Alien Invasion

Alien In The Heartland

By Bobby LePire | May 2026

Alien In The Heartland, written and directed by Eric Pascarelli, commits one of the cardinal sins of cinema: it tells, doesn’t show,…

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Alien In The Heartland, written and directed by Eric Pascarelli, commits one of the cardinal sins of cinema: it tells, doesn’t show, almost exclusively....

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I'll be honest. I'm not an alien conspiracy kind of guy, but I'm in on the journey. What an alien conspiracy theorist and I have in common is that we...

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The sci-fi comedy Snatchers, directed by John Kingman and written by Guy Patton, opens in upstate New York, where a shy Mennonite, Jeb (Jason Keller),...

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Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster is an inaccurate name for the film, as neither Dr. Frankenstein, the Monster, nor any made-up distant relative appears...

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For some of the wackiest sci-fi since Douglas Adams stuck his thumb out, get ready to enjoy the end of the world again in the post-apocalyptic cooking...

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Kyle Weingart's The Waiting Game is a found-footage thriller about a man's survival during an alien occupation. With a video camera in hand,...

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If there's one reason to see Brandon Slagle's Attack of the Unknown, it's the balls of the filmmaker to produce a low-budget alien invasion of Los...

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In 1902 Georges Méliès released his most widely known film, A Trip To The Moon. This international success was the innovative director’s longest and...

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Australian cinema is introduced to the alien invasion genre from writer/director Luke Sparke (Red Billabong) in the film Occupation. The film centers...

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SKYLINE

When alien ships the size of clouds lower from the sky, we don't win. Thankfully, “Skyline” gets this right, as did Neill Blomkamp's invasion-satire...