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Body Snatchers

1993 · 87 min

A creeping, claustrophobic chiller where familiar faces turn blank and every sleep feels like surrender.

Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar

Tagline: Imagine... you're gone and someone else is living inside your body.
Overview: 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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Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
family
survival
betrayal
Places: military
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, science fiction
Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Written by: Dennis Paoli, Nicholas St. John, Stuart Gordon
Starring: Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar, Reilly Murphy, Billy Wirth, Christine Elise, R. Lee Ermey, Kathleen Doyle
Music: Joe Delia
Cinematography: Bojan Bazelli
Runtime: 87 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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