Body Snatchers

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Body Snatchers

R

1993

1h 27m

Sci-Fi

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When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone (Terry Kinney) travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti (Gabrielle Anwar) befriends Jean Platt (Christine Elise), daughter of the base's commander, General Platt (R. Lee Ermey). When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.

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Critics Consensus

Body Snatchers may not topple previous adaptions, but it boasts an effective sense of dread and strong characterizations.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B

Sep 7, 2011

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Offers a few stunning moments of paranoia-laced terror.

Rated: B-

May 8, 2006

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Almar Haflidason

BBC.com

Rated: 3/5

May 12, 2001

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Abel Ferrara's 1994 incarnation of the body snatchers story is not the most recent. But it's the most resonant in a contemporary sense — a perfectly paranoid counterpart to its 1956 and 1978 predecessors infused with deeply unsettling reminders of loss.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 26, 2024

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a fine adaptation of an iconic novel.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 6, 2021

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Though the look is upgraded and the tone more sinister than in previous iterations, there aren't enough new twists to warrant yet another interpretation.

Rated: 3/10

Sep 10, 2020

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Dan R

1993's 'Body Snatchers' was another retelling of the classic 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' story first told in the 1956 film and then the 1978 remake. SYNOPSIS: 'A teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.' 'Body Snatchers' takes a different look at how the aliens start to take over America and offers 87 minutes of pure paranoia and tension. Director Abel Ferrara delivers a perfect counterpart to the 1956 and 1978 offerings whilst adding something unique with the side story of the loss of a parent and the interactions, and life, with a step parent. For me though this film falls well below the standards of the 1978 film, especially when it comes to practical special effects. The 1978 film really shouldn't look better, feel scarier and be more visceral, but it is. However, this is still a very entertaining and scary film. 7/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/05/24

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Alec B

Something of an outlier in these adaptations, which is mostly for the better. The ending feels a little too easy but before then there's real visceral terror in shifting the focus from society at large to a family unit.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/09/24

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Steve D

By far the weakest version.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/12/23

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Audience Member

Runs out of steam towards the end as it doesn't really know what to do with itself, but overall not a bad Body Snatchers remake.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Worth watching, totally the 90's horror feel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Something of an outlier in these adaptations, which is mostly for the better. The ending feels a little too easy but before then there's real visceral terror in shifting the focus from society at large to a family unit.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone (Terry Kinney) travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti (Gabrielle Anwar) befriends Jean Platt (Christine Elise), daughter of the base's commander, General Platt (R. Lee Ermey). When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.

Director: Abel Ferrara
Producer: Robert H. Solo, Michael Jaffe
Screenwriter: Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, Nicholas St. John
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.8K
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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