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5.9/10
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The Earth is invaded by stingray-shaped alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds.The Earth is invaded by stingray-shaped alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds.The Earth is invaded by stingray-shaped alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor the seduction scene where Mary tries turn Sam back with one of her alien slugs, Julie Warner had to wear an apparatus that looked similar to her back with the creature's movements guided by a team of puppeteers and make up effects crew.
- GoofsWhen asked for the town's population, the figure is stated as 10,001. The population on the sign shown at the beginning is 10,079.
The town sign writer is not doing his job.
- Quotes
Niven: It's the kid from the spaceship. Get him off the car.
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Maybe it's NOT for purists
However, being that Heinlein was one of the few sci-fi authors I +didn't+ read (I'm more of an Asimov and Bradbury fan myself) as a kid growing up, and I haven't seen the original film, I didn't have any problems with this movie when it came out in theaters. In fact, I found the premise genuinely creepy, the effects highly believable, and the presence of Donald Sutherland to be a masterful touch. It may not go down in the all-time pantheon of "greatest sci-horror films" ever, but if it was playing on HBO I wouldn't change the channel. Sometimes I think people get too caught up in whether a story is true to the original, and forget that it's JUST a movie and they should try to enjoy it on that basis.
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- Sep 8, 2001
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,647,042
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,069,057
- Oct 23, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $8,647,042
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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