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War of the Worlds
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The War of the Worlds
Directed by Byron Haskin
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb. From TMDB
196 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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The War of the Worlds is a 1953 science fiction action film, directed by Byron Haskin, starring Gene Barry, Ann Robinson and Lewis Martin.
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60 of 196 · most liked firstI looked up what the director of the War of the Worlds movie had done prior to the movie and yes he was the mind behind the video for Michael Bublé’s haven’t met you yet
neutral · AI labelView post →Filming Byron Haskin's The War of the Worlds (1953).
neutral · AI labelView post →Legendary Hungarian-American filmmaker George Pal (1908-1980) was born 117 years ago today. He produced Destination Moon (1950), When Worlds Collide (1951), Conquest of Space (1955) and The War of the Worlds (1953). And he directed The Time Machine (1960):
neutral · AI labelView post →Is Amazon MGM's The Runner the worst movie of the year? It's up there with last year's pitiful The War of the Worlds. Gal Gadot runs around London talking to herself in this running joke of a thriller; if you're thinking of watching...Gadon't bother. 1 out of 5. film-authority.com/2026/09/08/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →don’t watch the War of the Worlds ice cube movie. it’s not as good as the hype suggests and is largely an ad for the surveillance state. and also Amazon
negative · AI labelView post →Finding out the War of the Worlds movie done through zoom calls is real and not some kind of elaborate shitpost
neutral · AI labelView post →Every few years someone makes a new War of the Worlds thing, and yet we still don't have the one version everyone wants... The Muppets Movie Version of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
neutral · AI labelView post →Chuck Schmuer’s twitter account appears in the War of the Worlds movie and he was going to write the aliens a strongly worded letter.
neutral · AI labelView post →Books to film 📚=🎞️ The War of the Worlds (1898) by H.G. Wells was filmed thrice (1953, 2005, & 2025). All keep the invasion from Mars while shifting from Victorian England to late 20th century USA. The book is a critique of imperialism, which the adaptations do not adhere to. 👽🛸🌍 #filmsky #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →Ann Robinson, Star of ‘The War of the Worlds,’ Dies at 96: The onetime stuntwoman got more mileage out of the 1953 sci-fi movie than "Vivien Leigh did on 'Gone With the Wind,'" she once said. Robinson's credits included the TV and film version of Dragnet: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Dug this very-well-crafted #sf action film, hot special effects, Army Rangers angle refresh a kinda reboot of "The War of the Worlds". Alan "Reacher" Smithson potently stars. The film btw does not exaggerate about Army Rangers training rigors. It's Army Rangers vs aliens. Sequels likely.
positive · AI labelView post →This weeks L4W McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) The War of the Worlds (1953) Rawhide (1951) Born to Kill (1947) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky 🎬🍿📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Drop an alien that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek God, I love this movie. #TheWarOfTheWorlds #martian #artwork #painting #acrylics #traditionalart
positive · AI labelView post →"THE WAR OF THE WORLDS" (premiered 20/02/53) What appears to be meteor crashes outside a small town in California but, in reality, it is the vanguard of a Martian invasion... Based on H.G. Wells' 1898 novel, the movie was produced by George Pal. #scifi #horror #horrorfam #1950s #sciencefiction
neutral · AI labelView post →#SciFi #sciencefiction #film #filmsky #1950s #GeorgePal Albert Nozaki Art director for "The War Of The Worlds" (1953) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_... (see alt) 👉 🎬 👽💥 A 2.5-minute montage of exciting movie scenes and the music score by Leith Stevens: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm-x...
neutral · AI labelView post →Books to film. 📚=🎞️ "The War of the Worlds" by HG Wells (1898). #booksky #filmsky #scifi #scifibooks
neutral · AI labelView post →I just realized that this weird classic movie is set in Princeton, New Brunswick, and West Windsor (site of the War of the Worlds alien invasion). Must re-watch! #NJ12
neutral · AI labelView post →The Sci Fi Film Club wraps up alien invasion month with a classic: let's discuss George Pal's massively influential 1953 adaptation of The War of the Worlds, from its special effects to that ending... reactormag.com/the-war-of-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →humanity surviving the War of the Worlds invasion was a real Mickey Mouse championship. we did nothing. the aliens beat our ass the whole movie and then a microbe beat them. we shouldn't get a ring for that
negative · AI labelView post →I managed to get the kid hooked on Jeff Wayne’s musical version of The War of the Worlds, so now of course we had to go for the Spielberg film, which still fucking rips.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm sooooorry. But the whole point of The War of the Worlds is that terrestrial weapons don't work against them and this fucking movie has them taking down tripods?? Fuck right off.
