When the beaten horse just wont stay dead.

It started with Jack Finneys story made into a B-movie in 1956. The cold war provided a red under every bed. This film replaced them with soul-less pods.




It was remade in 1978. Pods became republicans invading the free spirit of San Francisco.


Remade once again in 1993 the pods became well balanced pods. Est cast-offs invading the U.S. military. Bush Sr. was in power at the time this film was released. Keep that in mind when you watch it.


I can only assume the new 2007 Invasion makes the pods terrorists.



These are just the Jack Finney penned versions. This story has been told over and over by others reworking the Finney story. Here are just a few of the huge pack of Hyenas picking at the carcas of a dead horse.
Asylum films released INVASION OF THE POD PEOPLE (Someone should sue Asylum for that one.)
FINAL DAYS OF PLANET EARTH. Residents of a small town are being replaced by insects (grown from PODS!) in human suits.
The series ANIMORPHS brought you the same story as Finney's but from the invaders point of view.
THE FACULTY. Students had to stay awake by manufacturing and taking speed so they wouldn't change into uncaring adults.
THE BODY STEALERS A British military paratrooper disappears in mid-air during a jump from an army plane. Two investigators, Patrick Allen and Neil Connery, try to unravel how this happened. What they uncover is an alien plot to steal the bodies of earthlings by snatching them out of the air.
Bill Conden stole aspects of the story when he wrote STRANGE INVADERS.
Then there is the film SEEDPEOPLE. Come on... SEEDPEOPLE!?
INVASION EARTH:THE ALIENS Insect-like aliens invade a small town. The local teenagers have been watching a sci-fi marathon in the local theater, and from those films they get ideas on how to fight the creatures. (it writes itself!)
Oh and get this...
Scenes from the original film were reused a year after its release for another film called THE GIANT CLAW. (it also re-used some key efx shots from Earth vs The Flying Saucers.)

Then there are the gazillion films that just mention the original story or aspects of.

If you dont know the story...get out of your damn cave.