Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

"They're here already! You're next! You're next, You're next...!"

- Miles J. Bennell

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 science fiction film directed by Don Siegel. It is based on the 1954 serial The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney which was originally published in Colliers Magazine. The film was remade in 1978 as Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Philip Kaufman and and again in 2007 under the simplified title Invasion. All variations of the story involve microscopic alien life forms that come to Earth and supplant human beings with perfect alien/human hybrid duplicates grown from plant-like pods (in Invasion however, the alien seeds are actually a viral contagion).

Notes & Trivia

 * Invasion of the Body Snatchers has been made available on DVD in standard edition, region 2 and Silver Screen Classics edition.


 * Filming for Invasion of the Body Snatchers was from March 23rd, 1955 to April 20th.


 * In 1994, Invasion of the Body Snatchers was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".


 * Includes a cameo appearance by Sam Peckinpah. Peckinpah is better known as a writer/director of action films such as Straw Dogs, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.