Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) with Jess Conto
This week on The Wasteland Retrospective, host Shane Conto (The Wasteland Reviewer) is joined by Jess Conto for a double dose of one of sci-fi horror's most iconic stories — two film adaptations of Jack Finney's classic novel The Body Snatchers:
🎬 Films Discussed:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1…
Episode 62: Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
A revisit of one of the great prison dramas, with Clint Eastwood giving one of his most restrained performances in a tightly directed true-story thriller from Don Siegel. I talk prison films, Eastwood’s dramatic range, why this works so well as pure storytelling, and whether this is a date film or …
Wasteland Retrospective - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) with Jess Conto
Episode Description:
This week on The Wasteland Retrospective, host Shane Conto (The Wasteland Reviewer) is joined by Jess Conto for a double dose of one of sci-fi horror's most iconic stories — two film adaptations of Jack Finney's classic novel The Body Snatchers:
🎬 Films Discussed:
Invasion of …
Hell Is for Heroes (1962): McQueen's Gritty WWII Drama Reviewed
In this episode of Mindset Movie Reviews, I take a closer look at Hell Is for Heroes (1962).
Directed by Don Siegel, starring Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, and James Coburn.
⭐ Rating: 3.5/5
🏆 IMDb: 6.9/10
🎬 Genre: Drama and War
⏱ Runtime: 90 minutes
📅 Release Year…
Spine 704: Riot in Cell Block 11
The back story on Don Siegel's fantastic Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) is pretty crazy, and I promise we do eventually talk about it this week. But this is a message picture about prison reform, so we have to spend some time talking about the history of prison reform, and how there's no reforming a …
Frisco Noir 4 with Rachel Walther: Killers, Cops & the Dark City: "The Lineup" and "The Sniper"
San Francisco has always looked good on film, but in The Sniper (1952) and The Lineup (1958), the city becomes something more than scenery. It becomes a character—a maze of steep streets, fog, waterfronts, alleys and lonely neighborhoods where killers can disappear and cops have to pound the paveme…
115: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
This week we look at Phillip Kaufman's remake of Don Siegel's unimpeachable specimen of McCarthy era paranoia, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
In this movie Elizabeth, an employee of the city health office becomes convinced that her boyfriend has been switched with someone else. All over the city …
59. DIRTY HARRY (1971), with Simon Brown
Sergio and Simon look at Dirty Harry (1971), Don Siegel's classic police procedural, a thinly veiled drama based on the real-life Zodiac killings. They track the film's long development history (it was almost made as a vehicle for Frank Sinatra), the various controversies surrounding its release an…
Ep. 09-11: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 & 1978)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)—In a small California town, Dr. Miles Bennell discovers that several of his patients are convinced their loved ones have been replaced by emotionless duplicates. As mysterious pods begin appearing throughout the community, Miles and his former love Becky strugg…
Discussing "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
It's that time of year again, when Phil Fasso and I take a look at films from horror past. In keeping with our previous discussions about Dracula and War of the Worlds, however, we are deciding to look at the cinematic legacy of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, in particular, Don Siegel's 1956 adapt…
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