Invisible Invaders story

movie: Invisible Invaders (1959) · 1959-05-15

An atomic scientist is killed in a laboratory explosion and an invisible alien takes over his dead body.

11 total · 7 major · 4 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
attack from outer space by a powerful conquering enemy major Invisible aliens threatened to conquer Earth if the people of Earth didn't stop manufacturing nuclear weapons within 24 hours.
human vs. monster major It was up to Major Bruce Jay and his companions to stop the walking dead, who were actually inhabited by invisible aliens, that were running amok.
incorporeal being major Invisible aliens inhabited the bodies of dead people and reanimated them.
nuclear holocaust major Invisible aliens threatened to conquer Earth if the people of Earth didn't stop manufacturing nuclear weapons for war. The opening narration spoke of efforts to make bigger and bigger nuclear bombs since Hirosihma.
nuclear proliferation major Dr. Adam Penner came to regret his work in nuclear bombs, resigned his post, and devoted himself to work to aid humanity, rather than destroy it.
the dangers of radioactivity major The nuclear test that Dr. Karol Noymann died in left the surrounding land uninhabitable because of nuclear radiation. The walking dead inhabited by invisible aliens were highly radioactive.
zombie major Invisible aliens reanimated the corpses of dead people.
father and daughter minor Dr. Adam Penner and Phyllis Penner.
mass hysteria minor Panic broke out in the streets of the world's cities once invisible aliens began their invasion of Earth.
remorse minor Dr. Adam Penner regretted his role in the development of nuclear weapons after his colleague died in a nuclear test.