S2.E15

The Invaders

Episode aired Jun 20, 1984
TV-PG
25m

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Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

When a woman investigates a clamor in the attic of her rural house, she discovers a small UFO with little aliens emerging from it. Or so it seems.When a woman investigates a clamor in the attic of her rural house, she discovers a small UFO with little aliens emerging from it. Or so it seems.When a woman investigates a clamor in the attic of her rural house, she discovers a small UFO with little aliens emerging from it. Or so it seems.

Director
- Douglas Heyes
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Rod Serling
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8.1/10

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Director
- Douglas Heyes
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Rod Serling
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Agnes Moorehead

Woman

Douglas Heyes

Astronaut
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(uncredited)

Rod Serling

Narrator
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Director
- Douglas Heyes
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Rod Serling
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10/10

One of the most amazing "Twilight Zone" episodes

This episode is one of my all-time favorites, from maybe my all-time favorite series. It's great from so many perspectives: lighting; minimal dialogue; sound editing; and Agnes Moorhead's terrific performance. The tension builds throughout this episode. Having seen it again very recently, I can assure readers that it stands up very well even after the passage of more than fifty years since the original airing. Seeing it again recently made me realize, and not for the first time, that a great writer and director don't need graphic violence and lots of screams to build terror and excitement. This is one of the can't miss shows out of the entire run of the series.

thrall7
Jan 10, 2016
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Trivia
When Agnes Moorehead learned she had no dialogue in this episode, she initially refused to do it. Rod Serling and director Douglas Heyes convinced her.

Goofs
The isolated farm woman leads a meager existence with no luxuries in sight. Her hands, however, in several close ups, show Miss Moorhead's long, tapered, finely manicured and polished fingernails, something that wouldn't have been a consideration for the character.

Quotes
[only lines in episode except for the opening and closing narration]
Astronaut: Central control. Come in, Central Control. Do you read me? Gresham is dead. Repeat, Gresham is dead. The ship's destroyed. Incredible race of giants here. Race of giants. No, Central Control. No counterattack. Repeat, no counterattack. Too much for us. Too powerful. Stay away. Gresham and I, we're finished... finished. Stay away... stay away.