Invasion of the Body Snatchers

About Invasion of the Body Snatchers

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

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 horror science fiction film directed by Don Siegel. The film is filed under alien invasion, psychiatrist, doppelgänger, and paranoid.

Kevin McCarthy stars as Dr. Miles J. Bennell, Dana Wynter as Becky Driscoll, King Donovan as Jack Belicec, and Carolyn Jones as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec. It runs 80 minutes and was released in February 1956.

The screenplay is by Daniel Mainwaring and Richard Collins. It is adapted from a novel. In the United States it streams on Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Essential, and Paramount Plus Premium.

The Invasion, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Faculty make useful companions to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, all filed under alien and alien infection. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 1,240 votes.