Review of Body Snatchers (1993) by Brad W — 20 Oct 2008
Abel Ferrara is best known for the likes of The Driller Killer (1979), King of New York (1990) and Bad Lieutenant (1992), here he was given a chance to do a modestly-budgeted update of an old sci-fi/horror classic.
It has Marti Malone (Gabrielle Anwar) and her family moving to a military base somewhere in Alabama for the summer as her father Steve Malone (Terry Kinney), is doing environmental research in and around the area.
But, nothing in this military town is what it seems, the locals seem zombified, from the local bar-patrons to the schoolchildren, and that's because they are!! It's a very creepy and disturbing film, and quite unlike anything director Ferrara has made before, despite all the gruesome effects on display, it looks alot cleaner than what he's made before.
It has some quick cameos from the likes of R. Lee Ermey and Forest Whittaker, but it does feel like alot was cut out, maybe there's a longer version lying in a dusty vault somewhere...
This review of Body Snatchers (1993) was written by Brad W on 20 Oct 2008.
Body Snatchers has generally received mixed reviews.
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