Invaders from Mars is a 1986 science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O’Bannon and Don Jakoby.

It is a remake of the 1953 science fiction film Invaders from Mars, 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 effects were supplied by Stan Winston and ornate visual effects by John Dykstra for the remake.

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