The Puppet Masters

Spellbinding sci-fi suspenser, based on a novel by Robert A. Heinlein, is set in a small Iowa town where the residents are being taken over by slug-like, mind-controlling alien parasites. Can father-and-son government agents Andrew (Donald Sutherland) and Sam Nivens (Eric Thal) and NASA scientist Mary Sefton (Julie Warner) halt the invasion before it spreads any further? With Will Patton, Keith David, Yaphet Kotto, and Richard Belzer. 109 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; featurettes; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.