Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) movie poster

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

"The seed is planted... terror grows."
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👍 84%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 84%
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Director
Philip Kaufman
Runtime
1h 56m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.2/10 (1,284 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
75

Cast

Donald Sutherland as Matthew Bennell · 73% avg
Brooke Adams as Elizabeth Driscoll · 73% avg
Leonard Nimoy as Dr. David Kibner · 80% avg
Jeff Goldblum as Jack Bellicec · 74% avg
Veronica Cartwright as Nancy Bellicec · 76% avg
Art Hindle as Dr. Geoffrey Howell · 79% avg
Lelia Goldoni as Katherine Hendley
Kevin McCarthy as Running Man · 76% avg

Is Invasion of the Body Snatchers good?

Most people think so. 84% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 84%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#200 / 1040 · Science Fiction
Rank in its year
#6 / 21 · 1978
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 6 · Philip Kaufman
On ThumbScore's lists
The Best Sci-Fi Movies on MGM+ (#7) · The Best Horror Movies on MGM+ (#8) · The Best Sci-Fi Movies on AMC+ (#9) · Best Free Sci-Fi Movies on Plex (#13)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 13,411💬 74 comments
In Spider-Man 3 (2007), when the symbiote is about to attack a sleeping Peter, there is a low, warbling sound effect playing, lifted directly from the score of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), which also features a malicious life form that attacks people in their sleep.
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Top comment: "Sounds like a heartbeat in an ultrasound"
r/movies
⬆ 13,325💬 138 comments
Michael Chapman, Cinematographer on 'Taxi Driver' and 'Raging Bull,' Dies at 84 - The two-time Oscar nominee also shot such films as 'The Last Detail,' 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' and 'The Fugitive.'
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Top comment: "Taxi Driver cinematography was *spectacular.* Claustrophobic, intense, *internal*... Chapman was a..."
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