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TOP 10 CHILLING SEQUENCES FROM INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

MY UNCLE IS
NOT MY UNCLE!
(INVASION OF THE BODY
SNATCHERS, 1956)
When the genuinely
sane Wilma (Virginia
Christine) nervously
explains to Dr. Miles (Kevin
McCarthy) that although her
uncle may look and act like
her uncle there is ‘something
missing’, it’s a chilling
forewarning for what’s in
store in Don Siegel’s spine-
chilling classic.
3. DON’T LEAVE
HER ALONE!
SNATCHERS, 1956)
With the town transformed
into pods who are hot on their
trail, a sleep deprived Miles
and Becky (Dana Wynter)
hide out in an isolated cave...
then Miles makes the mistake
of leaving Becky to get help.
In a heart-breaking realisation,
Miles returns to discover
that Becky has turned into a
preaching pod person too.

THE BODY
AWAKENS
SNATCHERS, 1956)
In this creepy scene,
Carolyn Jones discovers
the once completely
featureless body in her
living room has now
awakened and bears the
exact facial features of her
husband... a disturbing
insight into how seamlessly
these duplicates are taking
over humankind.

THEY’RE
COMING!
SNATCHERS, 1956)
Were it not for last-minute
studio interference, Don
Siegel’s masterpiece
originally would have
ended on this spine-chilling
downer, which sees an
angst-ridden Kevin McCarthy
hopelessly warn passing
motorists on a freeway
about the impending
pod predicament.

KEVIN
MCCARTHY
CAMEO
SNATCHERS, 1978)
Kevin McCarthy reemerges
in Phillip Kaufman’s remake;
beating on the windshield of
Donald Sutherland’s vehicle
with the immortal warning:
“They’re coming! They’re
coming!” from the 1956
movie, in what could be
interpreted as a 22-year-old
crossover from those events.

COMPLETE GUIDE

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

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Tellingly, due to the loss of the close-knit town community depicted in Siegel’s fi lm, Kaufman’s version also poses the thought- provoking question: if there were people evolving into a new life-form like this in the city would we even notice? Fifteen years later, a different era, and yet another new setting and protagonist gave birth to a third screen incarnation of Jack Finney’s story, with the 1993 shocker Body Snatchers. It pits Gabrielle Anwar’s fragile yet determined teenager Marti Malone against a new pod threat that has broken out in a military base in Alabama. Originally written by and conceived as a vehicle for Re-Animator fi lmmaker Stuart Gordon to direct, Warner Brothers eventually appointed provocative The Driller Killer and Bad Lieutenant fi lmmaker Abel Ferrara to helm the fi lm. Ferrara, a fan of Jack Finney’s original story, wasn’t exactly thrilled about the new military base locale (see our interview), however some cast members viewed it in a more positive light. “I think that the army base is a genius location because everybody is already so regimented. Therefore, it’s a much more diffi cult community to identify people who are acting stoic and stiff,” considers Christine Elise who played the rebellious daughter of the airbase commander who befriends Marti. One of the most memorable performances in the movie comes from Meg Tilly, particularly after she turns into a duplicate of Marti’s stepmother and lays down the futile state-of- play in a spine-tingling scene to her husband, (see Top 10 Chilling Sequences). “My favourite moment is when she says: ‘Where you gonna go? Where you gonna

One of the stranger moments in the ‘78 fi lm...

Abel Ferrara updated it again in 1993.

COMPLETE GUIDE

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

MY UNCLE IS
NOT MY UNCLE!
SNATCHERS, 1956)

(INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, 1956)

(INVASION OF THE BODY

When the genuinely sane Wilma (Virginia Christine) nervously explains to Dr. Miles (Kevin McCarthy) that although her uncle may look and act like her uncle there is ‘something missing’, it’s a chilling forewarning for what’s in

DON’T LEAVE
HER ALONE!
SNATCHERS, 1956)

With the town transformed into pods who are hot on their trail, a sleep deprived Miles and Becky (Dana Wynter) hide out in an isolated cave... then Miles makes the mistake of leaving Becky to get help. In a heart-breaking realisation, Miles returns to discover

THE BODY
AWAKENS
SNATCHERS, 1956)

In this creepy scene, Carolyn Jones discovers the once completely featureless body in her living room has now awakened and bears the exact facial features of her husband... a disturbing insight into how seamlessly

THEY’RE
COMING!
SNATCHERS, 1956)

Were it not for last-minute studio interference, Don Siegel’s masterpiece originally would have ended on this spine-chilling downer, which sees an angst-ridden Kevin McCarthy hopelessly warn passing motorists on a freeway

KEVIN
MCCARTHY
CAMEO
SNATCHERS, 1978)

Kevin McCarthy reemerges in Phillip Kaufman’s remake; beating on the windshield of Donald Sutherland’s vehicle with the immortal warning: “They’re coming! They’re coming!” from the 1956 forewarning for what’s in movie, in what could be store in Don Siegel’s spine- chilling classic.

Miles returns to discover that Becky has turned into a preaching pod person too.

insight into how seamlessly these duplicates are taking over humankind.

motorists on a freeway about the impending pod predicament.

movie, in what could be interpreted as a 22-year-old crossover from those events.

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TOP 10 CHILLING SEQUENCES FROM INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

Tellingly, due to the loss of the close-knit town community depicted in Siegel’s fi lm, Kaufman’s version also poses the thought- provoking question: if there were people evolving into a new life-form like this in the city would we even notice? Fifteen years later, a different era, and yet another new setting and protagonist gave birth to a third screen incarnation of Jack Finney’s story, with the 1993 shocker Body Snatchers. It pits Gabrielle Anwar’s fragile yet determined teenager Marti Malone against a new pod threat that has broken out in a military base in Alabama. Originally written by and conceived as a vehicle foras a vehicle foras a vehicle for Re-Animato Re-Animato Re-Animato Re-Animator fi lmmaker r fi lmmaker Stuart Gordon to direct, Warner Brothers eventually appointed provocative The Driller KillerKillerKiller and and Bad LieutenantBad LieutenantBad Lieutenant fi lmmaker Abel fi lmmaker Abel Ferrara to helm the fi lm. Ferrara, a fan of Jack Finney’s original story, wasn’t exactly thrilled about the new military base locale (see our interview), however some cast members viewed it in a more positive light. “I think that the army base is a genius location because everybody is already so regimented. Therefore, it’s a much more diffi cult community to identify people who are acting stoic and stiff,” considers Christine Elise who played the rebellious daughter of the airbase commander who befriends Marti. One of the most memorable performances in the movie comes from Meg Tilly, particularly after she turns into a duplicate of Marti’s stepmother and lays down the futile state-of- play in a spine-tingling scene to her husband, (see Top 10 Chilling Sequences). “My favourite moment is when she says: ‘Where you gonna go? Where you gonna ‘Where you gonna go? Where you gonna

One of the stranger moments in the ‘78 fi lm...

Abel Ferrara updated it again in 1993.

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