Invaders From Mars - 4K Blu-Ray [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

FROM OUT OF SPACE... CAME HORDES OF GREEN MONSTERS!!In the early 1950s, Cold War tensions and the burgeoning space race created a heady mix of paranoia and unbridled creativity as filmmakers speculated as to the marvels - and horrors - that lay beyond the stars. Among those leading the charge, William Cameron Menzies' (Things to Come) Invaders from Mars terrified audiences upon it's in 1953 with it's chilling vision of an insidious alien attack on small-town Americana.On a dark and stormy night, a young boy, David McLean (Jimmy Hunt, Pitfall), observes what appears to be a flying saucer crash-landing in his town. Shortly thereafter, the grown-ups - including his own parents - begin acting decidedly strangely. Convinced there's a link between this epidemic of bizarre behavior and what he witnessed that night, David turns to local health official Dr. Blake (Helena Carter, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye) for help. But can these two unlikely heroes, together with famed astronomer Dr. Kelston (Arthur Franz, The Caine Mutiny), withstand the might of a full-blown invasion from outer space?A landmark in sci-fi cinema, Invaders from Mars inspired filmmakers as wide-ranging as Don Coscarelli (Phantasm), Brad Bird (The Iron Giant) and John Carpenter (The Thing). Now fully restored for it's 70th anniversary, this trend-setting Atom Age classic unleashes it's spine-tingling terror on a whole new generation of filmgoers in this brand new Blu-ray presentation remastered in HD from Ignite Films!

The Body Snatchers are at it again in director Oliver Hirschbiegel's (InchDownfallInch) modern-day interpretation-the fourth-of Jack Finney's popular sci-fi novel. This chill-packed incarnation finds a Washington, D.C., psychiatrist (Nicole Kidman) coming to the terrifying truth about the extraterrestrial epidemic sweeping the globe just as her own son becomes infected. Daniel Craig, Jeffrey Wright, and Jeremy Northam co-star. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio English (SDH); audio commentary; featurettes; image gallery; theatrical trailer.

Amateur astronomer John Putnam (Richard Carlson) raced to the Arizona desert site of the meteor strike that he witnessed... and was stunned to discover a crashed UFO. Unfortunately, a subsequent landslide buried the evidence, and everyone he tried to warn dismissed him as a crackpot. Will they listen when locals start being replaced by shape-shifting extraterrestrials? Fifties sci-fi classic adapted from the Ray Bradbury story co-stars Barbara Rush, Russell Johnson, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer. Not in 3D. 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack English. Two-disc set.