Body Snatchers – Angriff der Körperfresser (1993)

Body Snatchers – Angriff der Körperfresser: Directed by Abel Ferrara. With Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar, Reilly Murphy. A teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.

“Normally, I try never to watch any remakes before I had the chance to see the originals…So, watching this movie really was an exception for me since I never saw Don Siegelu0026#39;s version from 1956 and neither did I had the chance so far to catch the Philip Kaufman remake from 1978 starring Donald Sutherland. But this movie came on TV the other night and I watched it anyway. Besides, there were a few very interesting and respected people involved in this production. First of all, thereu0026#39;s director Abel Ferrara of course. He already delivered a few true masterpieces before and some of them are personal favorites of mine ( like Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant and The Addiction ). But I wasnu0026#39;t completely convinced about watching this movie before I noticed that both Larry Cohen and Stuart Gordon took part in writing the screenplay. All three are very talented and influential men in the field of horror and I figured a collaboration between the three of them could only lead to something good. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWell, it certainly is a decent movie and it provides the viewers with several scares. But – in general – I have to admit that I expected a bit more of it. The whole movie looks u0026quot;unfinishedu0026quot; from time to time and the basic plot-idea isnu0026#39;t explained well enough, I think. I also had the feeling that everything moved too quick…Body Snatchers only lasts 87 minutes and thatu0026#39;s a bit short for a rather complicated story like this. I would have preferred it to be a little longer and more detailed. Because of the fast storytelling, the ending also looks really fake and too abrupt. That was my biggest disappointment about it, I guess. Nevertheless, Body Snatchers contains multiple memorable scenes and it actually has the ability to raise the hair on your arms…Thatu0026#39;s quite an achievement too, I may say. Especially the sequence where both the daughter ( an adorable Gabrielle Anwar ) and the father ( a terribly boring Terry Kinney ) are being u0026quot;body-snatchedu0026quot; is really frightening and a beautiful example of suspense-cinema and building up a tight atmosphere. This terrific scene ends with a powerful monologue by Meg Tillyu0026#39;s character. The entire movie is in fact recommended if it were only for this scene !! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe further cast of Body Snatchers also contains a washed up Beverly Hills star ( whose name I donu0026#39;t remember ) and very enjoyable little roles by first class actors like Forest Whitaker and R. Lee Ermey. I guess this last one is doomed to play the authority figure ever since his outstanding performance in Full Metal Jacket but what the heck. Heu0026#39;s brilliant every single time. In conclusion, Body Snatchers contains a few very bloody and explicit sequences so horror fans wonu0026#39;t be disappointed completely. It could have been a lot better, thatu0026#39;s a fact. But on the other hand..it could have been a lot worse as well.”