Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

IMDb plot summary: When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, California, where they replicate the residents into emotionless automatons one body at a time.

Directed by Philip Kaufman. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblu, and Veronica Cartwright.

I'm a big fan of the original 1950s version of this, and I think it does still win out over this one. It taps nicely into the sense of paranoia and everyone being in on it, but the characters seem to figure out the rules of the world long before I do and start yelling things like, "Don't fall asleep!" while I haven't seen anything to indicate that sleeping will have anything to do with it. The final third however is pretty terrifying, and the very final minute is a stellar way to end the film. Overall, it's solid, but I think the original is still my favorite.

How it entered my Flickchart:

Invasion of the Body Snatchers > The Road

Invasion of the Body Snatchers < The Thing

Invasion of the Body Snatchers < The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

Invasion of the Body Snatchers > Patsy & Loretta

Invasion of the Body Snatchers < Imitation of Life (1959)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers < Gentleman's Agreement

Invasion of the Body Snatchers > The Master

Invasion of the Body Snatchers > An Affair to Remember

Invasion of the Body Snatchers > Star Trek: Generations

Invasion of the Body Snatchers > A Few Good Men

Invasion of the Body Snatchers < The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Final spot: #1350 out of 3194, or 58%.