I don’t know what the hell lead to the creation of like a billion sci-fi and or/horror films about aliens and monsters in the 50s-80s which are almost definitely representative of subconscious fears of communism, deviance from socially accepted norms, and sexual deviance but we need to return to it
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SUMMARY: When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.
The biggest issues this film deals with are the fears of living in a big city with strangers (in the wake of many serial killings), and the heavy consumerism and materialism that followed the invention of television. Fundamentally there are deep fears that this and the 50s original deal with, but how the political and social contexts influence each one is what sets them apart as a great pair of films.
the guy who didn't like musicals except instead of the alien hive mind making people sing it makes them incredibly horny (and the hive mind spreads through sex)
just watched they live for the first time and it was great and all but I am bamfuzzled by the fact that one of the subliminal alien messages plastered everywhere is "sleep." why would our evil alien overlords want us to get a good night's sleep. don't they want us working ourselves into an exhausted stupor in the vain pursuit of money and consumerism and marriage and reproduction and so on and so forth. aren't well rested people more likely to think clearly and resist mind control. isn't there a better word for what they mean. I can't think of one right now. is there a verb that means "be docile." not "relax" because they also wouldn't want us to do that because that implies real contentment not just unquestioning resignation to the way of things. "obey" is already on there but I get that there's another thing they're trying to convey besides "do as you are told." "submit" maybe. "hush." am I overthinking this
Horror Movie of the Day: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
There’s a psychiatric condition known as the Capgras Syndrome: the irrational belief a person close to us has been replaced by an identical stranger. Tied to some fairly intense forms of mental illness, it can easily spiral out of control and create a sense of isolation and paranoia. But, what if multiple people suddenly started saying this at the same time?
When a strange species of flower starts appearing across the bushes and trees across the city of San Francisco, health inspector Matthew Bennel has to make this question to himself. His close friend and coworker Elizabeth Driscoll is apparently experiencing this situation: her partner Geoffrey is suddenly acting cold and distant. Matthew’s initial suggestion is for her to talk his psychiatrist friend David Kibner, but similar stories keep popping up. And then a strange, incomplete looking body appears on the spa of another of his friends. That also seems to try to mimick them.
It’s clear this is no mere delusion. Something more sinister is going on.
A remake of the eponymous 1956 classic (which is in turn based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney), this movie takes the same core story idea of its source of inspiration and flips it on its head by simply changing the setting. Instead of taking place within the confines of a small town, having the story take place in an urban environment changes the story dynamics and even themes. Instead of an outwardly placid town where people become strangers, you get the cold strangers becoming uncannily close to each other as suddenly the city masses are all staring at you in an urban alienation nightmare.
It’s a fantastic remake of an already great movie, upping the ante while still paying respectful homage to what came before. With a stiffling, dissonant sound design, the cynicism of 70's cinema, and a splice of body horror the end result is an all time great of the genre.
I love love love body horror but for reasons I can’t put into words so now every time I try to explain I can only boil it down to “I just really like the effects”
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