Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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Rating: 5.9 / 10 (128 votes cast)

In Theatre : December 20, 1978
Director(s): Philip Kaufman

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 underrated Body Snatchers.

This acclaimed 1978 version from director Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff) is every bit as creepy as the '56 original, and it fits perfectly into the cycle of paranoid thrillers that thrived in American movies of the 1970s. Kaufman stylishly directs from an intelligent screenplay by W.D. Richter, while Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams lead a distinguished cast (including Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, and Veronica Cartwright) and must fight for survival as the population of San Francisco is systematically cloned by alien "pods" from a distant, dying planet.

The atmosphere of dread and paranoia grows increasingly intense as the complexity of the alien invasion is gradually revealed, until nobody can be trusted to be who they appear. Finely tuned performances enhance the film's eerie atmosphere, highlighted by moments that will lurk in your memory long after the movie's over.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Review by Ch...

I will start by saying as far as creepyness this film is the mother of all alien invasion films, just think a tiny organism invading our bodys and taking over the human race, its totally beliveable to me, maybe i have a ...

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 is a remake of the 1956 movie of the same name. I think this movie is what made me hooked to horror to begin with as bell as becoming a Donald Sutherland fan. Donald Sutherland...

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