Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1 Fear, Hysteria, Invasion Fear, Hysteria, and Invasions: A Look at the Science Fiction Films of the 1950?s By Anthony Taylor Cleveland State University Fear, Hysteria, Invasion Outline Anthony Taylor COM 320 10-15-15 Introduction Shoot First Mentality Dr. Strangelove US vs. Peace Focus on military Irrational Fear Invasion of body snatcher and fear of unknown\ Godzilla and his attack on the city Fear in the masses Invasion of Body Snatchers and How no one…

spread very quickly, showing that the Cold War increased news coverage. In the news, people are constantly told not to fear, reflecting paranoia during this era. However, despite being told not to fear, the news also exaggerates the danger of alien invasion. At one point a newspaper illustration depicts Klaatu and his ship as a much larger danger than they…

about. I'm not sure if The Faculty was paying homage to Night of the Creeps, or if they were blatantly ripping it off. But the similarity's between the films is noticeable to say the least. The other film The Faculty pulls heavily from is invasion of the body snatchers. But the film references it directly several…

Visions of space, time, and technological progress Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey relies on simple editing and sound to create an epic story of space, time, and technological progress. Kubrick sets the film in three different places: the African desert, inside a space station in orbit, and in space itself. When Dr. Heywood Floyd reaches the outpost station on the moon, Kubrick uses a wide angle lens to exploit the distortion of the lines. Such distortions make the station appear…

Paranoid fiction shows the manipulative nature of reality and how it can be altered by powerful forces. These forces can be a governing body, such as a dictatorship or communist government, or they can be an internal situation, such as a character's mental instability or refusal to accept the harshness of the world he or she is in. Unlike speculative fiction, paranoid fiction is written in a way so as to imply that the story may only be a delusion of the characters, instead of treating it as an…

I am a 10-Gallon person who has been enduring relationships with pint size people! Oh. My. God! This is what I heard Bishop T.D. Jakes say in one of Oprah's Lifeclasses on TV. It resonated so deeply with me and opened my eyes to the reason I have so often felt frustrated. The Pint People may be actually giving me all they have, but to my 10-Gallon self, it feels like, "Is this all you got?!" I cannot change anyone or anything, but what I can control is with whom I wish to spend my energy…

actually is, which turns the doomsday device into an abstract concept. Within the context of the Cold War this abstract concept can most notably allude to communism, but also the threat of paranoia itself. In the classic sci-fy thriller, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), directed by Don Siegel, the pod people have invaded a small town in California and begun taking over the small town. The pod-people have become a popular metaphor for communism and the perceived threat it poses to American…

Looking back, American society in the 1950s is often viewed through a nostalgic lens, seen as an idyllic, simplistic existence in which everyone was happy. However, things are rarely as simple as they appear, especially concerning as something as multi-layered as a country’s society. No matter how it appeared on the surface, American society and culture had been and continues to be a multi-dimensional construct based partly on the outside influences and media of the time. During the Cold War, in…

The dropping of the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima influenced the everyday lives of people all around the world. In the early 1950’ people feared communism and nuclear bombs threats throughout the United States during the Cold War. The threat of invasions in the Cold War era led Americans to seek conformity in politics and in culture. The end of the Second World War brought many changes to American culture; family life changed drastically (traditional family), patriotic consumerism…

Horror films are movies that seek to bring your fears and nightmares to life. They to scare with the morbid and grotesque while entertaining also. They often involve an evil entity, event or person. Horror films feature supernatural creatures like werewolves, ghosts, vampires, witches, and zombies. They also dive into fears of death, of the unknown and loss of identity. They show the darker side of life and expose our vulnerabilities. Movies that push your buttons of anxiety and uneasiness.…