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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 [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931897/bio 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.

On the night of a meteor storm, young David Gardner sees an alien spacecraft land in a sand quarry behind his house. This is the beginning of an alien invasion that sees David's parents (George and Ellen Gardner), his teachers, and the townspeople slowly assimilated by the alien lifeforms. The only one who believes David is the school nurse, Linda Magnusson. Together, David and Magnuson enlist the aid of the U.S. Marines to help save the world. The film ends when David realizies that everything that has happened was a dream. He tells his parents what happened, and wonders if his dream will become a nightmare, especially when the alien spacecraft begins to land, and David witnesses the Martians eating his parents.

Jimmy Hunt, who played the David Gardner's counterpart character in the 1953 film (David Maclean), portrays the Police Chief in the 1986 version.

The remade Invaders from Mars was released on June 6, 1986 to disappointing box office, opening in seventh place. In total, it earned a paltry $4,884,663 at the US box office.

Invaders From Mars has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.