A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
It’s a Cold War allegory, sure; but Siegel was always too canny to reveal whether the pod people were meant to be Commies – or Commie-hunters.
One of the best, and the one that kicked off the craze.
Halloween sees the obligatory re-release of many classic horrors, but none are more deserving than this nightmarish red-scare allegory.
Watch it in the cinema and you’ll find yourself gazing warily at everyone else in your row.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Don Siegel's fatalistic masterpiece
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday October 31, 2014, until Sunday November 2, 2014. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
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