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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS – Denny Zeitlin

July 18, 2003 Leave a comment

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When people ask me “what is the scariest film you’ve ever seen”, my answer more often than not is this one: director Philip Kaufman’s 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I distinctly remember seeing this film on television in the early hours of the morning, some time in the late 1980s (which would make me around 14-15 years of age), and being slowly terrified by the almost imperceptible sense of impending doom and creeping menace that permeates the film. By the time the final scene comes along, I was already pretty shaken. That final shot of Donald Sutherland, mouth open, with that inhuman scream, pointing at a disbelieving and hysterical Veronica Cartwright drove me over the edge. Read more…