Classic Monsters of the Movies hits the macabre nerve again with a savory salute to Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956.
Based on Jack Finney's allegorical novel, director Don (Dirty Harry) Siegel's film adaptation, scripted by Daniel Mainwaring, remains closest to the paranoid source among its various versions. Writers Nige Burton and Jamie Jones cover all the uncanny-valley ins and outs in this regard, their detailed text parenthesized by crisp photos and fetching, publicity graphics.
The noirish Body Snatchers was, like Finney's novel, a source that held different meanings for different people. For some it was a McCarthyism denouncement and for others, a warning against coldhearted communism. Either way, its content proved a provocative reverie to anyone who watched, as the folks of Santa Mira, California succumb to symbiotic aliens who replace them with emotional-less clones (pod people, that is).
In conjunction with the aforementioned Finney, Siegel and Mainwaring, the authors spotlight those talented others who helped bring this brooding masterpiece to life, including Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones, King Donovan, Jean Willes, Whit Bissell, Richard Deacon, Dabbs Greer, Larry Gates, Virginia Christine, Bobby Clark, Tom Fadden, Ralph Dumke, Sam Peckinpah, Don Post, Walter Wagner, Ellsworth Fredericks, Carmen Dragon and more.
This "ultimate edition" also features Burton and Jones' fertile "Quotable Quotes" and trivia blurbs, which cover all the fun, informative bases of this horror/science-fiction classic.
Classic Monsters of the Movies' Invasion of the Body Snatchers is hot off the press, but this deluxe edition won't be around for long, so order today while your emotions are still intact:
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