The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963)

Directed by

Maury Dexter

Genre

science fiction film, alien invasion

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A scientist and his family are replaced by duplicate beings from Mars. The duplicates are a first step in an alien invasion meant to stop human space exploration.

suspensefulcreepyslow-burnbleaklow-budgetparanoiddatednoir-like

What happens

The Day Mars Invaded Earth (a.k.a. Spaceraid 63) is a 1963 American independently made 1963 black-and-white CinemaScope science fiction film, produced and directed by Maury Dexter, starring Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor, and William Mims. It was written by Harry Spalding and released by Twentieth Century Fox. The film's storyline is a cross between George Pal's The War of the Worlds (1953), and Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Martian energy beings duplicate a scientist and his family as a first step toward their invasion of Earth to stop humanity's space programs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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