Comments on: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

By: Yootha

Yootha — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:39:57 +0000

1. Watch again – the dog thing IS explained – we are introduced to the tramp & his dog early in the film – then about halfway through we see them both asleep next to a pod. Bennell kicks the pod in disgust as he walks past – the pod oozes goo – it is damaged.

Later we see “the dog thing” – as a result of Bennell’s kick, the pod malfunctioned & made an amalgum of the two nearest life forms to it. Hence the dog with a man’s head. To other pod people, it was simply one of them. To a human, it was shocking (and therefore a giveaway when Elizabeth saw it & reacted with horror).

Fantastic film & the two subsequent remakes aren’t a patch on it. 1978 all the way

By: PiGFoetus

PiGFoetus — Sun, 13 May 2007 23:23:17 +0000

Don’t sleep too close to your dog when bodysnatching aliens are about. Actually, do. That way they won’t pass for regular people when they replace you and that will foil their plans. I wonder if a similar effect could be gained simply by keeping a hamster in one’s pocket?

They don’t actually snatch bodies anyway. “Invasion of the Body Replacers” would technically be more accurate.

By: Timmargh

Timmargh — Sat, 12 May 2007 00:58:24 +0000

I remember the dog thing. Good film; fucking superb ending.

By: Zeno Cosini

Zeno Cosini — Tue, 08 May 2007 07:15:43 +0000

I remember the dog thing. The horror is deepened by the manic banjo music that plays, briefly, as it scampers past.