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The Puppet Masters

1994 · 109 min

A paranoid, body-snatching thriller that keeps you tense with creeping dread and sudden bursts of action.

Tagline: Trust No One
Overview: The Midwest USA is invaded by stingray-shaped alien slugs that ride on people's backs and control their minds in order to spread their dominion. Government agency reps Sam Givens, Andrew Nivens, and Mary Sefton must stop the aliens.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, dark and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Conspiracy, identity, isolation, survival
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: conspiracy
identity
isolation
survival
betrayal
Places: small town
big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild