Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

The first movie in my Summer of Sci-Fi is...

Everything is quiet in the quite town of Santa Mira, California. Lovely weather, friendly people. But something is a little off.

People start claiming that family members aren't actually family members, but rather they are impostors. They look the same and sound the same, but there is something amiss.

Dr. Bennell thinks there is something a bit off, but it isn't until copies of people start showing up that his suspicions are confirmed. The copies look the same and act the same as the people they are impersonating, but they lack emotion.

They are born from seed pods and they are spreading fast. The pod people plan on taking over the world!

Can Dr. Bennell save his sweetheart Becky, Santa Mira, and the world, or will he be too late? Will the pod people take over? Watch to find out!

The Summer Of Sci-Fi

I watch a lot of movies. I'm not going to tell you how many I watch a week, but it is more than you. Despite the high volume of movies I've seen, I've only watched a handful of classic monster movies. Of the small handful, I have been incredibly impressed with the quality of the lessons that are in each film. Some of the lessons are rather profound, such as "the scariest beast is the one you battle inside yourself". I've decided that this summer I am going to make more of an effort to watch these old films, and while I'm at it, I'll share it with all of you. Starting tomorrow, I'll be posting a new series called:

I quite like the posters for the old monster movies too. Although they all seem to be a remix of each other. To make a monster movie poster in the 50s, you just need to add these ingredients:

1. Blocky letters with warped perspective

2. A screaming or fainted lady

3. A monster or a concerned looking man near the lady

4. A reference to outer space