The War of the Worlds

About The War of the Worlds

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

The War of the Worlds (1953) is a science fiction film directed by Byron Haskin. It runs 85 minutes and was released in April 1953.

The film is filed under alien invasion, body horror, laser gun, and radioactivity. The story is adapted from a novel.

Gene Barry takes the lead as Clayton Forrester, Ann Robinson as Sylvia Van Buren, Lewis Martin as Matthew Collins, and Les Tremayne as General Mann. The screenplay is by Barré Lyndon.

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave, Edge of Tomorrow, and Blade Runner make useful companions to The War of the Worlds, all filed under dystopia and martian. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 740 votes and it carries a G rating.