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Invaders from Mars Blu-Ray (UK Import)
BFI

Pre-sale - Release date: 11.05.2026

Original title: Invaders from Mars

Year: 1953
Country: USA
Region code: B
Contents: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5035673015667

Image: 1.37:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

Audio: English

Subtitles: English SDH

Age rating: PG

Genre: Science Fiction / Classic

Cast: Arthur Franz, Helena Carter, Hillary Brooke, Jimmy Hunt, Leif Erickson

Director: William Cameron Menzies


Synopsis:

In the dark of a stormy night, young boy David MacLean (Jimmy Hunt) witnesses a flying saucer land in a sandpit in his small, American town. It's not long before the adults, including his very own parents, appear...changed. Desperate for help, David enlists physician Dr. Pat Blake (Helena Carter) and local astronomer Dr. Stuart Kelston (Arthur Franz), to try and stop the invasion of the green, brainwashing, monsters.

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) and is now available fully restored!

Extras:

• Restored in 4K and presented in High Definition
• William Cameron Menzies: Architect of Dreams (16 mins): interview with William Cameron Menzies' biographer James Curtis and his eldest granddaughter Pamela Lauesen
• Jimmy Hunt Saves the Planet (11 mins): interview with the actor
• Terror From Above (22 mins): featurette with acclaimed filmmakers John Landis and Joe Dante, editor Mark Goldblatt, special visual effects artist and two-time Oscar winner Robert Skotak and film preservationist Scott MacQueen
• Restoring the Invasion (7 mins): before and after clips of the restoration with film restoration supervisor Scott MacQueen
• TCM Festival Introduction (2022, 7 mins): John Sayles' introduction at the Turner Classic Movie Festival in Hollywood
• European Observatory Sequence (9 mins)
• European ending (3 mins): alternative ending to the film
• Original theatrical trailer
• Rerelease trailer
• Image gallery: featuring original press book pages and behind-the-scenes photos from the restoration process
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film