The battle began in another galaxy. It's about to end in the Brown's backyard.
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.
Cast
Dee Wallace
Helen Brown
M. Emmet Walsh
Harv
Billy Green Bush
Jay Brown
Scott Grimes
Brad Brown
Nadine Van der Velde
April Brown
Billy Zane
Steve Elliot
Lin Shaye
Sally
Ethan Phillips
Jeff Barnes
Don Keith Opper
Charlie McFadden
Terrence Mann
Johnny Steele / Ug
Jeremy Lawrence
Reverend Miller
Michael Lee Gogin
Warden Zanti
Art Frankel
Ed
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- Release Date 04/11/1986
- Language English
- Director Stephen Herek
- Editor Larry Bock
- Cinematographer Tim Suhrstedt
- Producer Rupert Harvey
- Companies New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Sho Films
- Budget $2,000,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | Apr 11, 1986 | Theatrical | 16 |
| United States | Apr 11, 1986 | Theatrical | PG-13 |
| HU | Apr 16, 1986 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Mexico | Jun 11, 1986 | Theatrical | B |
| France | Sep 10, 1986 | Theatrical | 10 |
| SE | Sep 26, 1986 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Australia | Nov 6, 1986 | Theatrical | M |
| United Kingdom | Nov 28, 1986 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Germany | Dec 10, 1986 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Spain | Mar 2, 1987 | Theatrical | 16 |
| IE | Sep 11, 1987 | Theatrical | 15 |
| PT | Feb 4, 1988 | Theatrical (Limited) (Fantasporto - Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto) | M/16 |
| XC | Nov 1, 1992 | Physical | — |
| HU | Dec 2, 1999 | TV | — |
| HU | Aug 15, 2006 | Physical | 16 |
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