Invasion of The Body Snatchers: An Analysis (1978)

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[MarkVA]

This was the first movie I've ever seen that destroyed my childhood belief that all movies have a happy ending... LOL

[chucklemeister]

That dog with the human mask on scared a generation of us.

[Outrider]

I always find it ironic that Nimoy's character is basically turned into Mr. Spock as a villain.

[joemadden]

Saw it in the theater when it was released.


That ending.


😳


Great score by Denny Zeitlin.


One of the great films of the 70's and it holds up beautifully.

[JurassicRod]

I like to think of this being in continuity with the original and it's the same guy running around screaming ''they're here!''.

[jtaylor]

R.I.P Donald Sutherland. Despite being a film fan all my life, and a collector since my early 20's, i didn't see this film until i was 33. But my god did it stay with me after. An utter masterpiece. The fact that no matter what our heroes do, theirs, and humanity's fate is doomed. Such a bleak ending.... but i would not change it..

[RandomTChance]

Leonard Nimoy playing an emotionless alien...
Go figure! ✌️🤠

[josephfisher]

Really creepy movie that I only needed to see once.

Hard to believe that Sutherland never got nominated for an Oscar, as commanding as he was.

[jerrylegion]

The 1956 movie is a gem. The 1978 movie is a gem. The book is a gem. A rare occurrence.

[MaffAndxujj]

I remember that DOG with a human head - Which freak me

[ziguardo]

The 1978 version is one of my favourite movies. The ending was like a punch in the gut. I loved it.

[Mercury]

This movie blew me away when i was a kid

[CyberChud]

Agreed, old black and white horror tends to have a full fledged story and themes. Modern horror is always trying to be all jump scares, or only cares about atmosphere.

[anubusx]

It's funny how The Faculty references the book.

[johnbarnett]

One of the three great remakes with The Thing and The Fly. This is one of the few horror films that maintains an atmosphere of dread and unease with only a few moments of humor to ease the tension.

[chrisnorthern]

The last 40+ years have been like watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers in slow motion; the long march through the institutions, the development of PC/Woke, Government’s deployment of behavioural science strategies and so on; everywhere you turn, the mind snatchers have been there before you. Feels rather more like the remake than the original, now right near the end scene. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that the remake was an early stab at predictive programming.

[Mrcharrio]

This used to be about the Red Menace, but now when I watch this movie I relate it to Wokeness and Equity Culture.
He said the N-Word *Raises hand and points while screeching at the offender*

[och]

I’d prefer the pod person version of San Francisco depicted in this movie to the current day version of it.

[timothymorris]

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is my favorite Donald Sutherland movie! It’s easily my second favorite of 1978 after John Carpenter’s Halloween. I’ll always miss him but also enjoy his performance as Matthew Bennell. “How do you know my name? I didn’t tell you my name!”. So creepy and bone chilling. A real classic.

[nongthip]

I did a fresh download and re-watch of this movie just a couple weeks ago, not knowing we would be losing Donald Sutherland so recently. So there's a whole batch of movies I'm re-watching this week in his honor. Thank you sir for all your fine work, and for scaring the bejesus out of us with that pod-person shriek at the end.