Review of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) by Jeremy S — 19 May 2010

I can see how many Directors have tried to replicate this film unsuccessfully.

This review of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) was written by Jeremy S on 19 May 2010.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers has generally received positive reviews.

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By Ted Whitehead (16) for The Spectator (1,162) on 27 Sep 2015

All the tension and scariness of the original has gone and in its place is a bit of floppy old cabbage. See the Fifties version if you can…

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By Jennifer T (990) on 15 Nov 2018

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By Kat W (211) on 15 Aug 2017

Weird! not as good as I thought it would be but not bad either. Not enough jeff goldblum…

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