Invaders from Mars (1986 film)

Invaders from Mars
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTobe Hooper
Screenplay byDan O'Bannon
Don Jakoby
Richard Blake (original film)
Based onInvaders from Mars
1953 film
by John Tucker Battle
Produced byYoram Globus
Menahem Golan
Edward L. Alperson Jr.
David Rodgers
Wade H. Williams III
Starring
CinematographyDaniel Pearl
Edited byAlain Jakubowicz
Music byDave Storrs
Christopher Young
Production
company
Distributed byCannon Film Distributors
Release date
  • June 6, 1986 (1986-06-06) (USA)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million[1]
Box office$4.9 million (domestic)[1]

Invaders from Mars is a 1986 American science fiction horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby. It is a remake of the 1953 film of the same name, and is a reworking of that film's screenplay by Richard Blake from an original story by John Tucker Battle. Its production was instigated by Wade Williams, millionaire exhibitor, science fiction film fan and sometime writer-producer-director, who had reissued the original film in 1978 after purchasing the copyright to the property. Elaborate creature and visual effects were supplied by Stan Winston and John Dykstra.

  1. ^ a b Andrew Yule, Hollywood a Go-Go: The True Story of the Cannon Film Empire, Sphere Books, 1987 p189