negative · AI labelView post →Share a movie or TV character holding a flashlight 🔦 "The War of the Worlds" (1953)
neutral · AI labelView post →What movie can you quote almost every line? "The War Of The Worlds" (1953)
neutral · AI labelView post →Abe: You know what happened to the Thunderchild? Parnell: What do you mean 'happened to it?' It's brand new. Abe: No man, I mean the original. You know? From The War Of The Worlds? Parnell: Uh...you mean that old movie? Abe: I dunno if it was in the movies, I mean the original. The original story.
neutral · AI labelView post →On MeTV tonight at 8 is a @svengoolieofficial.bsky.social screening of 1953's THE WAR OF THE WORLDS the first film adaption of H.G. Wells' sci-fi story #svengoolie #moviegeek
neutral · AI labelView post →I actually dug The Last House (2026), a scifi survival story with a strong dose of Lovecraftian horror for good measure. But it definitely does the War of the Worlds (2005) thing and shifts tone in the last 5 minutes in a way that brought the movie down a few stars. Still, not bad overall. 👍
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's the week's new SFE entries sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - Eric Leif Davin, Frances M Deegan, Bernard C Hollister, Dick Riley, M Souchette, Tom Staicar, Franck Vigroux, Lisa Yaszek; films The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981), The Sky Splitter (1923); anime OVA Macross Plus (1994/95):
neutral · AI labelView post →The Night That Panicked America (1975). I recall seeing this made-for-TV movie, based on Orson Welles' notorious (although media apparently exaggerated the impact) 1938 dramatization of The War of the Worlds; on its broadcast. #halloween #hgwells #orsonwelles
neutral · AI labelView post →1. Rock & Rule 2. Atlantis: The Lost Empire 3. Mothra 4. Pacific Rim 5. The War of the Worlds (1953) 6. Godzilla vs Biollante 7. Gamera: Guardian of the Universe 8. Titan A.E. 9. The Transformers: The Movie 10. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 11. Dragonheart
neutral · AI labelView post →#MayMovieChallenge #kaiju #horrorfam #horror #scifi May 7: Somebody screams in a movie... Ann Robinson - "The War Of The Worlds" (1953)
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched the War of the Worlds movie with the lads and I can say. We all needed a movie like this. Just something SO incredibly TERRIBLE that we all unanimously agree that it's bad. No half assed "this sucks" for a 5/10 movie, just pure unfiltered unanimously agreed upon ASS.
negative · AI labelView post →for @filmmasters.bsky.social, I wrote about George Pal’s THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and its invocation of WW2, and therefore how its neat and firm ending reinforces post-war narratives. www.filmmasters.com/post/wartime...
neutral · AI labelView post →Every film and TV adaptation of the War of the Worlds is a disappointment after listening to Jeff Wayne's concept album
negative · AI labelView post →Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel. "The War of the Worlds" (1953) (wasn't really Hard Mode, as such. I've not even looked at any of OP movies in at least ten years (assuming I've even looked at them at all!))
neutral · AI labelView post →The last time I saw a dome like this it was over war machines occupied by greedy Martians who were destroying everything in their quest to suck the Earth dry in the original The War of the Worlds film. Pure coincidence, right? Right?
neutral · AI labelView post →The War of the Worlds with Cruise is the only role I like him in. The opening requires smarts and he shows it. I do like most of the film; it's got a little depth from him.
positive · AI labelView post →Now watching Piotr Szulkin's The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981) #Filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m afraid the War of the Worlds movie is not beating the allegations about 30 minutes in.
negative · AI labelView post →#maymoviechallenge #moviesky #kaiju #horrorfam #giantmonster Day 31: Big Ben seen in a Movie "The War Of The Worlds" (1953)
neutral · AI labelView post →the War of the Worlds movie that’s been going around was shot in 2020 and was so bad that it wasn’t released for 5 years
neutral · AI labelView post →😆 Okay does everybody *not* want the War of the Worlds movie? #FrightClub
neutral · AI labelView post →I mentioned it earlier but in the amount of time the movie takes, you could listen to Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds if you haven't yet and probably have a much better time. easily one of my favorite albums I've heard to date.
negative · AI labelView post →There's an interview conducted by Rob Feld in the back of the War of the Worlds screenplay where David Koepp talks about how the specific 9/11 imagery and dialogue in the movie happened because we all lived through 9/11. He specifically talks about Dakota Fanning asking, "is it the terrorists?"
