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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  • 19561956
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
51K
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
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DramaHorrorSci-Fi
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
51K
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    • Don Siegel
    • Daniel Mainwaring(screenplay by)
    • Jack Finney(based on the Collier's magazine serial by)
    • Richard Collins(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Kevin McCarthy
    • Dana Wynter
    • Larry Gates
    • Don Siegel
    • Daniel Mainwaring(screenplay by)
    • Jack Finney(based on the Collier's magazine serial by)
    • Richard Collins(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Kevin McCarthy
    • Dana Wynter
    • Larry Gates
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    • 295User reviews
    • 166Critic reviews
    • 92Metascore
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    Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Kevin McCarthy in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" Kevin McCarthy 1956 Allied Artists
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    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    • Dr. Miles J. Bennell
    Dana Wynter
    Dana Wynter
    • Becky Driscoll
    Larry Gates
    Larry Gates
    • Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman
    King Donovan
    King Donovan
    • Jack Belicec
    Carolyn Jones
    Carolyn Jones
    • Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
    Jean Willes
    Jean Willes
    • Nurse Sally Withers
    Ralph Dumke
    Ralph Dumke
    • Police Chief Nick Grivett
    Virginia Christine
    Virginia Christine
    • Wilma Lentz
    Tom Fadden
    Tom Fadden
    • Uncle Ira Lentz
    Kenneth Patterson
    • Stanley Driscoll
    Guy Way
    Guy Way
    • Officer Sam Janzek
    Eileen Stevens
    • Anne Grimaldi
    Beatrice Maude
    • Grandma Grimaldi
    Jean Andren
    • Eleda Lentz
    Bobby Clark
    • Jimmy Grimaldi
    Everett Glass
    Everett Glass
    • Dr. Ed Pursey
    Dabbs Greer
    Dabbs Greer
    • Mac Lomax
    Pat O'Malley
    Pat O'Malley
    • Baggage Man
      • Don Siegel
      • Daniel Mainwaring(screenplay by)
      • Jack Finney(based on the Collier's magazine serial by)
      • Richard Collins(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Production designer Ted Haworth came up with a fairly simple and inexpensive (about $30,000 total) idea for creating the pods. The most difficult part was when the pods burst open, revealing the likenesses of the actors. The actors had to have naked impressions of themselves made out of thin, skin-tight latex. Making the casts, which involved being submerged in the very hot casting material with only a straw in their mouths to breathe through, was grueling for the actors, especially Carolyn Jones, who was claustrophobic. Dana Wynter recalled, "I was in this thing while it hardened, and of course it got rather warm! I was breathing through straws or something quite bizarre, and the rest of me was encased, it was like a sarcophagus. The guys who were making it tapped on the back of the thing and said, 'Dana, listen, we won't be long, we're just off for lunch [laughs]!' In the end, we had to be covered except for just the nostrils and I think a little aperture for the mouth."
    • Goofs
      (at around 20 mins) When Dr. Bennell is shown the body on the pool table he never bothers to ask where it came from or why it is there. One would think that would be the first question.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Miles J. Bennell: They're here already! You're next! You're next, You're next...!

    • Crazy credits
      THE END comes up on the final shot of the film of Miles looking relieved that Dr Hill has believed his story, and is calling the FBI about the alien invasion of Santa Mira.
    • Alternate versions
      Originally released at 80 minutes; reissued in 1979 at 76 minutes, deleting the studio-imposed prologue and epilogue starring Whit Bissel and Richard Deacon.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Giant Claw (1957)

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    8/10
    Stunning and frightening adaptation which emerged as a cinema classic compellingly directed by Donald Siegel
    Splendid Sci-Fi picture which achieved tremendous and unexpected success on its appearance . Science Fiction and fantasy is presented in its most horrifying form . A genuinely frightening , chilling exercise in nightmare dislocation in which hideous creatures from outer space arrive on Earth with plans of conquest by means of pods and being based upon a novel by Jack Finney . There are not monsters only the residents of a town , as their wills , minds and bodies taken over by a weird form of life from outer space . This is the first adaptation , still very scary and creepy about a vintage novel deals with a little town residents who are being replaced by duplicates hatched from weird pods . It creates an altering the human behaviour in the new invaders . Meanwhile , a doctor (top-notch Kevin McCarthy as an angst-ridden medic) must protect his girlfriend (significant role for gorgeous Dana Wynter) and soon aware that pods from outer space are duplicating and menacing everyone there . The doctor may hold the means to avoid the extraterrestrial invasion as he discovers their friends are being taking over by cold human-duplicates , as one by one are turned into aliens . The mysterious epidemic from outer space is spread her friends and known people (Larry Gates , King Donovan , Carolyn Jones , Sam Peckinpah) and small California town people , everybody are being taken over by emotionless , cold behaving beings . The mysterious seeds from outer space are growing and destroying a little town at an alarming attack.

    This scary Sci-Fi displays a tense screenplay based on Jack Finney novel titled ¨Body snatchers¨ that can be considered truly disturbing . Packs eerie suspense , chills , thrills , spectacular scenes , chilly events and pretty turns and twists . A ceaselessly inventive , ghastly rendition of the alien take-over paradigm , including a a nice built-in paranoia so well tuned for the times that some saw it a parable Communist Witch Hunts. The one and only post-McCarthy paranoid fantasy epic , where a small California town is infiltrated by pods from outer space that replace and replicate human beings . It profits from a winning and intense acting by Kevin McCarthy along with an enjoyable Dana Wynter ; furthermore , a perfect direction by maestro Donald Siegel who proved himself master of the eerie clutch at the base of one's spine . Appropriately exciting and frightening musical score by Carmen Dragon . Very good cinematography and evocatively eerie ambient , including appropriate production design . The motion picture was professionally directed by Donald Siegel . Director Siegel brought an entirely new approach to the Sci-Fi field . He filmed an excellent story and it has emerged as a cinema classic that brings astonishing nightmares . Lovers of the thriller/chiller should no miss this remarkable Sci-Fi , everybody will have fun being scared by this expertly crafted film .

    Other versions about this known story are the following : 1978 new version , being one of few instances where a remake is an improvement on the original , directed by Philip Kauffman with Donald Sutherland , Brooke Adams and features cameos by Don Siegel and Kevin McCarthy from the original , realized with great originality in spite of being a remake concerning again about mysterious seeds duplicating people . And yet another inferior rendition in which the horror is diminished , being shot by Abel Ferrara(1994) that takes place in a military base in which turns out to be invested with pod people , starred by Forest Whitaker , Meg Tilly, Terry Kinney and Gabriella Anwar , it is regular version as is slow-paced with few jolts of horror . Lately recent version that results to be the least satisfactory titled ¨Invasion¨ with Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman , Jeffrey Wright and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel , this so-so take on , it takes advantage of the advances in FX , sound technology and some interesting visual effects . Rating : Better than average . Worthwhile watching .
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      • February 5, 1956 (United States)
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      • Town Square, Sierra Madre, California, USA
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      • Allied Artists Pictures
      • Walter Wanger Productions
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    • 1 hour 20 minutes
      • Black and White

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