My modern sensibilities make me prefer this one to the original, but only slightly. I like that this film owns the alien nature of the body snatching creature from the get-go, and the filmmaking choices that make this viewing experience particularly claustrophobic and filled to the gills with paranoia. I think it’s easier to fear strangers though, so I do prefer the small town feel of the original, but I would rather watch this one again and again. I like the twist too.
Shame files pod: www.cinema76.com/home/2019/7/30/shame-files-podcast-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956-and-1978?rq=Body%20snatchers
