Review of Invisible Invaders (1959) by Bobby D — 21 Sep 2011

Wow. This one had it all. A very goofy and funny opening where scientist John Carradine dies barely 2 minutes in, and then a very serious warning about the dangers of nuclear fallout (tragic especially after the recent Fukushima disaster) and then right back into b-movie campyness worthy of Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Which oddly enough has the same theme of aliens using dead bodies to destroy mankind. Part zombie flick/ part traditional 50's scifi where the lead scientist is 1st warned by the aliens of the coming disaster & then somehow develops a super-weapon that exploits all thier weaknesses (usually invloing explosions & melting into foam.

) This film would be SOOOOO much fun to remake as a comedy. Especially in the beginning of this film where locked in thier bunker the scientists coomunicate with hq only to be told whatever "Discovery" they made some other locked away in abunker scientists already discovered it.

This happens throughout the film until the very end when they discover thier superweapon. Would've been funny when they fianlly radioed in the plans if the hq already knew.