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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

Don Siegel

Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, Carolyn Jones ...

7.6

16,908

Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Horror Miles Bennell, a GP in the small Californian town of Santa Mira, returns from an out-of-town meeting to find himself inundated with calls from locals insisting that members of their family are not the same people any more or have changed in some way. Believing this to be some type of mass hallucination, he refers them to a psychiatrist. He meets his old girlfriend Becky Driscoll and starts seeing her again. They are interrupted at ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney The Guardian	"Don Siegel’s 1956 science-fiction chiller deserves its classic status (...) its enduring resonance lies in its fable-like simplicity (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"This tense, offbeat piece of science-fiction is occasionally difficult to follow due to the strangeness of its scientific premise. Action nevertheless is increasingly exciting."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"The defining metaphorical work of the twentieth century. (...) Siegel and his writers are entirely aware of the allegorical depths inherent in their material.	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"A 50s horror classic that remains a gem of allegorical paranoia."	POS
United States	Los Angeles Times	"Easily the best of the '50s sci-fi thrillers, this one is subtle but still scary"	POS
United States	Chicago Tribune	"Incredibly chilling, this Don Siegel movie still delivers a powerful punch."	POS
United States	IGN	Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an excellent movie about paranoia, conformity, and the need to 'stay awake,' or else become jaded, emotionally dead."	POS

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