SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

mauro volvox No nonsense, no gazillions of dollars wasted on useless CGI, no annoying "cute oneliners" no political correctness, no confusing plot lines, no social commentaries, no liberal indoctrination ...I guess movie makers nowadays should watch "Invisible Invaders" and reverence it as a true Atomic Age Cinema Classic. This film is perfect. The story flows naturally, linearly without stupid twists.Compare to Invisible Invaders, films such as "Prometheus", "Interstellar" and the like are garbage, and I mean it. This is a perfect film for a cold rainy winter day.

LeonLouisRicci Coming at the tail End of the Fifties Alien Invader/Nuclear Paranoia Films, this is a Fitting Finale to the Cycle. Low-Budget and Proud of it, B-Movie Maker Ed Cahn manages to Cobble Together enough Thrills and Political Inclusions that the Movie just Cannot be Ignored.The Cheesy Effects are incorporated for Your Viewing Pleasure and Aided by enough Stock Footage that Ed Wood would be Proud. But the Lasting Images are the ones of the "Zombies" and Romero Fans might Experience Deja-Vu.Overall, this is a Rich and Rewarding little Ditty that fully Realizes its Place in the Pantheon of Saturday Matinée and Drive In Fodder that so Enamored Baby Boomers and Sci-Fi Geeks who were Coming of Age in the Fifties.The Cast includes Cult-Favorites John Agar and John Carradine. The earnest Anti-Nuke Scientist is stern Serious and makes Us believe that the Only Good Nuclear Weapon is One that is Never Made. The Ending World Coming Together to Fight an Invading Force has become a Standard Geo-Political Mantra given Voice by no less than President Ronald Reagan on More than One Occasion.

Scarecrow-88 Admittedly, I expected this to be far worse than it turned out. I imagined that in far less capable hands (Ed Wood, as an example), "Invisible Invaders" could have been a disaster to laugh at. However, in the competent directorial reins of Edward L Cahn, this turns out far better than it has any right to be. This little, 68 minute B-movie sci-fi effort from United Artists has an alien invasion, cloaked intentionally in invisibility, purposely plans to overthrow and dominate the earth for their own colonization. Taking the bodies of the dead, the invisible alien invaders emanate a radioactivity that reads their presence in the area, producing a way of warning for the heroes holed up in a secret military bunker (which can withstand an atomic blast as intended) designed for them to have equipment and devices to be used for experimentation. Collected in this bunker are Major Jay (resident in the B-movie universe, John Agar), the soldier/protector of the group, scientists, Dr. Penner (Philip Tonge) and Lamont (Robert Hutton), and Penner's daughter, Phyllis (Jean Byron). Penner was head of a nuclear program, associated with a renowned and dead scientist, Noymann (John Carradine). Penner resigns after Noymann accidentally kills himself in a nuclear blast that destroys his lab. Penner is the first to be "greeted" by an alien invader, taking Noymann's body as a host to forewarn the world of what awaits them. In the bunker, the group will be tasked to come up with a way to stop the invisible invaders as the world is toiling in apocalyptic chaos. Will they be able to find an answer at saving the human race?To think that the fate of humanity lies in four people inside a small bunker in some Podunk rural locale hidden from society at large. Small-scale in as far as the setting, but large-scale in the overall story of how a minute band of characters will have to conceal their anxieties of the current nightmarish situation and the claustrophobic entrapment of the bunker in order to find the weakness (the kink in the armor, so to speak) of the global-threatening enemy, hoping to exterminate the invisible invaders. Carradine fans shouldn't expect to see a great deal of him; this was a way to use (exploit?) the assets he does bring to a film. I mean, he is on the cover of prints for the film. The makeup work is essential to the creepy factor this movie has going for it. The farmer himself is an ideal model for the zombie design that came into form a decade later. When Carradine emerges inside the house of Tonge, it is quite an introduction! The way the makeup lines Carradine's face and his foreboding voice: this sets up the invasion plot neatly. Tonge is so damn good, he actually elevates the plot, and let's face it, this has quite a bill of goods to convincingly sell to an audience. Hutton gets saddled with a part that many might consider a "cowardly nuisance in scientist's clothes", but he does what he can despite of how it undermines him. Byron has the love triangle beauty that courageous and authoritative military man, Agar, and ready-to-pee-in-his-pants, "let's go ahead and surrender" scientist, Hutton, vie for. I think the sight of the undead, either walking the countryside or on the monitor in the bunker, has a nicely unsettling look. The "sound device" is an interesting method of defeating the enemy, using sound waves as a means to circumvent their ascent. The use of movie and stock footage to recognize the alien invasion's success is quite effective; this is using resources imaginatively and cleverly when stuck with a minuscule budget. The resignation of Tonge, as he wishes for Washington to recognize what the H-bomb did to the air we breath, and even perhaps the atmosphere of earth, is an interesting precursor to the global warming debate of today.

Hitchcoc When I'm feeling down a bit, I love to watch old B-Horror movies. This one has wonderful elements. It has a cast of characters who confront an invasion from space, zombies, a pretty boy macho soldier (John Agar), the pretty daughter of the scientist who becomes an intermediary to the aliens, a cowardly guy with a pencil thin mustache, John Carradine, invisible people who seem to drag their feet through soft earth, stock footage from various disasters (including one where a man in a Nazi helmet runs along a wall toward a bombed out building). What more can one ask for. There are sonic ray guns, failed attempts, fights, romance, tough talk, etc. This one is less tacky than some of the offerings and it has a good heart. I wondered why the aliens felt the necessity to announce their coming. They could have just moved in and avoided a lot of trouble. I guess they were just trying to avoid using their resources, but they really underestimated the resolve of cold war America (of course, the rest of the world was involved as well). One other issue is the ease with which this little band of rebels was able to put together weapons within a few minutes. But, as is the case with most of these movies, better left unquestioned.