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I watched this film when I was far too young. It made me feel ill and I couldn't sleep that night

"Evil" is a human determination - no God necessary to do it for us. It is humans, after all, who have determined that God is "Good" - why not "Evil" as well.

My mom took me to see this when I was 9. Man, that ending scared the hell outta me!

The writer must have been on plenty of LSD as the screen play is so fudged up 🙄

This and “the children of the damned” are 100% my favourite old school horror movies.

I am amazed that this movie has not been remade in this century yet. Or has it?

It was a brilliant decision to set this film in 1970s San Francisco, the epicenter of new age spiritual kooks and charlatan self-help authors. I don't care much for the place myself because of people like this, despite the city's beauty. However, the myriad of zany, pretentious personalities depicted accentuated the tragedy of lost humanity when everyone is homogenized into an emotionless hive. This sense of loss is critical to the effectiveness of a horror film like this. If you don't like the characters, or are uninterested in them, then the horror impact is pretty much nullified. IOTBS wildly succeeded in this aspect, particularly in the final scene that also added the despairing conclusion that human beings are done. Over for all time.

Small correction: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) is better than 100% of the garbage that passes for horror today.

The movie is a metaphor about how San Francisco became 100% socialist and gay. Just joking?

I do have to admit that I prefer the ending of the original black and white version because at least it was happy and let the stress out. The ending of the 70s version with Donald Sutherland screaming and pointing at that girl who starts to freak out was disturbing.

That little human faced dog thing scared the hell out of me as a kid

I saw that movie on HBO when I was a little kid about 6 years old. My dad was at work and my sister was out playing while my mom was doing something else in the other side of the house. I knew I wasn't allowed to watch things like that but I wanted to see it. Bad idea! It scared the s*** out of me. Afterwards, my mom wondered why I never left her side for the rest of the afternoon. 😂

How do you feel about films being edited these days. I can remember the original films when they came out , and find the editing confusing to those, who haven't seen the original.

Communitarianism in action .

I have to ask - WHERE are the flame throwers?

They made a complete rip off of this with the movie Assimilate

The one that had this same effect on me as a kid is "Prince of Darkness". Freedom is just outside the window on a warm spring day, but inside..... Would love to hear your take on it my friend! Great job as always!

One of the greatest endings in cinema history.

This movie is brilliant. Rewatched 2 times in the last few years. Loved every second of it back then and I still do!

Resident Evil 4

I’d love your take on the newer versions of this film. I know you will agree with me that there is no comparison

Such a good movie, still creeps me out after all these years.

I can’t watch it_ I’m still scared from when I first ran out But I like listening to the drinker but not that much ...

This movie horrified me as a child. It was right up there with Christopher Lee’s Dracula for me. I slept totally under the covers breathing hot air for the next year. Still, this premise freaks me out to this day and watching this movie brings back all those fears...

And then 2020 happened, and the film became reality.

Not movie... prophecy. Speaking of The Prophecy, I remember really enjoying that 70s eco horror flick. If you can find it, I’d love to hear your thoughts. m.itput.info/zone/video/gKmfZoaZtJrWbKA

Just like REAL LIFE IN 2020/2021 ...

If someone told me that SJWs are alien body-double replacements I'd be inclined to believe them.

Kinda like Trumpers........

I HATE a shrieking noise!

Ahhh, fuck off! Drinking rum! Me too...

The 80s Blob got me...still makes my heart race when I have to clear a clogged drain.

Drinker. Every film i see u have recommended have been some of my favourite films. Great taste 😉

SciFi, What? I thought it was a documentary about Edinburgh!

I remember seeing this in the movies. How awesome to have the starf of the original movie banging on the cars yelling "They are here,coming for you!" Plus the ending that was much different then the original

Bring on The Donner Cut of Superman II.

