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Amphibians in Movies   Invaders From Mars (1986)   Spoiler Alert ! Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film.   This is an alien invasion horror movie made by Tobe Hooper, famous for making The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, and other horror movies. A young boy named David watches an alien space ship land near his house. He discovers that they have possessed his parents' and are trying to take over the whole town. In the first frog scene, we see a frog hopping in a large jar in a grade school cassroom. Then the teacher, Mrs. McKeltch, tells the students that it's frog week. She says that she collected some fresh frog specimens this morning at the marsh area (where the aliens landed.) Later, David hears Mrs. McKeltch planning something sinister with a police officer. She mentions David's name. He knows that she was at the alien landing site, so he is suspicious of her. He follows her into a storage area full of preserved animals in jars behind a classroom. When she hears David behind her, Mrs. McKeltch turns around and we see that she is swallowing a large whole frog, head first. This proves to him that she is possessed by the aliens. Watch the frog-eating teacher on YouTube