Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright
Jack Finney's classic science fiction novel has been the basis of three big-screen adaptations, beginning with the 1956 chiller Invasion of the Body Snatchers and most recently as 1994's underr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
Stats: 1,121 reviews
One of the very, very few remakes that rival the original production. A good film in it's own right but still falls a little short of the 1956 classic.
*NOTE: Several terrific scenes worth noting, including an homage to the original (with Kevin McCarthy) and a 'swinging' pries...( read more)
Love this film, a great remake! Slow in places but come on, it has a scene with a man?s head on a dogs body! And Mr Spock!
One cannot deny it: Veronica Cartwright is the queen of horror. She and the entire cast of this film are wonderful and really carry the weight of this film. I wish that it was a little quicker to get going but once it did it was relentless. Jeff Goldblum's role was a little remin...( read more)
"Get some sleep"
In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion.
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The 1978 re-imagining of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' is a classic in its own right. It's a brilliant exampl...( read more)
An all around great movie in itself, great performances, especially considering the ending, wow...the film works well because of simple but highly significant changes made in this remake of the 1956 classic.
Just to point out a few...we find that Kaufman moved the setting from s...( read more)
Perhaps it needs a higher rating. I saw it while I was on my three-movies-a-day movie spree and it seemed to be great anyway, but I need to make sure with a rewatch.
Great remake; beats the original like a kid beats a dead cat. Chilling, modern, scary. Believable effects.
Such a great concept and this incarnation is definitely the best. Along with The Thing, it proved that not all remakes are bad. Sometimes they can outshine their predecessor. These remakes also gave fuel for the eventual Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween remakes. The cast was...( read more)
Excellent remake, sucks you in and keeps on going. Great cast. Jeff Goldblum was gorgeous.
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