The Invaders (The Twilight Zone) The Invaders (The Twilight Zone) "The Invaders" is episode 15 of season 2 (and episode 51 overall) of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". The episode, which originally aired January 27, 1961, starred Agnes Moorehead. It was written by Richard Matheson, directed by Douglas Heyes, and scored by Jerry Goldsmith. Distinctive features of this episode include a near-solo performance by one character (interacting with miniature puppet "characters"), and an almost complete lack of dialogue. The protagonist portrayed by Moorehead often cries out in pain, terror, etc., but never speaks. An impoverished, aging woman (Agnes Moorehead) lives alone in
The Twilight People Neva begins to doubt her fathers' work following a botched experiment on another test subject and falling in love with Farrell. She decides to help Farrell and the animal people escape. Steinman and his men hunt them down. Director Romero had previously produced 1959's "Terror Is a Man", closely based on H. G. Wells' "The Island of Doctor Moreau", and returned to the same subject matter with "The Twilight People", although neither film acknowledged their source material. The film, which is also known as "Island of the Twilight People", was originally made for New World Pictures, then run by Roger