[The News Bot]

A great film let down by a lacklustre DVD. Then again, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers was a very early release on the format, back in 1998. However, the film is a classic of tense paranoia and political subtext, and took bold steps to elevate the genre beyond the all-too-easy man-in-a-monster-suit rampages that were clogging up the picture houses of the day. The issues it dealt with, that of the horrors of losing one’s identity and soul were heady notions that still stake a fierce claim on the psyche today. The enemy is among us all right, whether spawned from alien seeds or from extremist ideology.

And, just as Kevin McCarthy warned us back in 1956 and then again in 1978 – because we obviously hadn’t listened first time around – watch out … “They’re here already! Your’re next!”

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