The Invaders

Episode aired Jan 27, 1961
TV-PG
25m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

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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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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Douglas Heyes
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Rod Serling
Stars

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Agnes Moorehead

Woman

Douglas Heyes

Astronaut
(voice)
(uncredited)

Rod Serling

Narrator
(uncredited)
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Director
- Douglas Heyes
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Rod Serling
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Trivia
WhenAgnes Mooreheadlearned she had no dialogue in this episode, she initially refused to do it.Rod Serlingand directorDouglas Heyesconvinced 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
[opening narration]
Narrator:This is one of the out-of-the-way places, the unvisited places, bleak, wasted, dying. This is a farmhouse, handmade, crude, a house without electricity or gas, a house untouched by progress. This is the woman who lives in the house, a woman who's been alone for many years, a strong, simple woman whose only problem up until this moment has been that of acquiring enough food to eat, a woman about to face terror, which is even now coming at her from - The Twilight Zone.

Connections
Edited intoTwilight-Tober-Zone: The Invaders(2021)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed byMarius Constant
(seasons 2-5)

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9/10

Agnes Morehead Rocks

This is frequently put near the top of the list of Twilight Zone episodes. It isn't so much the plot which follows the Rod Serling formula. It is the performance of this wonderful actress. The principle character deals with an unknown threat. She is also unknown and nondescript. She could be trying to get a fox out of the hen house rather than dealing with a flying saucer. She uses incredible facial expressions and battles her "adversary." One really feels for the people on board the space ship. They are innocent victims, but instead of making their presence known to a government agency, they are at war with a citizen, a really big one.