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Body Snatchers (1993) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

By Cody Hamman

Posted 4 years ago

The 1993 version of Body Snatchers is revisited in the new episode of our video series The Black Sheep. Directed by Abel Ferrara.

It’s time for a new episode of our video series The Black Sheep, and in this one we’re discussing the merits of the 1993 film Body Snatchers (watch it HERE). This is a movie that doesn’t get as much praise as its two predecessors with longer titles (the 1956 and 1978 versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers), but we think it’s worth checking out. To hear what we had to say about Body Snatchers, press play on the video embedded above.

Body Snatchers was directed by Abel Ferrara from a screenplay by Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, and Nicholas St. John, based on a story crafted by Raymond Cistheri and Larry Cohen. Like all Body Snatchers projects, the film was inspired by the Jack Finney novel The Body Snatchers. Ferrara’s movie has the following synopsis:

When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base’s commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.
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Gabrielle Anwar, Christine Elise, Meg Tilly, Terry Kinney, Billy Wirth, and R. Lee Ermey star.

The Black Sheep series features

different takes on horror films that the masses or/and critics didn’t care for but that we found merit in. We defend horror movies that deserve more love!

The Body Snatchers episode of The Black Sheep was Written, Narrated, and Edited by Lance Vlcek, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

What do you think of Body Snatchers? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

A few of the previous episodes of The Black Sheep can be seen below. To see more, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!

Source: Arrow in the Head

Tags: Abel Ferrara, aith, Arrow in the head, Billy Wirth, Body Snatchers, Christine Elise, Gabrielle Anwar, Jack Finney, Larry Cohen, Meg Tilly, r. lee ermey, Stuart Gordon, Terry Kinney, the black sheep

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Cody Hamman

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Favorite Movies: The Friday the 13th franchise, Kevin Smith movies, the films of read more George A. Romero (especially the initial Dead trilogy), Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 & 2, FleshEater, Intruder, Let the Right One In, Return of the Living Dead, The Evil Dead, Jaws, Tremors, From Dusk Till Dawn, Phantasm, Halloween, The Hills Have Eyes, Back to the Future trilogy, Dazed and Confused, the James Bond series, Mission: Impossible, the MCU, the list goes on and on

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