I recently had a conversation with friends about why the sci-fi thriller The Invasion of the Body Snatchers keeps getting remade (after the original 1956 movie, there was a remake in 1978 starring Donald Sutherland followed by a 1993 remake with Forest Whitaker).
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I recently had a conversation with friends about why the sci-fi thriller The Invasion of the Body Snatchers keeps getting remade (after the original 1956 movie, there was a remake in 1978 starring Donald Sutherland followed by a 1993 remake with Forest Whitaker). Someone pointed out that the movie continues to be relevant, that the themes within it can be interpreted and applied to current social or political happenings at any given time. With The Invasion, however, it seems there was no firm decision made about whether it should be a political commentary or a suspenseful horror film. So, it ends up trying weakly for both and accomplishing neither.
The basic plot is this: A space shuttle crashes on Earth covered in creepy microorganisms which, when touched by humans, cover said humans with a gooey, sticky film in their sleep. Upon waking, the humans are transformed into emotionless shells of their former selves, unaffected by sorrow or love. Psychiatrist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman), her friend Ben (Daniel Craig) and her young son Oliver (Jackson Bond) are among the few residents of Washington, D.C. who very rapidly figure out the whole deal and struggle to not get infected with the zombie disease (which disgustingly can be passed when one zombie projectile vomits on a non-zombie and then it's just a matter of falling asleep, perchance to congeal). More about this story and my take on it if you read more
