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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Space Case (1992)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.