Strange Invaders story

movie: Strange Invaders (1983) · 1983-09-16

A university professor discovers that not is all as it seems in the town of Centerville, Illinois.

17 total · 8 major · 9 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
extraterrestrial being major The town of Centerville had been secretly taken over by alien.
father and daughter major Charles had a human/alien hybrid daughter named Elizabeth.
human-alien hybrid major Elizabeth, a young girl, was the product of a human and alien union.
husband and wife major The story followed Chrales as he pieced together that his ex-wife Margaret was an alien.
infatuation major Charles and Betty fell head over heels for one another in the process of uncovering that the residents of Centerville had been secretly replaced by aliens.
mother and daughter major Margaret, an human-looking alien, was desperate to prevent her half human daughter from being taken back to her home world.
past point of view major The aliens who secretly replaced the residents of Centerville in 1958 kept everything just as it was for 25 years so that the town was as a time capsule of the 1950s.
subversive life form from outer space major The film's premise is that in 1958, the town of Centerville, Illinois was invaded by a race of aliens and they took over the form of the humans who were either captured or killed.
Bigfoot minor The tabloid reported made a quip about this legendary wood ape.
divorce minor Charles was reluctant to get into the details of his divorce.