# What movie (TV or mini-series probably) was this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-or-mini-series-probably-was-this/260091 "2004-08-16T16:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-or-mini-series-probably-was-this/260091/1 "2004-08-16T16:32:15Z")
Entering vague description mode. I am almost positive this was a made for TV movie or miniseries, and I remember it being on in the mid-80s, although I couldn’s ay what channel. The vague plot points I remember are: Aliens came to earth. They seemed friendly, but really weren’t. They would touch people’s foreheads, which would slowly make the people shrivel up and turn into floating balls of electricity. In the end, I think humans figured this out and somehow defeated the aliens and reversed the process. I know it’s not “V”, but I bet it is some kind of cheap knock-off. I also know the description sounds crazy, but it can’t be drug induced as I was only about 10 at the time. Anybody? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-or-mini-series-probably-was-this/260091/2 "2004-08-16T17:23:53Z")
When were you 10? It might help to pin down the year. So far I can only come up with [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/www.rottentomatoes.com/m/invasion_earth_the_aliens_are_here/about.php) movie. Do you remember if it was a “serious” picture, or possibly a parody? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-or-mini-series-probably-was-this/260091/3 "2004-08-16T19:03:11Z")
It’s been a long time, but I think it might be [“Strange Invaders”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086374/) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-or-mini-series-probably-was-this/260091/4 "2004-08-16T20:36:37Z")
> [@Mullinator](#): > > They would touch people’s foreheads, which would slowly make the people shrivel up and turn into floating balls of electricity. In the opening scene there was a young couple necking in a car, and when they were returned to human form at the end of the movie they went straight back to necking? I’m sorry that’s the only bit I remember, if I’ve got the right movie. V was in 1983, are you sure this was afterwards? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-or-mini-series-probably-was-this/260091/5 "2004-08-17T15:45:50Z")
> [@The Devil's Grandmother](#): > > In the opening scene there was a young couple necking in a car, and when they were returned to human form at the end of the movie they went straight back to necking? Oh my…somebody borrowed a scene from **Manos, The Hands of Fate**?!?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-or-mini-series-probably-was-this/260091/6 "2004-08-17T16:36:26Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > It’s been a long time, but I think it might be [“Strange Invaders”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086374/) You are a great and wonderful person. I predict that many years from now multiple statues will be erected in your honor. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-or-mini-series-probably-was-this/260091/7 "2004-08-17T16:39:20Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Oh my…somebody borrowed a scene from **Manos, The Hands of Fate**?!?!? :eek: Perhaps I’m very mixed up, but I don’t think so. Did the girl (blonde ponytail, poodle skirt) put her gum on the dashboard in Manos? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-or-mini-series-probably-was-this/260091/8 "2004-08-17T16:54:23Z")
> [@Mullinator](#): > > You are a great and wonderful person. I predict that many years from now multiple statues will be erected in your honor. My pleasure. Og only knows why the details of this particular crappy sci-fi movie from 20 years ago happened to stick in my head.