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 Rated 2 out of 5
Two out of three ain’’t bad...
The Least Successful of the Body Snatcher Movies..., for a reason, the movie was so slow that I fell sleep the first time I watched it! I’’m a big fan of Jack Finney’’s book "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." (1954). The first two movies (1956 & 1978) were great because in their own way, each faithfully depicted the atmosphere of total dispair found in the book. This installment didn’’t adhere very well to the mood or the original plot, at the same time it didn’’t bring any innovation to the story line, the way that the 1978 version did. If you’’re a fan of "Invasion...", I don’’t recomend it. If you are watching it for the horror aspect, eigther of the first two is superior to this one. I also recomend, John Carpenter’’s: "The Thing"; and Robert Heilein’’s: "The Puppet Masters", staring Donald Southerland. Rated 5 out of 5!
BODY SNATCHERS - MEG TILLY
This is my favorite version of "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" I rememeber seeing the remake with Donald Sutherland in 1978 and thought it could not be topped. Even after seeing this version on TV a few years back... so recently I bought the 1978 remake to see it once again to compare... but after veiwing this version with Meg Tilly ... watching the 1978 remake once more, the 1978 remake was lacking something that "Body Snatchers" version has. If you have never seen any of these "Invation of the Body Snatcher" movies. Please watch them in order...The original from 1956 with Kevin McCarthy ..next the 1978 with Donald Sutherland , then this version "The Body Snatchers"with Meg Tilly ...to be able to enjoy them all  Rated 4 out of 5
Best of the Body-Snatchers Movies
Many have felt that the ability for the pods to take over the whole town in the first movie was a good stretch. To take over LA in the second movie was just impossible. But in this third version of the story, the setting is just right.An EPA agent and his family are visiting an army base where there might be toxic waste leaking into the environment. Little do they know that chemicals are not the real threat. Strange pods have been found in the marsh. As you are probably aware, the pods grow into duplicates of people and then replace them. On an army base, once an officer has been taken, it is easy to trap the lower ranks. It also means that the pod people have access to weapons supplies. But the locale is not the only improvement in this version. We get plenty of key scenes where you never quite know who is still themselves and who can not be trusted. The conversion process has also been improved to explain how the pods can copy people and what happens to the bodies afterwards. There is quite a bit of nudity in this version, so it is not as accessible as the earlier versions, but is definitely worth it.
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