A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
Thomas Haden Church
- Tazer
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the kids are interrogating Sparks they ask him what his weakness is and one of the twins says "Water? Earth germs?". These are references to two well known alien related films; in Signs the alien's weakness is water and in War of the Worlds their weakness is the common cold.
- GoofsAt the end of the fight between Ricky and Nana (at around 1h 02 mins), the control plug is knocked out of Ricky's neck, but at the end of the film, immediately after "The End" appears (at around 1h 19 mins), he is shown at Annie Filkins' house where Bethany and Tom use a controller to control him again.
The kids kept the gun from the aliens and Tom mentioned to Bethany that Ricky's car was broken down and he's not going anywhere. It's likely Tom and Bethany shot Ricky with the gun again and used controls.
- Quotes
Hannah Pearson: Dad's coming and he's mad.
Tom Pearson: With who?
Hannah Pearson, Stuart Pearson: Tom!
- Crazy creditsOuttakes are shown during the end credits
- ConnectionsFeatured in Great American Road Trip: Gateway to the West (2009)
- SoundtracksMetal Health (Bang Your Head) 2006
Written by Frankie Banali, Carlos Cavazo, Tony Cavazo and Kevin DuBrow
Performed by Quiet Riot
Courtesy of Hands On Productions, LLC
Featured review
You really have to find your inner child, when you watch this. And really, why would you watch this expecting anything else then a silly little comedy? It delivers on that premise and has either good actors to support some crazy humor (I forgot her name, but one of the "Golden Girls") or some crazy idea (a device that ... well you see, if you watch the movie)!
Maybe the voice of reason, should prevent me from a 6/10 rating and rather give it a 4 or 5. But I actually liked the movie and the charm it developed. The fun, that the cast and crew obviously had, while shooting the movie, translates onto the screen. Sometimes you really need something really silly, to enjoy ... this one definitely fits the bill! (and kids will love it ;o) )
Maybe the voice of reason, should prevent me from a 6/10 rating and rather give it a 4 or 5. But I actually liked the movie and the charm it developed. The fun, that the cast and crew obviously had, while shooting the movie, translates onto the screen. Sometimes you really need something really silly, to enjoy ... this one definitely fits the bill! (and kids will love it ;o) )
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- They Came from Upstairs
- Filming locations
- Albany, Auckland, New Zealand(Studio)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,200,412
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,008,423
- Aug 2, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $57,881,056
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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