
The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted "re... (Full plot summary below)
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The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted "replacement" realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched?
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| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeGood remake of the 1956 film with direction that bogs in superfluous touches. |
| TheBluFile.comDustin PutmanEmotionally stirring, visually striking and having not aged a day, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" cries out for individuality in a skewed, nightmarish totalitarian reality. The results are as squirmily potent in 2016 as they no doubt were in 1978. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelSet at the intersection of post-Vietnam paranoia and the myopic introspection that became hippiedom's most lasting cultural contribution, the Philip Kaufman-directed Invasion alternates social commentary with impeccably crafted scares. As much an echo of Don Siegel's 1956 original as a remake, it does little to change a formula that worked fine the first time around. |
| ToxicUniverse.comJeremiah KippThe screenplay by W.D. Richter builds at a deliberate pace, and within the first half hour we're already disturbed by the almost imperceptible behavior of those who have been snatched. |
| AV ClubKeith PhippsSet at the intersection of post-Vietnam paranoia and the myopic introspection that became hippiedom's most lasting cultural contribution, the Philip Kaufman-directed Invasion alternates social commentary with impeccably crafted scares. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...what if the mask of your neighbor tilts for a second and you catch a glimpse of the riot going on behind his face? |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaDeve ser encarado como aquilo que realmente é: um terrorzinho-ficção científica descomprometido com a lógica e preocupado em manter o público acordado por 2 horas. |
| Rolling StoneEric HynesEasily among the greatest remakes ever made, Philip Kaufman updates Don Siegel's McCarthy-era classic to 1978 San Francisco. Kaufman proves singularly adept at keeping multiple genres and tones in play, from noirish mystery to heady paranormal thriller to face-squishing sci-fi horror. There's truly no recovering from the film's final the enemy-is-us parting shot. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonIt's not only the best of the four films based on Jack Finney's story, but also one of the best films of the 1970s. |
| The RingerAdam NaymanA decade after the Summer of Love, Invasion of the Body Snatchers essentially weaponized flower power, hinting that the erosion of individual consciousness in favor of groupthink was as natural and ingrained as photosynthesis itself. |