Invasion of the Body Snatchers

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956 · Movie · 80 min

Scores

  • IMDb7.7/10as of 2026-03-11
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer97%as of 2024-11-25
  • Rotten Tomatoes average9.1/10as of 2021-10-10
  • Metacritic92/100as of 2025-11-19

What it is

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 American science-fiction horror film directed by Don Siegel and produced by Walter Wanger. It is adapted by Daniel Mainwaring from Jack Finney's 1954 science-fiction novel The Body Snatchers, originally serialized in Collier's magazine.

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Genres
Science fiction / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Original language
English

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