We watched the Invasion of the Body Snatchers and it was relate-able to our theme xenophobia because the snatchers were afraid of the normal people and the people were afraid of the snatchers. In the movie the snatchers would place a pod next to the person they want it to become, and as the body grows and develops during the day when the people fall asleep, that is when it takes all of your memories. There is a scene that spreads terror as the doctor comes back to town, a boy runs out into the street screaming that his mom is not really his mom. This touches on a deep fear of losing ourselves, those we love, or our way of life, to outsiders. This is similar to the Twilight Zone episode Monsters on Maple Street.
The movie not only fits squarely into the Sci Fi genre, it is also Horror because of the use of fear and possession.
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