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Another of the 50's metaphor red menace horror flicks remade later but the original is still the best. Imagine someone you know falls asleep and awakes a completely different person.Such is the case in this movie.You fall asleep and a "pod"takes on your characteristics and becomes YOU.See the commie inference?In this case its aliens from outer space who take us over in that manner. Everyone becomes part of a collective that only cares about spreading that to the rest of the world.Such is the horror and message of this film.Quite scary.Released in 1956 it runs only 80 minutes and has a good cast headed by the strikingly beautiful Dana Wynter and appropriately paranoid Kevin McCarthy who ends the film screaming They're here! They're here!Only took 1 star off for being filmed in black and white and a little dated.Still a must for film buffs who want more than whats on the screen.Trailer URL follows the pix.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-jzblCbsuA
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