PG • 1 hour 55 min • 1978

A remake every bit as effective, and even more terrifying, than the original.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers validates the entire concept of remakes. This new version of Don Siegel's 1956 cult classic not only matches the original in horrific tone and effect, but exceeds it in both conception and execution.

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CinemaINVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS Directed by Philip Kaufman Screenplay by W.D. Richter It is pointless and impossible simply to remake a happily remembered old movie. There is an irresistible...

Shout! Factory’s disc is an attractive restoration of a funny and terrifyingly sensual portrait of conformity.

Though it lacks the awesome allegorical ambiguousness of the 1956 classic of sci-fi/political paranoia (here paid homage in cameo appearances by Kevin McCarth

Read the Empire Movie review of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. For once, a great remake, smartly executed. Great performances and a killing ending that will stay...