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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) More at IMDb Pro »

Version of

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Body Snatchers (1993)
"Animorphs" (1998)
The Faculty (1998)
Invasion of the Pod People (2007) (V)

Remake of

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Remade as

Body Snatchers (1993)
The Invasion (2007)

Edited into

Ice Queen (2005) (V)
 -  stock footage used

References

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Locataire, Le (1976)
 -  the final shot is an obvious homage to the eariler film

Referenced in

Ordinary People (1980)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers... An Interview with Kevin McCarthy (1985) (TV)
 -  mentionned once
Masters of the Universe (1987)
The Hidden (1987)
Big Business (1988)
A Shock to the System (1990)
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror II (#3.7)" (1991)
 -  When Jasper turns into a dog, he looks just like the dog/human hybrid in this film.
The Puppet Masters (1994)
"Sliders: Pilot (#1.1)" (1995)
 -  There is a shot of the four main characters silhouetted as they run from the Soviet authorities.
100 Years of Horror (1996) (V)
The Arrival (1996)
"Biography: Leonard Nimoy: Spock and Beyond" (1996)
 -  This film is mentioned in this "Biography" episode. At least one still photo was also included.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Giant Spider Invasion (#9.10)" (1997)
 -  Alien pods take over the forms of Pearl and others. The pod duplicates screech at the non-pod people.
Sex Files: Alien Erotica (1998)
 -  character mentions film
The Faculty (1998)
"Freaks and Geeks: Carded and Discarded (#1.7)" (2000)
 -  Neil mentions the movie
Big Trouble (2002)
 -  dog with human head
Fabled (2002)
28 Days Later... (2002)
Dogville (2003)
George of the Jungle 2 (2003) (V)
 -  Ape says we should check the crate for pods (ie body snatcher pods)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
 -  Many of the opening scenes are shot to look like the early scenes with a few odd things in the background in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Shaun also includes a petrified, running man in a suite as a homage to that in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Messengers (2004)
 -  The greenhouse scene in Messengers is designed as an homage to the mud baths scene in the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of 'The Fly' (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once in extended version
Memories from 'The Dead Zone' (2006) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Watching the Detectives (2007)
 -  Mentioned in dialogue between Neil and a Media Giant clerk.
The Invasion (2007)

Featured in

Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Spoofed in

"Pinky and the Brain: Brainwashed: Part 1: Brain Brain Go Away (#4.3)" (1998)
 -  The ending with Brain & Pinky trying to escape the island and the prisoners chasing them and roaring the same noise as the pod people and then the shot where we find Brain is on their side and he points and roars like the final scene where we find Donald Sutherland is a podperson.
"Futurama: Fear of a Bot Planet (#1.5)" (1999)
 -  When a robot realises Fry & Leela are human he pulls a scary face and makes a strange scream and points just as the pod-people do when they find humans in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
"American Dad!: Not Particularly Desperate Housewife (#1.16)" (2005)
 -  The scenes of Francine running from all the women who are turning into "Ladybugs", then the shots of their feet used as they follow her and walk faster until they break into a run.
"The IT Crowd: The Haunting of Bill Crouse (#1.5)" (2006)
 -  At the very end of the show, Judy points at Roy and emits a body snatcher scream.
"My Gym Partner's a Monkey: I Fear Pretties/The Magic Fish (#2.6)" (2006)
 -  The scenes of Adam running from all the students, then the shots of their feet used as they follow her and walk faster until they break into a run.
"South Park: Britney's New Look (#12.2)" (2008)
 -  One of the papperazi sees Britney, points and makes the pod-person noise spoofing the final scene of this movie.

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