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Body Snatchers

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

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness 05/08/2006
B-
Offers a few stunning moments of paranoia-laced terror. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
4/4
As sheer moviemaking, it is skilled and knowing, and deserves the highest praise you can give a horror film: It works. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Apr 21
2.5/4
The short running time means that we never get to see the characters as full-blooded people -- a detriment in a movie meant to celebrate the individuality of humans. Go to Full Review
Grant Watson Fiction Machine Jan 13
4/10
Nothing really stands out here. Nothing is memorable. It does not just feature emotionless aliens on the screen; it feels like they made the movie too. Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal 01/26/2024
4/5
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. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 01/06/2021
3/4
...a fine adaptation of an iconic novel. Go to Full Review
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Mo S. @9mr_0 4d جيد جدا قصة خفيفه تمثيل و اخراج جيد See more Jeepers C Oct 12 This movie is way better then the reviews it's getting. This Body Snatchers movie moves at a much faster rate then Invasion of the body snatchers. That one was a slow burn. This one centers around a army base which is actually where all the body snatching is taking place. This is a fast and fun scifi movie. I enjoyed . See more Lanal L Jan 3 I wasted my rental money on this movie after reading a 4-star review online by Roger Ebert when the movie was first released. This was a film that he would have given a 1-1/2 star to in the 1980s. It was so inferior to the original and the 1970s remake. It was obviously made with a very young audience in mind: much of the juvenile action took place either in a sporty little car or a bar. Both female leads looked like young males with no appeal or acting charisma whatsoever. Anyone looking at the female in the bar would have guessed her age to be about thirteen. The dialogue was so-so and the acting below par. This was the period when films were moving into the low-budget, independent "film making" period when most cinematograpy is done at one or two locations in one confined geographical area--in this case, a military base. Most of the action occurred at night to camoflauge unrealistic scenes. Don't spend a dime on it; if you want to watch it, wait until it becomes free on Prime or YouTube. Otherwise, spend your rental money on the 50s or the 70s version. See more Dan R 03/05/2024 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 See more Alec B 01/09/2024 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. See more Steve D 09/12/2023 By far the weakest version. See more Read all reviews
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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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