"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" scared the hell out of me when I was little.
Who put me in front of a TV with that movie on when I was in the 4th grade? It was freaky. These weird pod things give birth to humans without fingerprints and when you fall asleep they take over your body, except they don't have emotion.
Well, off to bed, Erik! Good night!
Since the remake of the film is coming out Friday (51 years later) I thought I would give the original another try. It's still a little thrilling at times, but my cynical cynical mind won't let me do anything but snicker at the giant pods when I see them. Which is too bad, because the storyline really does have some power still. Which is why the trailer for the remake still looks pretty good.
Scary and good.
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It was me. Love, Mom
Thanks, Mom.
As I think about it, I wonder if the movie's lack of a solid resolution is what terrified me the most.
The ending is--in theory--a happy one. The doctor calls the FBI and they have evidence of the pod people. So--in theory--the good guys will win.
But we never actually see the resolution, something that was surprising for a fourth grader. Also, the closing shot is of the hero vainly trying to stay awake. Does he survive? Does he fall asleep before a Pod assimilates him?
Even if the aliens are stopped, it seems fairly likely that the hero isn't going to make it.
The original is still a favorite of mine. They have remade this thing before, 1978 with Donald Sutherland and directed by current Indy IV writer Philip Kaufman, but I liked the black and white version better. Love the pods. Looking forward to this new one. In the original they changed the way it ended before release, then ended it as originally intended in 78. Liked the 56 end better.
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