Tuesday, May 21, 2013

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) Lobby Cards

As I've mentioned before, the scariest sci-fi film I saw as a 70s Star Kid was Phillip Kaufman's 1978 remake of Invasion Of the Body Snatchers, starring Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum and Brooke Adams. I'm still not quite sure how I ended up in the theater without adult supervision for that afternoon matinee screening of Body Snatchers, but I do remember being utterly certain that I was somehow going to get in trouble for watching Brooke Adams walk around naked.

I really need to pick up the Blu-ray of this movie soon.

Anyway, today I've got a selection of lobby cards from this classic of pod-paranoia for you. Remember: they're here already!

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8 comments:

  1. Rip JaggerMay 21, 2013 at 3:57 AM

    This movie did not impress me when it first came out, but over the decades it has won me over a bit. Seen now as something of a period piece, it has a most distressing tone.

    When I was a tyke, I somehow got into a movie about a madman who had a ventriloquist dummy and committed many a murder. I well remember his dying at the end of the movie by being crushed under a slowly descending anchor chain. I don't know the name of the movie to this day nor if I'm actually blending more that one, but it scared me spitless.

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  2. Pineapples101May 21, 2013 at 5:26 AM

    There really should have been a card dedicated to Veronica Cartwright's superb legs!

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  3. Ted HarringtonMay 21, 2013 at 7:58 AM

    That Man/Dog scene freaked out this 11 year-old back in 1978. I liked the movie so much back then that I even bought the Photonovel.

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  4. AnonymousMay 22, 2013 at 1:03 AM

    @Rip Jagger, regarding the ventriloquist dummy movie:
    I think you may be talking about 'Magic' from 1978 with Anthony Hopkins. I remember my little brother running from the room every time the tv spot came on.

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  5. BogusfilmakersMay 22, 2013 at 10:48 AM

    Wow, what a great movie and cast. I was 16 and could drive myself to that movie and yes it was very scary. I bought it on Laser Disc and that has been good enough for me, plus it gives it sort of a nostalgic touch watching it that way. Great pics Chris.

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  6. SteveMay 24, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    This is still my favorite version. The effects still hold up and the cast keeps the viewers paranoid and scared throughout the film. It doesn't get much better than this.

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  7. El VoxJune 3, 2013 at 9:22 PM

    I didn't care for this one compared to the 50's? original, though as one poster commented on it, I like it better now than when I saw it at the theater. The original I caught on TV if memory serves, and it scared the pants off me then.

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  8. KikokunJune 12, 2013 at 7:05 PM

    This movie taught me that ratings are there for a reason: we sneaked in the theater as 11 year old gang of kids to watch a 13+ (Spain ratings of the time) feature. We were scared out of our wits, some of the kids wanted to walk out when the banjo dog showed up. I slept with no plants in my room for years after that.
    But, the movie is now one of my top 4 favs, and I keep finding new interpretations about alienation, depresssion, and marriage: like when you wake one day after 15 years and suddenly you realize the person you fell in love with is now a complete stranger.
    "She not my wife. She different!"

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