2.7K views · 55 reactions | ALIEN INVASION: The ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast – a radio play that made people believe Martians invaded New Jersey – celebrates its 85th anniversary. https://tinyurl.com/2cs2jhbm | News 12 New Jersey | Facebook

#WarOfTheWorlds has everything an essential sci-fic action flick needs: Explosions aplenty, extraterrestrial invasions, and extraordinary lightning storms that bring not just a family but the whole world together. Steven Spielberg’s 9/11 tinged version of H.G. Wells classic novel stars Tom Cruise as a father desperately trying to reunite his family while battling aliens in a doomsday scenario. The film was praised in particular for the cast’s strong performances, as well as its innovative specia