A group of young pilots in a remote region of the Canadian wilderness begin to hear strange reports over their radios about planes crashing, cars stalling and a deadly plague which has gripp... Read allA group of young pilots in a remote region of the Canadian wilderness begin to hear strange reports over their radios about planes crashing, cars stalling and a deadly plague which has gripped the planet. It becomes clear that earth is in the midst of an invasion. The group of pi... Read allA group of young pilots in a remote region of the Canadian wilderness begin to hear strange reports over their radios about planes crashing, cars stalling and a deadly plague which has gripped the planet. It becomes clear that earth is in the midst of an invasion. The group of pilots decide to barracade themselves in a cabin deep in the woods and wait for their impend... Read all
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There were a lot of "non-movies" made in the 1970s (and in the 1980s, they morphed into the "direct-to-video" category) and IFIE epitomizes these kind of obscure, regional movies few people saw when they were made. The film itself is not very good. There's just no story. And what story there is doesn't make much sense. The dialogue is at times painfully bad. The direction hardly creates any tension. And the ending is inexplicable. But as bad as it is, the film is totally harmless, and in a certain weird way, as some sort of quaint charm to it.
She took two bold steps in this film, one original and one copied later with a much higher budget.
First, she broke the survivor-typecast protocol that most writers would dare not violate. Rather than give longevity to the handsome brooding Native American or the outdoorsy Canadian, she gives the nod to the chunky, bearded, bespectacled cretin in the Sherlock Holmes hat. Under normal circumstances, this type of character would be lighting his own gas in the corner of the room while the others formulate a plan and then meet with an untimely, yet slightly humorous death. Rebane, on the other hand, even gives this guy the girl.
The other place where she unwittingly deserves credit is for utilizing the aliens-under-the-ground scenario for a lot less money than Tom Cruise probably paid for his "War of the Worlds" travesty. I'd be curious to know whether she got a "based on an idea by" or an "inspired by" credit in Cruise's film.
PS - despite the fact that I consider these two areas worthy of compliment, I am in no way recommending anyone actually watch this movie.
I remember thinking, that's a pretty cool idea. Someone could actually make a good movie out of it. And finally, someone has, the movie SIGNS.
The dialogue is so wooden and the "action" is so contrived that it is a joy to endure. A fan of "Kentucky Fried Movie" and it's ilk, I found this "movie" to be a joy - albeit a painful one. The acting is so terrible and the script so wrong, all the makings of a new "Plan 9".
I recommend this movie, watch it and get infected from its "wrongness", really, this movie is so bad, its great.
The "hero" of the story brings to mind the lumberjack in the Monty Python skit "The Lumberjack" and the "sister" - well, she is just plain clueless.
Did you know
- TriviaWhen released on VHS cassette in 1988, the front cover of the box depicts an actor and actress looking up into the sky. These actors are NOT the actors in the film. Also, the starship Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation is seen in the upper right-hand corner of the picture, supposedly representing the spaceship used by the "aliens" who are attacking Earth. As no point during the film are any Star Trek spacecraft seen. In fact, the aliens and their ship(s) are never shown in the film, and their attack is only mentioned by characters in the film.
- GoofsFrom the start of the movie going forward, the words spoken are mismatched with the captioned words. Words are also left out of the captions, changing the meaning of the sentence.
- Crazy creditsAt the beginning of the movie the word "They" is shown in large block letters. No apparent connection to anything, it stays for a bit, then is gone.
- Alternate versionsThere are several different versions of this film with different running times and titles circulating on video. The VHS release from Genesis Video under the "Invasion from Inner Earth" title is missing a reel of footage. The VHS from Platinum Productions under the title "Hell Fire" is missing several scenes including the entire ending. The VHS from Regal Home Video under the title "They" is complete and uncut.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Big Box: The Thirsty Dead (2010)
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- Runtime
- 1h 34m(94 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1