Strange Invaders

Strange Invaders (1983)

  • 63% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 31% of users liked it
    (1,604 ratings)

In this subtly humorous, alien-invasion film by Michael Laughlin, who co-wrote the screenplay with William Condon, the aliens infiltrate a small Midwestern town in 1958 and beam the "spirits" of several of the townspeople up to their spacecraft in little blue bubbles, while they settle into the… More

PG, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By
Michael Laughlin
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy, Cult Movies
In Theaters
Sep 16, 1983 Wide
On DVD
Nov 20, 2001

Critic Reviews

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    Amusingly off-the-wall sci-fi spoof

  • Daniel Eagan, Film Journal International

    Fun but predictable sci-fi comedy

  • Scott Weinberg, Apollo Guide

    Any sci-fi movie that features cameos by Kenneth Tobey and June Lockhart (both from television's Lost in Space) obviously has its heart in the right place.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    This simple alien abduction tale seems to lean a lot on nostalgia, and getting a 50s sci-fi horror feel, even though the story isn't that good. The 50s ideology and atmosphere is there for the most part, but not all the way through, and I didn't like LeMat as the main… More

  • Burger S


    For some reason, this movie used to scare the crap out of me as a child.

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