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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

 -  Horror | Sci-Fi  -  20 December 1978 (USA)
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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 first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion from a small town to the city of San Fransisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted "replacement" realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched? Written by Mark Thompson <mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk>

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Horror | Sci-Fi

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20 December 1978 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Los usurpadores de cuerpos  »

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$3,500,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Don Siegel:  taxi driver. Siegel directed the original film, of which this film is a remake. See more »

Goofs

The cameraman is reflected in the phone booth window while Matthew Bennell is inside. See more »

Quotes

Elizabeth Driscoll: How are we gonna get out of here?
Matthew Bennell: Through the door. Come on.
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Referenced in Fringe: Momentum Deferred (2009) See more »

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"De La Tromba Pavin"
As performed by the Julian Bream Consort
Courtesy of RCA Records
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They Get You When You Sleep
9 November 2008 | by (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – See all my reviews

The employee of the Department of Public Health Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) tells his friend and coworker, the field investigator Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland), that her boyfriend Dr. Geoffrey Howell (Art Hindle) is not the same person, having a different behavior. Matthew suggests Elizabeth to pay a visit to his friend, the renowned Dr. David Kibner (Leonard Nimoy). They meet him in a lecture and he tries to convince her that she has some emotional problem with Geoffrey, while Elizabeth notes that other people are having the same complaint. When Matthew's friends Nancy (Veronica Cartwright) and Jack Bellicec (Jeff Goldblum) find a clone of Jack in their medical mud business, they call Matthew and he immediately seeks out Elizabeth. He breaks in her house and finds a clone of her. The quartet discovers that people are being replaced by exact emotionless replicas using plants that get them when they sleep.

Don Siegel's" Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) is one of the best and most scary sci-fi ever. This remake is also great, with an update of the original story with stunning special effects for a 1978 movie. Further, it is a tribute to Don Siegel and Kevin McCarthy, with their cameo. My vote is eight.

"Title (Brazil): "Os Invasores de Corpos" ("The Bodies Invaders")


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