In the 1980s, the small-town alien-invasion genre of the 1950s made a small comeback. Following the undeniable success of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, there was a smattering of Earth-based alien-centric sci-fi flicks in the following decade. Some were outright horror cult classics like Critters (1986), while others were just straight-up horrible, like Killer Klowns From Outer Space. (1988). Of course, The Thing (1982), They Live (1988), and Lifeforce (1985), are still discussed with varying degrees of reverence and curiosity, forgotten in all of this is a strange ‘80s remake called Invaders From Mars.
