Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Essay

The film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, by Don Siegel is a classic science fiction horror film, published in 1956. The film shocked the world, and made a huge impression on audiences. The shocks from the audiences created a slang word, “pod person,” which means a person who pretends to be someone else. In Siegel’s film, Invasions of the Body Snatchers, took place in a small village in California. One day, the mysterious alien creature pods appeared in the village. The pods abducted the citizens silently, replicated, and replaced them. Those who got replaced lost their own emotions and personalities, but their memories remained. The original citizens were terrified by the unseen fear, and eventually the whole village got invaded by the pods. …show more content…
In the beginning of the film, the main character, Miles, met his lover’s sister, Becky. In that scene, she briefly explained to him about a mysterious incident that had been occurring in their village. The incident was about, the number of citizens in the village that started to become unusual. According to Becky’s explanation, her family member has the same appearance as they were before. “They act the same, they sound the same, and they even have a perfectly ordered memories of their lives. (Siegel).” However, one day, she suddenly realized the unusual feeling to her family members, and started to be terrified of the unseen change in side of them. Which caused her to be unable to believe her family members are the same person as before, even though there was no evidence that they changed. Since then, she suspected that her family members were replaced with something else, and original family members were disappearing. Because of this, she seemed to be panicked by the fact that she has to live with a stranger, who have a similar feature as her family members. At the end of the scene, Miles didn’t take her seriously, and wondered if she was suffering from mental illness or serious