Ahh, drinker..I hate horror, but we clearly drink the same rum😇

Holy shit, Watership Down ! I saw that in 1978, a double feature with the animated Lord of the Rings. Watership Down was disturbingly violent and terrifying, a hell of a lot scarier than anything in Lord of the Rings - the Ringwraiths were pretty tame compared to rabbits ripping each other apart.

any parallels with this covid ? hmmmm?

The new watership down proves how shit society has become.

Imagine a sequel to this movie where survivors have a radio wave or something that brings back the old personality of the person before the pod, and with it the urge to struggle against the clones' system so they can regain their old identity. A movie that totally switches the dynamic from the first, where now it's the pod people on the run from their old allies who are now suddenly turning against them

Great recommendation and an absolute classic, but you should never spoil ending scenes!

This guy must watch razor fist

They step into the road; almost climb over parked cars; flatten against walls; and jump into front gardens, because I'm not wearing a mask. Their eyes peer over the edge of the light blue fabric with a look as if they're about to roar and point at me.

I would say this happened at CNN, but they were all assholes from birth.

This movie reflects the way society has changed over the last 10 years in the US. If you dont blend in with the move into Woke Socialism you run the risk of the Pod People pointing at you and shrieking hysterically at you. Its like that scene where school buses were delivering children to facilitieees so they could sleep and be turned into Pod Children - its just like public schools and universities today. Media commentators and reporters are openly talking about sending children of conservatives to re-education camps and deprogramming anyone who isnt an ultra woke socialist "progressive".

All that movie was missing is Kurt Russell and his beard!

Sounds like Incas*n of the Body Snatchers mimics Progressive Politics

Don`t watch this if you don`t want spoilers.

I sneaked in to this film at the age of 13 or 14 and its given me the willies ever since, especially the disturbing last scene. One of the most under rated horror films ever.

Loved this film, had the same vibe of The Thing and They Live about it before they were even out and was genuinely freaky when I seen it as a kid never mind an adult.....and that ending 🤯

I found this to be THE scariest movie when I was growing up. I couldn't stop thinking about the hopelessness and inevitability of it all. Then the last year happened...

Lovecraftian cosmic horror. No happy endings here, mates.

I was born in 1976 🤣👍. This movie is gold. Hehe

Maybe this is what's happening in America right now... These snatched people remind me of Liberals...

"Poor Veronica Cartwright, that girl just cannot catch a fucking break" Watched Alien yesterday and that was exactly what I was thinking. :)

So, what im hearing you say is: covid causes communism. huh... that might be plausible actually.

Visited San Francisco a couple of years ago.. there's enough homeless, drug use, and schizophrenia on the average street corner to make Body Snatchers look like a documentary.

The ending of this film still makes sad. Never got over it

I watched this film when I was around 8 years old and it scared the heck out of me. I watched it again in my late teens and then again as a much older adult. For me, it's really stood the test of time. So scary, so disturbing. The final scene with Sutherland and Cartwright still freaks me out to this day!

I remember watching this as a child, yes scared the fxck out of me. I was nervous around green house's for a year or so?

BLOODY AMEN TO THAT. up there with stepford wives

It's almost prophetic, they even got the screaming right : RREEEEEEE

Hey, it's kinda like all the people forcing each other to wear masks! Ugh. Or...refusing to criticize capitalism...wtf is wrong w our species

when i always search for Invasion of the Body Snatchers, i always find the hentai, dmn....

0:52 HELP ANYONE Know Film? 'Blood in Water'.. unique image. Thanks in advance.

Im a huge horror fan and ive yet to watch this one. Idk why. Its like a mix of the thing and nightmare on elm street When i was like 5 or 6 i remember friday the 13th part 8 always being on tv and the opening scene with the couple on the boat, i always thought the speargun jason used on the dude was actually the dudes intestines. It scared the shit out of me as a kid but flash forward 20 years and i watch it again since back then and after that scene i was like "wtf it was just rubber hoses from the gun 😡"

I saw this gem in a movie theater when I was 16. Couldn't get a decent night's sleep for three days. Don't go to sleep, dontcha know....Anyway, this film is a great metaphor for the creeping woke culture that's invaded Hollywood. It really gets into your psyche in a way most films don't. Thanks for blowing the ending for people who haven't seen the movie, Mate! I need to find a good copy of this for my collection.

