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Invaders From Mars (1986)

Directed by Tobe Hooper · Cinematography by Daniel Pearl

PG100 min62 frames

HorrorScience Fiction

Their conquest has already begun. . . . He knows they’re here.

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Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A long, bright indoor corridor is lined with rows of metal lockers and archways. Three people…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — An adult woman and a young boy stand in a field of dry shrubs. The sky displays the purple hues of a…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A dark, cluttered laboratory space features stacked metal shelving units and wire cages. A young…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with green carpet, a table, and a shaded lamp. A young boy sits on the floor while…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — An elementary science room features anatomical frog posters and student desks in rows. A teacher in…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A deep earthen trench filled with thick atmosphere and haze at night. A lone soldier stands in the…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: wide — A dimly lit room features a large wooden desk with flags behind it. A man speaks to an adult woman and…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A man stands inside a dimly lit rocky tunnel with organic, cavernous walls. He gazes off-camera with…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A dimly lit control room filled with flickering monitors displaying data and space imagery. A blonde…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A dark room is filled with intense red light against a textured wall surface. A woman and a man…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A school hallway decorated with paper cutouts and a science fair awards poster. A young blond boy…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: wide — Two individuals lie on a wooden bench at night in a patch of park. Fallen leaves are scattered across…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A dark bedroom viewed through a doorway with light patterned curtains at the sides. A man, woman,…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: medium — A dimly lit cavern features organic, textured walls with deep red shadows and crevices. A…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: wide — A long corrugated metal tunnel is filled with thick orange smoke and red illumination. Three people…Invaders From Mars (1986) movie still: establishing — A two-story suburban home with a white picket fence stands under a starry night. The house…
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What is Invaders From Mars about?

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.

Invaders from Mars is a 1986 American science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby, and starring Hunter Carson, Karen Black, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort and Louise Fletcher. It is a remake of the 1953 film of the same name.

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What does the cinematography of Invaders From Mars look like?

Across 62 sampled frames, Invaders From Mars builds its coverage from medium shots (65% of the sample), with wide compositions (16%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Daniel Pearl keeps 73% of it in soft, low-key light. 76% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 73% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.

What is the color palette of Invaders From Mars?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Invaders From Mars (1986) are #100d0d, #2b120d, #4a342c, #312f28, #8c0e0b, #ab9073 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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