The Invaders

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"The Invaders" is a renowned, nearly dialogue-free episode of the original The Twilight Zone series, in which a solitary woman in a remote farmhouse is terrorized by tiny, mysterious invaders.

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instanceOf The Twilight Zone episode
television episode
airDate 1961-01-27
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy George T. Clemens
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dialogueLevel minimal
directedBy Douglas Heyes
episodeNumberInSeason 15
featuresCharacter Tiny alien invaders
Unnamed woman in a remote farmhouse
filmingFormat 35 mm film
firstBroadcastDecade 1960s
genre fantasy
horror
science fiction
hasMinimalCast true
hasTheme fear of the unknown
inversion of perspective
isolation
hasTwist role reversal between humans and aliens
hasVeryLittleSpokenDialogue true
hostedBy Rod Serling
isBlackAndWhiteEpisodeOf The Twilight Zone (TV series)
surface form: The Twilight Zone
languageOfBroadcast English
leadPerformanceBy Agnes Moorehead
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith
narratedBy Rod Serling
networkOfFirstBroadcast CBS
notableFor minimal dialogue
nearly wordless performance by Agnes Moorehead
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBS
originalSeriesRun The Twilight Zone (TV series)
surface form: The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
partOfSeries The Twilight Zone (TV series)
surface form: The Twilight Zone
plotSummary A solitary woman in a remote farmhouse is terrorized by tiny mysterious invaders who are later revealed to be human astronauts from Earth.
producedBy Buck Houghton
productionCompany Cayuga Productions
runningTime approximately 25 minutes
seasonNumber 2
series The Twilight Zone (TV series)
surface form: The Twilight Zone (original series)
setting isolated farmhouse
starring Agnes Moorehead
teleplayBy Richard Matheson
title The Invaders
twistEnding The tiny invaders are actually humans from Earth attacking a giant alien woman.
writtenBy Richard Matheson

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