A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Directed by Don Siegel
small town
based on novel or book
alien
black and white
doctor
patient
alien invasion
psychiatrist
alien infection
angry mob
doppelgänger
mystery writer
body snatchers
emotionless
paranoid
hopeless
abandoned mine
personality change
alien plant-life
superscope
Rank
#9 in 1956·#2486 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Kevin McCarthy
Dr. Miles J. Bennell
Dana Wynter
Becky Driscoll
King Donovan
Jack Belicec
Carolyn Jones
Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
Larry Gates
Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman
Virginia Christine
Wilma Lentz
Jean Willes
Nurse Sally Withers
Ralph Dumke
Police Chief Nick Grivett
Whit Bissell
Emergency Room Psychiatrist
Richard Deacon
Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh
Ambulance Attendant
Tom Fadden
Uncle Ira Lentz
Crew
Don Siegel
Director
Jack Finney
Novel
Popular Reviews
427 reviews
Farley Flavors II
6.0★ · 05/28/26
Me when I'm not as good as Invasion of the body snatchers (1978):
Me when I'm not as good as Invasion of the body snatchers (1978):
Justin Segrest
8.0★ · 03/24/26
I’m such a fan of horror movies that are much more tied to dread and powerlessness than jump scares and gore. It’s easy to freak out someone with a jump scare, it’s not easy to have someone feel as though there is simply no hope.
I’m such a fan of horror movies that are much more tied to dread and powerlessness than jump scares and gore. It’s easy to freak out someone with a jump scare, it’s not easy to have someone feel as though there is simply no hope.
Layla Stewart
8.0★ · 03/09/26
Honestly scariest thing to happen to a person
Honestly scariest thing to happen to a person
amelie
7.0★ · 03/07/26
cant wait for the long awaited sequel starring ru paul: Invasion of the Weave Snatchers
cant wait for the long awaited sequel starring ru paul: Invasion of the Weave Snatchers
montavk
8.0★ · 02/23/26
Only when we have to fight to stay human do we realize how precious it is to us. How dear. As you are to me.
despite knowing how it would all end from the very beginning scene i still was rooting for both miles and becky’s escape. someone should’ve gotten my girl a white monster zero.
Only when we have to fight to stay human do we realize how precious it is to us. How dear. As you are to me.
despite knowing how it would all end from the very beginning scene i still was rooting for both miles and becky’s escape. someone should’ve gotten my girl a white monster zero.
