1983 · alien · homage · cult
Strange Invaders
Directed by Michael Laughlin1h 32m1983
Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.
Our read: Strange Invaders (1983) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive alien · homage · cult entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured alien / homage, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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