.

[CHF01]

I really enjoyed this one. 

[fodder650]

It is a really good riff but these scifi movies lead to that.

[eegah]

We are only halfway through this but, so far, this is both a hilarious riff and an interesting movie.

Ok, we finished. The riff stayed just as funny but the movie became extremely stupid.

[dbsommer]

Definitely had that 'Night of the Blood Beast' vibe from them for this type of film. Low budget cheesy 50's sci fi which they nearly always produces a hit, and this was no exception. Also since I had never seen it before I was reminded of the 90's 'The Puppet Masters', with Donald Sutherland and Keith David. Not a 'great' movie but I enjoyed it.

Also in relation to everyone believing the kid, from the way they talked at the start I think they had already suspected alien contact was coming. They just didn't know what form it would take.