Invasion of the Body Snatchers [Blu-ray]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers [Blu-ray]

Invasion
of the Body Snatchers (Blu-ray)
Directed by Don Siegel

When multiple residents of a Californian backwater
begin to suffer from identical frenzied delusions, Dr Miles Bennell
(Kevin McCarthy) suspects the town is in the grip of a new kind of
epidemic. But his investigations soon reveal the terrifying truth,
uncovering not a medical emergency but an extra-terrestrial invasion
that threatens mankind’s very existence.

Directed by Don Siegel (Dirty
Harry), this milestone of
science fiction taps into the paranoia and uncertainty of its times to
present a chilling critique of post-war American society. Invasion
of the Body Snatchers remains
an enduring and suspenseful classic, prepare to experience the thrills
and horrors of this highly influential movie like never before.

Extras

• Newly recorded audio commentary by filmmaker and
  critic Jim Hemphill (2021)
• 50th anniversary commentary with stars Dana Wynter
  and Kevin McCarthy, and Gremlins director Joe
  Dante (2006)
• John
  Player Lecture: Don Siegel (1973,
  75 mins, audio only): Don Siegel looks over his career with Barry Norman
• Sleep
  No More: Invasion of the Body Snatchers Revisited (2006, 27 mins):
  a look at Body
  Snatchers’ production
  history. Includes clips from interviews with Kevin McCarthy, Dana
  Wynter, John Landis, Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers), and science fiction historian Bob Burns
• The
  Fear and the Fiction: The Body Snatchers Phenomenon (2006, 8 mins):
  considering the film’s themes and critical interpretations
• What’s
  In a Name? (2006,
  2 mins): a short video piece about the title of Invasion
  of the Body Snatchers and
  some of the changes that were made to get it right
• Return
  to Santa Mira (2006,
  13 mins): a look at the locations where key segments from Invasion
  of the Body Snatchers were
  shot
• A selection of complementary archive films, with
  British propaganda short Doorstep
  to Communism (1948,
  11 mins) and ground-breaking botanical cinematography in Magic
  Myxies (Mary
  Field , F Percy Smith, 1931, 11 mins) and Battle
  of the Plants (F
  Percy Smith, 1926, 11 mins)
• Original theatrical trailer
• Trailers
  From Hell: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (2013,
  3 mins): Body Snatchers fan Joe Dante celebrates the film
• Gallery