1957 science fiction movie
Rating: 9/20 (Libby: 7/20; Fred: 16/20; Carrie: 9/20; Chris: left because of newborn issues)
Plot: Teenagers' make-out sessions are interrupted by the titular invasion of some broccoli-headed aliens. One couple runs over one with a car, and they find themselves in trouble when a dead human is found in its place. Oh, snap!
The broccoli-headed aliens are great. Not sure how they even walk with heads that bulbous. I also liked a scene where a severed alien hand grew a hand and started moving around. Man, teenagers could make out in the 50's. They were going at it for what seemed to be hours of movie time. They've all got that "golly-gee" attitude that I'm sure all 50's teenagers actually had. They're all essentially the same character except some of them get to talk more. My favorite character was the farmer who owned the fields they were parking on in order to lock lips for hours. He's played by Raymond Hatton who acted in 416 things in his nearly 60 year career, a career that started in 1909. I'm sure this nearly unintelligible farmer was one of the highlights. Frank Gorshin, playing the town drunk, is also in this movie, but I didn't know that until about five minutes ago when I was looking up the farmer's name. The best thing about the movie is the morality they try to inject into the thing at the end, a hugely silly anti-booze message. The worst thing about the movie is the oppressive soundtrack. The music is constant and overwhelming. Phone-cranking and looking out of windows just aren't actions that need music to make them more cinematic. This is just silly enough to be watchable.
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