Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
by Don Siegel
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Actor: Carolyn Jones, Dana Wynter, Kevin McCarthy, King Donovan, Larry GatesDirector: Don Siegel
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Running Time: 80 minutes
Release Date: 1998-06-16
Audience Rating: Unrated
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Studio: Republic Pictures
VHS Movie Reviews of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Movie Review: Aint Nuthin Like the Real Thing
Summary: 5 Stars
After countless remakes, you just have to give it to the original. No grand special effects, just pure creepiness and paranoia. The 1950's were a time when family values and conformity were standard so what could be more perfect than everyone thinking exactly the same? Be sure and watch the interview with Kevin McCarthy and then after the movie look around you. Has your usually hysterical friend been a lot calmer than usual, do you wonder if it's really them?Movie Review: Invasion of the body snatchers
Summary: 4 Stars
Why doesn't hollywood make good old fashion horror movies like this anymore, without the blood and guts.Movie Review: "Think Pod"
Summary: 5 Stars
Kevin McCarthy is fabulous in this film. It shows what a truly great actor he is, even if he did end up on "Flamingo Road." I have always liked the guy who in later years, played the best refined gentleman or evil refined gentleman ever. Next to Kevin, I liked the pods best--great special effects, and realistic--chilling when found in the backs of trucks en route to other US destinations. After Kevin and the pods, I then liked the action, the horror of realization, the attempts to prevent panic, the campy background music. Still entertaining and better than any re-makes.Movie Review: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1955)
Summary: 5 Stars
This film of 1955 with Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter is one of my two favorite Sci-fi's (the other is Alien).It's fast moving, has great direction and acting and is very scary particularly with the scene of the "replacement people" oozing out of the pods, and not knowing if someone's "real" or not. A timeless classic for all.Movie Review: great example of Cold War culture in 1950s America
Summary: 5 Stars
What made this grade-B science fiction movie a hit in the 1950s? It resonated with deep Cold War fears. I show this movie in my college-level U.S. History classes to shed light on the Eisenhower Era's "Cold War ethos." Americans who feared communist subversives (who were impersonating good Americans) were primed to be scared by aliens who would impersonate humans.
Summary of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Something's wrong in the town of Santa Mira, California. At first, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) is unconcerned when the townsfolk accuse their loved ones of acting like emotionless imposters. But soon the evidence is overwhelming--Santa Mira has been invaded by alien "pods" that are capable of replicating humans and taking possession of their identities. It's up to McCarthy to spread the word of warning, battling the alien invasion at the risk of his own life. Considered one of the best science fiction films of the 1950s and '60s, this classic paranoid thriller was widely interpreted as a criticism of the McCarthy era (that's Senator Joseph, not actor Kevin), which was characterized by anticommunist witch-hunts and fear of the dreaded blacklist. Some hailed it as an attack on the oppressive power of government as Big Brother. However viewers interpret it, this original 1956 version of Invaders of the Body Snatchers (based on Jack Finney's serialized novel The Body Snatchers) remains a milestone movie in its genre, directed by Don Siegel with an inventive intensity that continues to pack an entertaining wallop. Look closely and you'll find future director Sam Peckinpah (an uncredited cowriter of this film) making a cameo appearance as a meter reader! --Jeff ShannonSci-Fi & Fantasy Video
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