I saw Aliens when I was 5 years old. My father had fallen asleep with the TV on and I was watching from my door. It was terrifying and I had awesome nightmares for decades.

The conspiracy movies of late 70s were amazing. This and Coma are brilliant.

This classic is a lot like 2020. The world goes straight to hell and people are replaced with screaming rats.

This totally reminds me of the left and their shame muzzles. You go out in public without a mask it isn't long before the comrades of the Left are wailing with ear piercing screeches and crooked pointing fingers all directed at you.Your different you don't jive with the hivemind so you are instantly ostracized dealt with accordingly and tossed into room 101 because these creatures got things to do, They all gotta be at their assigned positions for the mandatory 2-minutes of hate rally.

Fantastic film and still creepy today. Oh and you are 100% right about it being better than most "horror" films now.

I saw this in the theater when I was 10. Scared the hell out of me. After we got home from the movie I went to the bathroom... looking up at the ceiling fan I saw a long cobweb blowing... moving up & down from the vent cover... it looked just like the strands from the pods. Lets just say I made a quick getaway & avoided that bathroom for awhile... just to be safe.

Both the original '50s and the '70s version are awesome movies by any standards. To me, the 50's version is 'creepier'.

Watched this on a whim with my girl. IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!

I remember it scared me as shit as a child. specially the last scene when sutherland screams as one of them. perhaps it was the last movie that really frightened me.

wtf? 1:36? Are the Skaven invading?

02:21 I'm pretty sure that dude running down the street is Kevin McCarthy, start of the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Actually, I'm sure of it (I cheated and went to IMDB).

Poor old Lambert..

This movie was good. I finally watched it this Halloween.

Very good movie

Small particles such as spores and dust do not burn up in the atmosphere. They are too small to accelerate up at a sufficiently high speed. Small objects are affected by other types of physical mechanisms than large ones when they move through air.

I like how Sutherlands howl at the end is more baritone than high pitched. Gives it an even eerier quality.

Watership down movie was the best kids movie of its time,,,, no fucking snowflakes survived after watching that piece of art!!!

I've always loved this movie. Such an unsettling, chilling movie in a good way.

Capitol place Ocean Boulevard San Francisco. I've seen a couple of Aliens there myself as it goes.

Puts a new meaning to San Franshitsco eh.

Bless your heart Drinker for highlighting these classics

I love the cameo by Kevin McCarthy in this film he was the lead in the 1956 film. He was the guy that got killed by the mob.

I love invasion films and have seen this film a few times. But the depressive NO Hope of this film always make re watch hard. Great Film

The Drinker should recommend Rosemary’s Baby.

Watership Down was amazing

Abel Ferrara of Driller Killer fame did a good version called only 'BODY SNATCHERS' in the early ninties. I think some how it's on ITput. Also check out POSSESSOR by Brandon Cronenberg (David's son) for more Body Snatching fun of a different type.

You know what really scared me when I was young; Disaster movie, Chimpmunks scene.

It's good, but I prefer the original, 78 was the last good one as well. Bloody thing is around my age.

this movie has so much relevance now......

scariest movie of all time????....besides Jaws???(c'mon you never ever even once thought there was a shark swimming under you....even in a pool....yeah i thought so)....scariest film of all time is Poltergeist....the original. A man who has his family ripped away from him and does everything to get them back.....if you are a father, then you will understand. Scariest fucking movie ever. sends chills up my spine even to this day....freaky thing is, i have two blond haired (one blue eyed) daughters, just like in the movie. freaks me the fuck out. great goddamn movie...even if the child molester Spielberg was working on it...kinda makes it even more fucked up....That little girl died of sepsis due to anal trauma....she was passed around all the degenerate Hollywood types....raped her to death. Fuckin awful.

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