The Day Mars Invaded Earth(1963).Martians replace scientist & his family to pave way for invasion.... Synopsis The Day Mars Invaded Earth(1963)
Movie Title: The Day Mars Invaded Earth(1963)
Run Time: 70 min
Rating: 4.7 / 10
Genres: Sci-Fi
Release Date: 14 February 1963 (USA)
Director: Maury Dexter
Writer: Harry Spalding... and other credits
Actor: Kent Taylor,Marie Windsor,William Mims
The perpetrators of this confused, yet strangely effective low budget sci fi 'thriller' had obviously seen Alan Resnais' Last Year In Marienbad the night before shooting started. The interminable tracking through the estate was obviously lifted from Resnais' confuserama, one of my favourite movies, and the blandness of the acting, while probably not deliberate as it was in the classic French movie, means that you can't take your eyes off the screen, in case anything actually happens, which it very rarely does. The two movies would make a weird, but engrossing double feature. I'm very concerned now, because I LIKE both movies a lot. Strange ?
