Strange Invaders1983
“25 years ago, they arrived from another galaxy. Surprise — they're still here.”
Directed by Michael Laughlin
🏆 1 win & 6 nominations total
The premise
Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.
Horror Vault's take
When a young professor goes searching for his missing daughter in a quiet Midwestern town, he discovers that the locals are hiding something deeply, disturbingly inhuman. Strange Invaders wears its 1950s sci-fi B-movie influences proudly, blending Cold War-era paranoia with genuine extraterrestrial dread. The sleepy façade of American small-town life becomes an unsettling hunting ground as the professor digs deeper into a conspiracy that no one seems willing — or able — to acknowledge.
Content: Creature Effects, Sci-Fi Violence, Mild Body Horror Imagery
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Cast
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
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