"The story depicts an extraterrestrial invasion of a small California town. The invaders replace human beings with duplicates that appear identical on the surface but are devoid of any emotion or individuality. A local doctor uncovers what is happening and tries to stop them"A thriller at its core, it could be seen as a metaphor for the Red Scare, or an Anti McCarthy hearing film (Don't know what that is, dust off your American history textbook) but its determined by the viewer. Despite the fact that the director says he did not make the film out to be a metaphor for something. He just wanted to create a thriller and that's what he did.
It is not a bad film for a black and white 1956 sci-fi film, there's romance, hopelessness, hysteria, etc. It was entertaining despite the fact it was only 80 minutes long, it was better than the 1978 remake of it. The director Don Siegel also directed several early Clint Eastwood films like Coogan's Bluff, Two Mules for Sister Sara, The beguiled, and Dirty Harry. You won't see a hint of anything related to those movies in this film or vice versa. I like him as a director, he knows what he is doing sometimes.
They don't make films like this anymore
2/5
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