story identification - What's that 1950s movie where astronauts land on Mars but Martians trick them to thinking it's their Earth hometown?
I've been looking for this movie for years. When I was a kid I saw a 1950s/60s sci fi about astronauts that land on Mars (I think it was Mars) but the Martians transform the landing site to look like the astronauts' childhood hometowns on earth and the Martians change their appearance to resemble the astronauts' friends and family. Gradually the astronauts realize Aunt Mabel really isn't aunt Mabel and the Martians divulge their dastardly intentions. Very creepy movie. This is all I can recall after 30 years.
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This very definitely sounds like an adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story The Third Expedition (also published as Mars Is Heaven) from The Martian Chronicles. However I was unable to find a matching movie in IMDB.
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