Invaders From Mars (1953) Movie Review

Starring: Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt, Leif Erickson

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Young David MacLean (Hunt) wants to be an astronomer when he grows up. One night he sees a celestial light descend into the field behind his house, and shortly thereafter people he has known all his life -- his mother and father, the girl next door, the chief of police -- start to act strangely. He figures out that the sand out in that field swallows up humans and then returns them somehow altered. David must depend on a pretty doctor, Pat Blake (Carter) and physicist Stuart Kelston (Franz) to help him solve the mystery, which involves martian invaders -- including slaves in zip-up velour jumpsuits -- seeking to disarm America's nuclear threat. This is a very early and campy sci-fi classic (1953).
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Invasion from human defender POV? - subtle invasion (body snatching, mind control, look-alikes)
War and Invasion Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type - average (female)
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th Century (1950-1970)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Small town? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie - fearful
Any profanity? - None
Kinds of F/X - exotic aliens

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