Directed by:
Tobe HooperCinematography:
Daniel PearlCast:
Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher, Eric Pierpoint, Christopher Allport, Jimmy Hunt (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines. (Final Cut Entertainment)
Cast
![Karen Black](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269208_4b71dd.jpg)
Karen Black
USA
Best movies:
Easy Rider (1969)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Capricorn One (1977)
Hunter Carson
USA
Best movies:
Paris, Texas (1984)
Invaders from Mars (1986)
Mr. North (1988)
![Timothy Bottoms](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272818_5d871d.jpg)
Timothy Bottoms
USA
Best movies:
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006) (video compilation)
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Laraine Newman
USA
Best movies:
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
American Hot Wax (1978)
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
![James Karen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280326_248ee7.jpg)
James Karen
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
![Bud Cort](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269134_d00bc1.jpg)
Bud Cort
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Sweet Jane (1998)
![Louise Fletcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390378_cf4854.jpg)
Louise Fletcher
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
The Player (1992)
![Eric Pierpoint](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/365/166365484_0e0481.jpg)
Eric Pierpoint
USA
Best movies:
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Liar Liar (1997)
![Christopher Allport](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/473/159473915_b56be2.jpg)
Christopher Allport
USA
Best movies:
Who Will Love My Children? (1983) (TV movie)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Dead & Buried (1981)
![Jimmy Hunt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871848_20b422.jpg)
Jimmy Hunt
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Pitfall (1948)
Joseph Brutsman
USA
Best movies:
Innocent Victims (1996) (TV movie)
Once Bitten (1985)
Free Money (1998)
![Eric Norris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/187/158187984_1a9039.jpg)
Eric Norris
USA
Best movies:
Universal Soldier (1992)
Invaders from Mars (1986)
The Delta Force (1986)
![Larry Poindexter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/440/162440789_6a790c.png)
Larry Poindexter
USA
Best movies:
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV movie)
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure (1995)
![Dale Dye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275821_2c58d1.jpg)
Dale Dye
USA
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Platoon (1986)
JFK (1991)
![Virginya Keehne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/100/163100907_5042f3.jpg)
Virginya Keehne
USA
Best movies:
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Casebusters (1986) (TV movie)
Student Exchange (1987) (TV movie)
Debbie Lee Carrington
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Total Recall (1990)
Men in Black (1997)
![Tony Cox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270924_8c2d2a.jpg)
Tony Cox
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Bird (1988)
Beetlejuice (1988)
![Phil Fondacaro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281115_c612bf.jpg)
Phil Fondacaro
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Doors (1991)
Sweet Jane (1998)
![Michael McGrady](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364323_d2ea33.jpg)
Michael McGrady
USA
Best movies:
The Bear (1984)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Keith (2008)
![William Bassett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/477/159477622_478004.jpg)
William Bassett
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
1776 (1972)
Black Dynamite (2009)