#body snatchers 1993

[fanofspooky]

Scream King - Forest Whitaker

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

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[gwarden123]

Okay, the distorted voiceover at the end kinda spoiled things a little. I got what you were going for with the ominous music and the unsettling, blank-faced soldier.

[madamshogunassassin]

Body Snatchers (1993)

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Billy at the 46th Cannes Film Festival 1993 ❤️

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[adamwatchesmovies]

Body Snatchers (1993)

I meant to watch every film adaptation of Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers in release order but I messed up and saw 1993's Body Snatchers second. I made a mistake but don't feel too bad about it. In many ways, this film surpasses the original thanks to its spectacular special effects, atmosphere and chilling imagery.

Environmental Protection Agency agent Steve Malone (Terry Kinney) is moving to an Alabama military base with his family to test the effects of the military's actions on the surroundings. There, his daughter Marti (Gabrielle Anwar) notices abnormal behavior from several people. When her little brother says their mom (Meg Tilly) is a doppelganger, she believes him... but who else will?

Body Snatchers suffers from the fact that its title gives away too much, though not as much as the previous films. If you don’t know what the deal is, stop reading and go see this movie.

Barring one scene where a composite shot is rough around the edges, it all looks very convincing and boy does that make for a creepy experience. The characters are warned not to go to sleep. Once you see why, you won’t be able to close your eyes anymore. It’s a perfect example of gore used correctly. It grosses you out but mostly, it unsettles. It makes your skin crawl and makes you sweat.

Like the original picture, Body Snatchers can be a bit slow at points. You know where the plot is headed so you may grow a bit restless, at least at first. There is a turning point where Marti realizes what is happening. It sends a chill down your spine. You’re filled with the kind of panic that only comes from the absolute certainty of imminent, unavoidable defeat. Just when you think there’s a crack for our heroes to slip through, the film takes advantage of your lowered guard and comes at you full force. It pours the terror and despair down your throat. While the special effects are extremely effective, it’s the little moments that have the biggest impact. The emotional bits between Marti and the man she’s starting to fall for, Timm (Billy Wirth), make you think everything's going to be ok. It makes the scene where our heroes realize they've been led into a trap that much more devastating.

Body Snatchers doesn’t include just one shot where the true horror of the story dawns on you. There are at least 7. That’s a rarity even in the best chillers. The pacing issues may not even be there if you have not seen the previous versions (or any number of the derivatives which have come over the years) and I get the feeling that I'll like this one even more next time. (Full-screen version on DVD, July 13, 2018)

[horygory]

Body Snatchers (1993)

[tenaflyviper]

Memorial Day Horror Films

Films set on/around Memorial Day:

Born for Hell (1976)

Combat Shock (1984)

Thou Shalt Not Kill...Except (1985)

Sorority House Massacre (1986)

Memorial Valley Massacre (1988)

Memorial Day (1999)

Trees (2000)

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)

Beware: The Children (2009)

Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

Abandoned Dead (2015)

Not set on/around Memorial Day, but still a good watch for today:

J'accuse! (1919)

Deathdream (1974)

Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)

The Ninth Configuration (1980)

The Prowler (1981)

Day of the Dead (1985)

House (1985)

Street Trash (1987)

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Body Snatchers (1993)

Uncle Sam (1996)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Ravenous (1999)

Deathwatch (2002)

Dog Soldiers (2002)

28 Days Later (2002)

R-Point (2004)

Masters of Horror: Homecoming (2005)

Dead Snow (2009)

FDR: American Badass! (2012)

Late Phases (2014)

Overlord (2018)

VFW (2019)

Shadow in the Cloud (2020)

Not horror, but including them anyway:

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Rolling Thunder (1977)

Red Dawn (1984)

Come and See (1985)

[fanofspooky]

Body Snatchers

1993 • R • 1h27m

A teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.

[gone2soon-rip]

DONALD SUTHERLAND (1935-Died June 20th 2024,at 88).Canadian actor and anti-war activist whose film career spanned over seven decades. He received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Critics Choice Award. He has been cited as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award.

Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films such as The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), and Kelly's Heroes (1970). He subsequently starred in many films both in leading and supporting roles, including Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), The Day of the Locust (1975), Fellini's Casanova (1976), 1900 (1976), Animal House (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Ordinary People (1980), Eye of the Needle (1981), A Dry White Season (1989), Backdraft (1991), JFK (1991), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Without Limits (1998), The Italian Job (2003), and Pride & Prejudice (2005). More recently, Sutherland portrayed President Snow in The Hunger Games franchise.

He was the father of actor,Kiefer Sutherland,best known for his role as Jasck he tv action series,24,and films such as Stand By Me and The Lost Boys. Donald Sutherland - Wikipedia

[legallybrunettedotcom]

Hi! Can i ask you what is your opinion on movie remakes? Like for example with Little Women (2019), after the huge success (commercially and also critically) do you think it would make sense to let another director tell the same story in their way? Like how many years should pass between another remake of a movie could be welcomed by the public?

hiii! that's a good question. i think there's some pessimism that has seeped into the movie loving public in the last several years. it seems like we're in a shortage of original stories in mainstream cinema so there's a layer of jadedness and annoyance. it's understandable, but i don't think entirely true. there's shitty remakes, there's remakes i like better than the original and there's situations where i like both the original and the remake. from my knowledge, the years that have passed between an original movie and a remake have varied greatly (not including here reboots, american adaptations of non-american films or stuff like sam raimi did with evil dead) so i'm not entirely sure if there is a formula that doubtlessly works, but our movie watching and perceptions have changed greatly. like gaslight was first made in 1940 and then remade in 1944, but what does that mean to a 2024 audience? nothing. now something like little women released in 2019 getting remade in 2024, well now that's annoying and you'll hear opinions. internet is now an added obstacle when it comes to reception. i'm trying to think of remakes that were well received. invasion of the body snatchers was released in 1956, remade in 1978 and then abel ferrara remade it again in 1993 under the name body snatchers. not too poorly received but what do people think of when they hear body snatchers? the 1978 version. why? i am clueless to what the reasons might be. the thing 1982 over the 1950s version as well. when you hear scarface it's al pacino that pops into your mind, and not the 1932 original, steven soderbergh's oceans eleven over 1960 rat pack movie, cronenberg's the fly over the 1958 original etc etc. you mention little women, i think we have a different situation and approach because it's a book adaptation. some of the movies i've mentioned are also based on books, but we can't really call them classics like we do with pride and prejudice or dracula or wuthering heights which have all seen multiple remakes and retellings. some of these originals or their remakes are defining for a specific generation, but then again sth like dracula is a matter of personal preference rather than a specific one being generation defining imo. at least now in 2024. if we were in the 30s/40s well that's a different situation. there are some objective criteria pertaining to storytelling that makes a remake a good remake, but even moreso i would say it's something deeper culturally and societally that makes one or many cling to a specific version. something about the movie experience rather than the movie itself, so i'm not sure i have a conclusive opinion or number of years i could give.

[gwarden123]

Hmm, I think I would have preferred it if the protagonist had actually shot someone that turned out to be an uninfected human and not a body snatcher.

Also, I'm kind of wondering what the anxiety is here. I know conspiracy minded bullshit was in vogue at the time, but I'm not sure what this movie is doing with that. Is it just a hangover from the Cold War? Is it a nostalgic part of the thirty year cycle, we grew up with movies about a creeping faceless enemy wanting everyone to conform, so we repeat that without really thinking about what that was about? Is it about the Satanic Panic? Because one of the protagonists is a six year old boy who keeps repeating "nobody believes me" and who is targeted by the body snatchers at a day care where they want him to go to sleep.

I am probably over thinking this. Like with the ease of the glass smashing, this is not that kind of movie. This is a movie about a lonely teenage girl who gets to meet a dreamy helicopter pilot and who is vindicated when her stepmom turns into a pod person. I'm just, you know, curious.

[hollywoodroses]

Billy Wirth as Tim Young in Body Snatchers (1993)