Man, I think I remember this gem way back from the HBO glory days of the early 80's..Is there a scene in this movie where an alien in the woods throws some kind of frisbee like organism/creature at someone? If so, has this movie ever been properly released on DVD?
Yes, the flying disk thing is one of just a couple of scenes which stuck in my mind.
The only other element I could remember is that Martin Landau appeared in the movie. So I started looking up his films in the range late 70's to early 80's here on IMDB. Boy, did he work on some crappy, low-budget movies during that period. Amazing that his career was resurrected into something considerably more respectable. (Check out his performance in "Crimes and Misdemeaners" by Woody Allen - great stuff.)