History Film / InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers

** Nah, I think that they dispose of the residues (ashes) of the "drained" originals.

* CassandraTruth

* UncannyValley: The duplicates look like, sound like, act like and have all the memories of the original, but their close relatives know ''something'' is wrong. This is featured quite heavily in the 1978 version as well with numerous characters believing (correctly) their spouses/lovers/etc are fakes.

* WeAreEverywhere: How the films work; because the pods show up all over, by the time anyone has figured out what's going on, there are pod people in all sorts of positions, from lowly street people to police officers, phone operators, doctors, psychiatrists, everywhere. And of course, the pods in authority can get even ''more'' people converted before they realise what's happening, so their numbers just keep growing, and growing...
* WorldOfSilence: What happens to society as the pod people take over. There's no fighting, fuss, crime, or problems... but there's no laughter, smiling, or human warmth, either. The pod people, once in control, are like zombies of the old-school Voodoo style: fleshy automatons that just simply do their tasks without any individual thought or drives.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The 1956]] version, along with the [[spoiler:1993 and 2007 ones]].

* WorldOfSilence: What happens to society as the pod people take over. There's no fighting, fuss, crime, or problems... but there's no laughter, smiling, or human warmth, either. The pod people, once in control, are like zombies of the old-school Voodoo style: fleshy automatons that just robotically do their tasks without any individual thought or drives.

[[caption-width-right:310: Poster for the 1978 version, which summarizes the supposed advantages of the new world.]]

* NonIndicativeName: The term "Body Snatcher" implies a PuppeteerParasite, but the aliens in this franchise in fact practice KillAndReplace instead. Except in the 2007 film, which ironically is the only one without "Body Snatchers" in the title.

* TwistEnding: The 1978 ([[spoiler:[[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Matthew was transformed]]]]) and 2007 ([[spoiler:the alien virus is curable]]) remakes.

One morning, you notice something odd about your spouse. You can't quite put your finger on it-- they look the same, they talk the same, they even have the same birthmark on their left shoulder. But, something is wrong. Somehow, they are no longer your loved one. There's a certain emptiness to them, void of feeling. They're also going out a lot more, far more than you've known them to. You see them getting into strange cars, meeting random people, and trading odd packages between them, all without saying what they're doing or where they're going. Soon, everyone around you has changed. Whatever's happening is spreading, getting stronger by the minute. [[ParanoiaFuel And you're next.]]

One morning, you notice something odd about your spouse. You can't quite put your finger on it. They look the same, they talk the same, they even have the same birthmark on their left shoulder. But, something is wrong. Somehow, they are no longer your loved one. There's a certain emptiness to them, void of feeling. They're also going out a lot more, far more than you've known them to. You see them getting into strange cars, meeting random people, and trading odd packages between them, all without saying what they're doing or where they're going. Soon, everyone around you has changed. Whatever's happening is spreading, getting stronger by the minute. [[ParanoiaFuel And you're next.]]

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[[caption-width-right:280: Poster for the 1978 version, which summarizes the supposed advantages of the new world.]]

One morning, you notice something odd about your spouse. You can't quite put your finger on it. They look the same, talk the same, even have the same birthmark on their left shoulder. But, something is wrong. Somehow, they are no longer your loved one. There's a certain emptiness to them, void of feeling. They're also going out a lot more, far more than you've known them to. You see them getting into strange cars, meeting random people, and trading odd packages between them, all without saying what they're doing or where they're going. Soon, everyone around you has changed. Whatever's happening is spreading, getting stronger by the minute. [[ParanoiaFuel And you're next.]]

''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' is a series of SciFiHorror films revolving around an invasion of "pod people" who infiltrate the Earth by replacing humans with duplicates. Originally a 1956 film ([[AdaptationDisplacement which was itself based on a novel]]), the concept seems to resonate particularly well with new generations. It has been remade no less than three times since with various changes to the plot.

Warner Bros. is currently working on a [[http://deadline.com/2017/07/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-remake-warner-bros-conjuring-screenwriter-1202118307/ fifth version]].

Not to be confused with the horror movie Film/TheBodySnatcher.

* KillAndReplace: KillAllHumans replace them with lookalikes.

* KillAllHumans: And replace them with lookalikes.

* InfantImmortality: Averted multiple times in different versions, as children are either shown having already been replaced or about to be. One notable example comes from [[spoiler:the '93 version with Marti's younger brother]].