Body Snatchers

Name: Body Snatchers
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Released: January 14, 1994
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Billy Wirth, Christine Elise, Forest Whitaker, G. Elvis Phillips, Gabrielle Anwar

1994

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: January 14, 1994 | R

Starring: Billy Wirth, Christine Elise, Forest Whitaker, G. Elvis Phillips, Gabrielle Anwar, Kathleen Doyle, Meg Tilly, R. Lee Ermey, Reilly Murphy, Terry Kinney

Summary: A teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.

Director: Abel Ferrara

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 87 min

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Roger Ebert

As sheer moviemaking, it is skilled and knowing, and deserves the highest praaise you can give a horror film: It works. Read full review

Empire Kim Newman

Ferrera successfully breathes life into an old franchise, with only a slight small change in the narrative but making the aliens significantly more frightening. Anwar is equally intuitive and sassy enough to make her a likeable and believable heroine and although the effects aren't up to much, there are still plenty of scary moments. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

With a startlingly climactic finale, Body Snatchers only underscores the ultimate illogic of placing your trust in your kin. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

The movie takes paranoia to a far edge. And some audiences will admire it simply because it doesn't waste time on the normality it's going to end up subverting-because it's more fixated on its pods than its people. [25 Feb 1994, p.C]

Patricia Bibby

A rather anemic effort that runs low on suspense but high on some wonderfully campy moments that will probably leave you howling. [01 Feb 1994]

Mick LaSalle

With Body Snatchers you get a middling, respectable horror movie, one without any frightening unconscious echoes and with too much of a pedigree to try to scare you with something cheap, like gore. [18 Feb 1994, p.C3]

Jackie Potts

Ferrara displays a surprising lack of imagination throughout, sticking to the original film's predictable Who'll be next? progression. [21 Feb 1994, p.C6]

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Deanomite

Jan 24, 2020

It competed for the Palme d'Or, Abel Ferrara did a good job with Ms .45, an excellent exploitation film. Larry Cohen (The Stuff, It's Alive) wrote and Stuart Gordon producing, pretty big wheels for a b movie. Roger Ebert gave 4 stars, his favorite body snatcher movie. I like the BodyIt competed for the Palme d'Or, Abel Ferrara did a good job with Ms .45, an excellent exploitation film. Larry Cohen (The Stuff, It's Alive) wrote and Stuart Gordon producing, pretty big wheels for a b movie. Roger Ebert gave 4 stars, his favorite body snatcher movie. I like the Body Snatcher premise because it deals with the unconscious taking over the conscious, very Jungian. My favorite film of this type is Puppet Masters, it has a good tone, energetic yet grounded, like a good x files episode. Cinematography looks good, nice and sharp, good use of dutch angles and general placement of camera for effect. Meg Tilly was a very good villain.… Expand

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Panchogul

May 31, 2020

Esta versión tiene el mismo rango emocional que los seres alienígenas que son los antagonistas de esta película, y eso no es precisamente algo positivo.

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Voodoo123

Nov 22, 2022

Epitome of the b horror movie complete with all the corny effects, music and dialogue that is associated with it. Is it the best of its kind? Far from it - and yet it's clearly a work of passion with the cast delivering decent performances. Entertaining but forgettable.

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Nov 6, 2021

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Dragonfly44

Jan 26, 2019

Horrible acting and abysmal plot, meaningless characters. It has neat practical effects but thats it

Rating - 22%

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