Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 science fiction film that tells the story of ordinary small town people whose bodies are taken over by aliens. It stars Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan and Carolyn Jones. The film has been remade a number of times: in 1978, 1993 and another due for release in 2006. The original version has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Plot synopsis

An alien race departs their dying world and lands on Earth. They emerge from plantlike pods, and grow into perfect physical duplications of their human victims, who themselves die and are discarded. The "pod people" are indistinguishable from normal people, except for their utter lack of emotion. Once a pod person is fully grown and integrated into society, he works secretly to spread more pods, so that more people will be taken over.

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