Directed by Don Siegel and based on Jack Finneys book The Body Snatchers, this 1956 science-fiction horror classic stars Kevin McCarthy as a small-town doctor who discovers that local residents are being replaced by emotionless duplicates. As the invasion spreads and fewer people can be trusted, paranoia and fear engulf the community. Dana Wynter, King Donovan and Carolyn Jones co-star in the original film that launched the Body Snatchers screen adaptations.

When multiple residents of a Californian backwater begin to suffer from identical frenzied delusions, Dr Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) suspects the town is in the grip of a new kind of epidemic. But his investigations soon reveal the terrifying truth, uncovering not a medical emergency but an extra-terrestrial invasion that threatens mankinds very existence.

Directed by Don Siegel (Dirty Harry), this milestone of science fiction taps into the paranoia and uncertainty of its times to present a chilling critique of post-war American society. Invasion of the Body Snatchers remains an enduring and suspenseful classic, prepare to experience the thrills and horrors of this highly influential movie like never before.

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A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

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KOMMENTARSPÅR med huvudrollsinnehavarna Kevin McCarthy och Dana Wynter samt filmskaparen Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling) som är ett stort fan av filmen * THE FEAR IS REAL. Joe Dante och regissörskollegan Larry Cohen (Det lever, The Stuff) om filmen (12 min) * I NO LONGER BELONG: THE RISE AND FALL OF WALTER WANGER. Filmvetaren och författaren Matthew Bernstein om filmens legendariske producent (21 min) * THE STRANGER IN YOUR LOVERS EYES. Regissören/skådespelaren Kristoffer Tabori son till Don Siegel som regisserade Invasion of the Body Sna