FilmPG-13Sci-Fi Horror Body Horror Psychological

The Invasion2007

Name: The Invasion
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror, Body Horror, Psychological, Survival
Released: 2007-08-17
Rating: 5.5

“Do not trust anyone. Do not show emotion. Do not fall asleep.”

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

5.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.9Rotten Tomatoes 20%Metacritic 45TMDB 6.0

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Year

2007

Runtime

99 min

Box Office

Budget

$80,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$40,170,558

Domestic

$15,074,191

🏆 1 win & 2 nominations total

The premise

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

Horror Vault's take

When a mysterious virus begins spreading through Washington, D.C. in the wake of a catastrophic space shuttle crash, a psychologist starts noticing something deeply wrong with the people around her — they look the same, but feel terrifyingly different. Racing against an epidemic that rewrites its hosts from the inside out, she must stay awake, stay alert, and stay human long enough to protect the ones she loves. This fourth adaptation of the classic body-snatchers premise transplants the paranoia to a post-9/11 world of news cycles, vaccines, and institutional distrust. Nicole Kidman anchors a tightly wound survival thriller where the most chilling monster is a familiar face wearing a stranger's eyes.

Content: Scenes Of Bodily Transformation, Epidemic And Contagion Imagery, Peril Involving A Child, Intense Chase Sequences