IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT Invaders from Mars
DON'T GO NEAR THE SANDPIT! WATCH OUT FOR THOSE VOICES!
As another reviewer so aptly said, the real fear in this movie is that of watching your parents, (and your friends!) the biggest influences and the only stable influences in your life as a child, change into ice-cold automatons. You can deal with anything life throws your way if you have your parents and friends, but in this movie, you have neither. The Martians are, IMO, absolutely scary and believable as you watch the movie through David's eyes...it is his POV we see the entire movie with and this is what lends the credibility throughout.<br /><br />The Head Martian, carried about in his bowl, is really bizarre; a head with tentacles coming out the bottom and sides.<br /><br />But my favorite part of all is the Sand Pit, where the Voices are heard and when the Voices begin, someone is about to join the Martians (or as David calls them, \\"MUTANTS!\\") in their hiding place beneath.<br /><br />The implant of a tiny device in the back of the human brain is what the Martians use to control us...and it is great classic 1950s SciFi.<br /><br />The music score is fantastic and the sound effects and set design are what really set this one apart from all others of the genre. Considering this was made in 1953, it is a true masterpiece, IMO. If you've never seen it, you're in for a real treat. What's so fascinating too is, watching this movie today, the personality changes in the parents and friends of David are far more terrifying than all of the high tech CGI and stunts used to sell movies today. If your own personal world is corrupted, then everything else doesn't matter; no safe haven...on the other hand, if you have your friends and family, you can deal with literally anything life throws your way. No matter what you are going through, think how it would be if you were really alone...all alone.<br /><br />Join David on this great excursion onto the world of a child in a far more innocent time and see what happens when Martians, for a time, take control over his world.