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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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MCT:July 8, 2008
This was my first scary movie...at age 6. Thanks Dad! Donald Sutherland stars in it. Pretty good. You must realize it is from the 70s so be prepared for the "cheesy" music/effects. After watching this I was literally scared to sleep. The remake with Nicole Kidman is very close to this. I find this one much better. Great ending, unpredictable!! Another good one from this time, scary too with Donald Sutherland is Don't Look Now.
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MCT:June 30, 2008A truly fantastic and terrifying concept, with some legendary actors. Yet I couldn't really enjoy this film: I found the odd camera angles distracting, the soundtrack and sound effects irritating, and the overall production disjointed. The movie didn't feel like it ever got into a natural flow, and I really just spent the whole movie waiting for the awesome ending.
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MCT:June 24, 2008Much better than modern day sci-fi/horror films. This film is truly terrifying without trying so hard with special effects. I love the ending!
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MCT:June 21, 2008
My favorite version. Donald Sutherland's performance, the eerie ending, and the highly effective use of bagpipes playing "Amazing Grace" all get top marks.
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MCT:June 14, 2008
A genuinely creepy film - with the exception of the cheesy pods and SFX, the movie soars when it employs wonderful sound effects, camera work and a sense of utter realism to create a paranoid, horrifying scenario.
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MCT:May 23, 2008
Every version except the last one predicts such dire ends for humans, and this one especially, with the inhuman screaming sound, that makes it seems unlikely any one can escape the invasion. More disturbing than scary though.
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MCT:May 7, 2008I really gave this version a try. I couldn't stand to watch more than 15 minutes of it though. The acting was so corny and it was just so straight out of the 70s that I couldn't bare it. If you are going to watch this story either watch the very old (1955) or the very new version. Don't waste your time with this one.
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MCT:March 13, 2008
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 small-town California to the city of San Francisco, evoking a style of paranoia reflective of the mistrust and malaise pervasive in post-Vietnam, post-Watergate American films. In one scene, Bennell calls Washington for help, only to find his calls are being intercepted and his name is known to the person on the other line before he gives it. This scene summons up the sort of anti-government fears that were also manifested in conspiracy theories.
The 1978 remake also corrects an error in the original film. Although the premise of the film is that the bodies of the pods' victims are destroyed upon the awakening of their alien duplicates, the original film depicts the replacement of Becky Driscoll, Bennell's love interest, as though she falls asleep human, but awakes as an alien. In the 1978 remake, Elizabeth Driscoll's body crumbles poignantly in Bennell's arms as her duplicate becomes conscious and arises behind him.
The first film never shows us what happens to the original human bodies after duplication. In the second, there are several scenes in which we see greyish debris dangling from the back ends of trash trucks which kicks up grey dust when compacted... -
MCT:March 6, 2008Best ending in a film - ever. Trust me. The best alien take-over film ever. Creepy and gets under your skin. Shot amazingly but the musical score gets a bit much when it dips into some classical film score moments that don't fit.
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MCT:February 29, 2008
Some great names in this well known tale. Worth seeing even though you know the story.
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MCT:February 16, 2008Awesome remake of a 1956 SciFi about people being cloned...well on the outside anyway. What would you do if you woke up and people like the same but you new that they were not the same and no one would believe you? Whatever you do, do not fall asleep.
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MCT:February 3, 2008
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MCT:January 20, 2008
As equally interesting as the original, this version of the horror story has excellent directing and use of motifs. It also brought the "Invasion" story up-to-date. I recommend this film to all sci-fi lovers.
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MCT:January 1, 2008
Unnerving and quite scary, this is the second adaptation of Jack Finney's novel 'The Body Snatchers'. Who would have thought that as B-movie a premise as "killer plants" could be this good? Best bit: Our fugitive heroes hear Amazing Grace being played on a docked ship - a sure sign that human life continues to exist somewhere, and that the aliens have not yet taken over completely.
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MCT:November 22, 2007
Even as a child, I rarely had nightmares because of a movie that lingered. This movie is the exception. There is a scene in this movie where a homeless guy and his dog are 'cloned' together so that the dog has the man's face. It truly weirded me out. The image still disturbs me. Though not a great movie, it is still worth watching.
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MCT:November 8, 2007
I am picky in regards to movies in which I do not believe how the characters react to strange occurrences. But in this, all the characters reacted to the outlandish events with realism, which other horror such as Poltergeist, and Exorcist to a lesser degree didn't manage to accomplish.
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MCT:November 8, 2007
Dr. David Kibner: Elizabeth, could you please tell me, in your opinion, what is going on?
Elizabeth Driscoll: People are being duplicated. And once it happens to you, you're part of this... thing. It almost happened to me!
A great update of the classic sci-fi novel, that has very good special effects that hold up today, without depending on them to hold the movie together.
Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams star as a couple of health inspectors living in San Francisco during the 70s. Oh...and alien life forms are also slowly entering into the population.
The movie builds itself slowly by introducing the sudden change in behavior of certain characters, before changing into a creepy chase movie.
Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, and Leonard Nimoy also star as a few people who get involved in the struggle to figure out is happening to the people.
The movie is very good in establishing its atmosphere, remaining focused on the characters, and keeping its pace.
Sutherland in particular is very good at maintaining an optimistic outlook on things, despite how increasingly hopeless things become. Sutherland has always been the kind of guy who you wouldn't think would lose his cool to easily, so when he does, you know bad things are gonna happen.
This is a very good alien invasion movie, with subtle chills, and ways to keep you guessing.
Jack: There's nothing to be afraid of. They were right. It's painless. It's good. Come. Sleep. Matthew. -
MCT:October 20, 2007
I just finished watching this one. Its the 1st time I've had a chance 2 catch it. $ its time I guess it was ok, but I can't wait 2 see the newest versions.
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MCT:October 13, 2007
A good remake, but it doesn't deliver anything more than the original, and loses something in the transition to a large-scale city like San Francisco. The plot wanders a bit aimlessly at points, and transforms the Macarthyite paranoia into a grating 1970's thriller which, instead of being atmospherically threatening, becomes randomly and acutely dangerous. with too many arbitrarily applied moments of tension and payoffs.
Still, for better or worse, it's star-studded cast, despite jockeying for screen time, gives an excellent performance, and the special effects at least make the random moments of tension rather satisfying and enjoyable to watch. -
MCT:August 23, 2007
Very few remakes manage to succeed this well. This time the pod people set up operations in San Francisco. If being a small town where you cannot be sure if you can trust the people you know is creepy enough, imagine finding yourself in a city where you really don't know anyone to begin with. How can you be sure whether or not the person in the next aparment is trustworthy? The film succeeds even better than the original in a lot of ways. The pod people this time are truly eerie, letting out high-pitched inhuman screams when encountering someone who is clearly still human. The ending this time is mite predictable but is wonderfully dark and even terrifying. The takeover process is rendered in quite explicit detail this time around, but is thankfully kept vague for most of the film's running time. Kevin McCarthy's cameo is excellent, almost serving the purpose of saying that this film is the logical progression of the original. The director includes a few too many pointless shots and the soundtrack is often more annoying than effective, but it's still a great horror film.
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MCT:August 22, 2007
You know what I'm going to start by saying something people should know right now. F*ck 2007's the Invasion. If you really want a movie that will send chills down your bone and really does have something to say about right now and for that time the 1978 version is really all you need. First of all this film doesn't find a need to dumb down the novel in order to be more audience friendly. The movie uses it's style as a way to move the story over hoping to disguse a lack of a story. Plus great performances just make the film that much better. A true classic.
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