Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
- space invasion
- remake
- alien invasion
- body snatchers
- absurd
- ridiculous
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Hunter Carson
David Gardner
Karen Black
Linda Magnusson
Timothy Bottoms
George Gardner
Laraine Newman
Ellen Gardner
- James Karen — Gen. Climet Wilson
- Bud Cort — Mark Weinstein
- Louise Fletcher — Mrs. McKeltch
- Eric Pierpoint — Sgt. Maj. Rinaski
- Christopher Allport — Captain Curtis
- Virginya Keehne — Heather
- Kenneth Kimmins — Officer Kenney
- Charlie Dell — Mr. Cross
- Chris Hebert — Kevin
- Mason Nupuf — Doug
- William Frankfather — Ed, Heather's Father
- Directed
- Tobe Hooper
- Written
- Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby
Production
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 · 287 ratings
- Studio
- The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
