![]() ![]() ![]() And one night, he just left it on the doorstep. “Don Siegel was courting this girl, and he would pass my cottage all the time. “He left it on my doorstep,” Wynter recalled in a 2001 interview. Rumor has it that Siegel once broke into Wynter’s home and hid a human-sized pod prop under her bed, though the actress remembered the incident differently. The film’s heroine, Becky Driscoll, was played by Dana Wynter. DIRECTOR DON SIEGEL PRANKED HIS LEAD ACTRESS WITH ONE OF THE FAKE PODS. If you’re a horror buff, the little city may look a bit familiar, since segments of Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980) were shot there as well. With a modest $380,000 budget (roughly $3.3 million in today’s dollars), Invasion of the Body Snatchers started filming in Sierra Madre, California on March 23, 1955. In November and December of 1954, Collier’s magazine ran a three-part series that would come to be called “the year’s most original story of suspense.” Written by Jack Finney, The Body Snatchers wowed producer Walter Wanger, who began negotiating the story’s movie rights before he’d even read part two. Released on this day in 1956, it still sends shivers up the spine. ![]() Regardless, fans of all stripes agree that Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an enduring horror classic. Others-like novelist Jack Finney (upon whose story the movie is based)-see it as a thoroughly non-political thriller. Some believe it’s a coded warning about the spread of communism. People have been arguing about Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ message for 60 years now. ![]()
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