In "Invasion U.S.A.", several people in a bar watch as the United States is invaded by a foreign power and atomic havoc is wreaked on the entire country. Drawing heavily on footage from WWII, the movie is a poorly made, low-budget venture, but regardless portrays the Communists as foreign thugs with Russian accents striking the heart of American cities. The people in the bar then attempt to help fight the invasion, but it is too late. Overall, the film's message is that Americans must make personal sacrifices to combat communism.  

In "The Thing From Another World", a sci-fi classic from the popular Howard Hawkes, a team of scientists and U.S. Air Force officials take a trek to the Arctic Circle and discover a crashed flying saucer and later, some kind of alien being. The "Thing" proceeds to threaten and kill members of the group until the Air Force officials ultimately step in and save the day. The film serves as a metaphor for the threat of foreign Soviet Communism to the United States. The final scene makes clear that American courage and fortitude are what saves the group from the menace of the "Thing".   

These and many other similar films of the Cold War era influenced Americans by alienating (both figuratively and literally) Communism from American society. By creating large differences between the Communists and everyday Americans, filmmakers portrayed Communism as a completely foreign force, radically different from American people. However, as the Cold War continued, filmmakers shifted and began to portray Communism as more of a threat within American society.