Invasion of the Body Snatchers

© United Artists 1978

The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion from a small town to the city of San Fransisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted replacement realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched?

Release:

December 20th, 1978

Genre:

Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director:

Philip Kaufman

Cast:

Donald Sutherland , Brooke Adams , Jeff Goldblum , Veronica Cartwright , Leonard Nimoy

Writers:

Jack Finney , W.D. Richter