The Incredible Invasion

The Incredible Invasion
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLuis Enrique Vergara
Jack Hill
StarringBoris Karloff
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 1971 (1971-04)
[1]
Running time
90 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageEnglish

The Incredible Invasion (Invasion siniestra/ The Sinister Invasion), also known as Alien Terror, is a 1971 Mexican science fiction film directed by Luis Enrique Vergara. It stars Boris Karloff, Yerye Beirute and Enrique Guzmán.[2] It is the last film Karloff worked on before his death in 1969. It was filmed in May 1968, but was only released theatrically in 1971, 2 years after Karloff had died.[1][3]

Incredible Invasion is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Enrique Vergara. The others are Isle of the Snake People, Fear Chamber, and House of Evil. Karloff's scenes for all four films were directed by Jack Hill in Los Angeles in the spring of 1968. The films were then completed in Mexico.[4]

  1. ^ a b Nollen, Scott Allen. Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life. Pg. 307. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media.
  2. ^ "Alien Terror (1971)". AllMovie.
  3. ^ Booker, Keith M. (2011). Historical Dictionary of American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780810874596.
  4. ^ Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011 p 503