Invaders from Mars [Blu-ray]

From three hundred million miles away…invaders from Mars!

In the dark of a stormy night, young boy David MacLean (Jimmy Hunt) witnesses a flying saucer land in a sandpit in his small,

American town. It's not long before the adults, including his very own parents, appear...changed. Desperate for help, David

enlists physician Dr. Pat Blake (Helena Carter) and local astronomer Dr. Stuart Kelston (Arthur Franz), to try and stop the

invasion of the green, brainwashing, monsters.

A landmark in sci-fi cinema, Invaders from Mars inspired filmmakers as wide ranging as Don Coscarelli (Phantasm), Brad

Bird (The Iron Giant) and John Carpenter (The Thing) and is now available fully restored!

Extras

· Restored in 4K and presented in High Definition

· Newly recorded audio commentary by Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw

· Not Just A Dream: Designing Hope in Invaders From Mars (2026, 16 mins): filmmaker Nic Wassell explores how

legendary production designer and director William Cameron Menzies infuses the paranoia of Atomic-Age science

fiction with hope for the future

· William Cameron Menzies: Architect of Dreams (2022, 16 mins): William Cameron Menzies’ biographer, James

Curtis, interviews the director’s granddaughter Pamela Lauesen

· Jimmy Hunt Saves the Planet (2022, 11 mins): the actor looks back upon his starring role in Invaders From Mars

· Terror From Above (2022, 22 mins): a featurette with filmmakers John Landis and Joe Dante, editor Mark Goldblatt,

special visual effects artist Robert Skotak and film preservationist Scott MacQueen

· Restoring the Invasion (2022, 7 mins): before-and-after restoration clips introduced by restoration supervisor Scott

MacQueen

· TCM Festival Introduction (2022, 7 mins): John Sayles’ introduction to the film, recorded at the TCM Classic Film

Festival

· Ernest Dickerson on Invaders From Mars (2022, 5 mins): the award-winning cinematographer and director

introduces a new trailer

· European observatory sequence (9 mins): shot well after the rest of film was in the can, this sequence, inserted to

extend the running time, was included in European release prints of Invaders From Mars

· European ending (3 mins): the alternative ending to the film, seen in European release prints

· Original trailer

· Rerelease trailer

· Image gallery: featuring original press book pages and behind-the-scenes photos from the restoration process

· **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing by Dr Deborah Allison and Barry Forshaw