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diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md b/content/reviews/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..da14061 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ ++++ +title = "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-07-21T22:22:00+02:00 +categories = ["reviews"] +draft = false +weight = 2003 +reviewSection = ["Movies"] +image_dir = "reviews/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "My review of a meh horror" +image = "reviews/covers/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.jpg" +rating = 3 +aliases = ["/brain-rot/american-scifi/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956/"] ++++ + +_Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ is a 1956 film about a town that's being attacked by aliens. +However, the attack is not an all-out warfare, but instead slow replacement of town's folks. +Everything that makes us individuals is removed, and all that's left is a souless husk. +The body is replaced by a clone straight out of a pod, your memories are transferred - but your soul is gone. +It can happen to you! + +Yeah, it's a _commie_ horror. +Guess becoming part of a collective was the worst the authors could come out with. +I have not read the book, but the film let me down. +I saw it ages ago, and it was OK, but I remember very little. +Now I know why - the film is extremely forgettable. + +The idea of being replaced by an identical clone, that _is_ you but at the same time it missing what makes you human is very cool - in a scary way. +But the film does nothing with it. +Everyone in the town is slowly being replaced by _pod people_ and only our main heroes are fighting for their individual selves. +Even in the first act, where the replacement is just revealed, the characters don't show many emotions. +Hey, let's put this strange body on our pool table. +It will be good, don't worry about it. +There is no suspense, nor are there any interesting reveals. + +_Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ is a very basic classic horror. +It's not that it's old, as the same year we got _Forbidden Planet_ and _The Day the Earth Stood Still_ is 5 full years older. +But somehow, this film became a classic with endless remakes. +Technically, the movie is great - the acting, the effects. +But story-wise nothing stands out, nothing stays with you. +And I'm always in for the story! |