Saturday Matinee: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

“Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1978) is a science fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman (The Wanderers), with a screenplay by W.D. Richter (dir. Buckaroo Banzai) and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum and Leonard Nimoy. It is a remake of the 1956 film of the same name, also based on the 1955 novel “The Body Snatchers” by Jack Finney. The plot involves a San Francisco health inspector and his colleague who discover that humans are being replaced by physically identical alien clones devoid of emotion.

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2 Responses to Saturday Matinee: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

  1. Lara/Trace says:

    We just watched this. Seems true. not fiction.

  2. nomad says:

    yeah. a rare good remake.

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