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm learning that I can't mention The War of the Worlds without some joker bringing up that shite-arse 2025 movie. It's gonna be like what happened with The Wicker Man all over again...
negative · AI labelView post →not impressed by the new war of the worlds? can i offer you some classic war of the worlds instead? maybe The best war of the worlds movie adaption? yes?? meet Piotr Szulkin' The War of the Worlds: Next Century
positive · AI labelView post →5 Favorite Things: Band: Manic Street Preachers Novel: The War Of The Worlds Podcast: @thetrawl.bsky.social Movie: Clerks Show: Star Trek TNG Tagging y’all
neutral · AI labelView post →Making my way through The Criterion Collection. #filmsky The War of the Worlds 1953 Dir. Byron Haskin Spine 1037 So much better than expected. I suppose I was surprised to see it in the Collection. 1953 isn't a whole lot different than now, according to this film, with the exception of religion.
positive · AI labelView post →This film was my first experience of The War of the Worlds as a kid, and I’ve been fascinated by the story ever since 👽👽
positive · AI labelView post →Technicians rig wires and charges in preparation for blasts and fires to be set off in buidings along a recreated Los Angeles street for the film “The War of the Worlds” on June 6, 1952. The houses are painted to match existing buildings in Los Angeles.
neutral · AI labelView post →- 🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasMondayFilms is Toyman Studios' The War of the Worlds that uses the original 1938 Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater radio broadcast adapted from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells written in 1898. #PamelasHalloweenMessages - rarehalloweenvideos.blogspot.com/2011/06/1938...
neutral · AI labelView post →And even the War of the Worlds broadcast was MEANT to replicate a radio news broadcast on the Mercury Theater's part, like the audio equivalent of a found footage movie. There was artistry to it. These fake receipts against Viv have all the authenticity of OpenAI.
neutral · AI labelView post →A while back I was on the Breakfast in the Ruins podcast (which mostly covers Moorcockia but also other things) to talk about almost all of the film/TV/music adaptations of "The War of the Worlds." It's an entertaining listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsDP...
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw a lot of high-school-aged kids roped in by it. The internet was much newer back then, and the website promoting the movie was very effective in its time. But yes, it's a lot like the War of the Worlds radio broadcast, a few people were confused and the media ran with it because it sold papers
neutral · AI labelView post →Y’all are doing the tv and movie things already. Mine are also copies of the novels The War Of The Worlds and Doctor Who In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks. And cast albums of musicals: Evita, Chess, Starlight Express, etc.
neutral · AI labelView post →I challenge you to watch “V”, Or Independence Day, or The Day the Earth Stood Still, or The War of the Worlds, or any First Contact or alien invasion movie, and to ask yourself which President and which government official you would hate to see handling the situation for you!
neutral · AI labelView post →20 of your favourite movie posters. One poster per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Not a reflection on the movie, just the poster itself. No explanations or reviews. Day 07: The War of the Worlds (1953) #FilmSky #MoviePosterChallenge
neutral · AI labelView post →Today is National Science Fiction Day... My favorite book is "The War of the Worlds" by HG Wells and the 1953 movie by the same name. Where are my Sci-Fi fans? Drop your favorites in the comments! #SpectrumNews1 #ncwx #NationalScienceFictionDay #SciFi
neutral · AI labelView post →I tried watching the War of the Worlds movie with Ice Cube and yeah, it's as bad as everyone says it is.
negative · AI labelView post →Technicians rig wires and charges in preparation for blasts and fires to be set off in buidings along a recreated Los Angeles street for the film “The War of the Worlds” on June 6, 1952. The houses are painted to match existing buildings in Los Angeles.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching The War of the Worlds (1953 film)
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