Invisible Invaders
Seen it?1959 | 67 min | Science Fiction, Horror
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for anyone who's already planned their apocalypse hideout and fans of close encounters. The undead are the backdrop; how people treat each other is the real story. Liked Alien: Romulus or No One Will Save You? This is a good next one. The aliens are the hook, but the human reactions are the story.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Tense from early on, at 1 hr 7 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1959: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you like your stories firmly grounded in the real world.
Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thousand years, undetected due to their invisibility, and have now decided to annihilate humanity unless all the nations of earth surrender immediately. Sequestered in an impregnable laboratory trying to find the aliens' weakness, Penner, his daughter, a no-nonsense army major and a squeamish scientist are attacked from outside by the aliens, who have occupied the bodies of the recently deceased.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 7K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
- John AgarMaj. Bruce Jay
- Jean ByronPhyllis Penner
- Philip TongeDr. Adam Penner
- Robert HuttonDr. John Lamont
- John CarradineDr. Karol Noymann
- Hal ToreyThe Farmer
- Paul LangtonLt. Gen. Stone
- Eden HartfordWAAF Secretary
- Jack KenneyCar Crash Victim
- John RoyGame Spectator