Subgenre Sampler
Invaders: 146 Films to Buy & Rent
- Dark Angel (1990)
- Dir. Craig Baxley
Feat. Dolph Lundgren
- Sci–Fi action. A cop with attitude discovers the vicious serial killer he is stalking is an alien life–form.
- Meet the Applegates (1990)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Ed Jr. Begley, Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman
- A wacky satire about a family of insects who assimilate into suburban America in order to blow up a nuclear power plant. As bent as it sounds, from…
- Predator 2 (1990)
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades…
- No Arnie this time, but the evil alien is back (he was cheaper) for another bout of human carnage. This time downtown Detroit gets the brunt of its…
- Communion (1989)
- Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse
- Based on the ‘experiences’ of novelist Whitley Strieber, who claimed multiple abductions by aliens, this has Christopher Walken whisked away for…
- Spaced Invaders (1989)
- Dir. Patrick Johnson
Feat. Douglas Barr, Royal Dano
- Five bumbling, misguided aliens crashland on earth and cause havoc in a small–town, especially for the parents of their little human friends!
- Alien Nation (1988)
- Dir. Graham Baker
Feat. James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp
- Extra–terrestrials have now settled in suburban California – some are good, some bad, but all are ugly! A futuristic buddy–cop…
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
- Dir. Stephen Chiodo
Feat. Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson
- Smalltown folk are harvested by blood–drinking alien clowns in this novelty horror confection. Has something of a reputation, but that doesn't…
- Slugs (Slugs, Muerte Viscosa) (1988)
- Dir. Juan Piquer Simon
Feat. Michael Garfield, Kim Terry, Philip MacHale
- Creature feature based on the UK horror novel of the same name by Shaun Hutson.
A rural town is invaded by mutant killer slugs, spawned from…
- They Live (1988)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Keith David, Meg Foster
- Earth is invaded by aliens that offer materialism in exchange for human souls. One can only detect their presence through special glasses. Too often…
- Friendship's Death (1987)
- Dir. Peter Woollen
Feat. Ruby Baker, Patrick Buchanan
- Philosophical sci–fi film subverts genre conventions to instead deliver a delicate drama about a woman who alleges she is a robot sent to Earth…