The Body Snatchers is a famous book that has influenced the work of many writers and filmmakers. The theme of the invasion of unfriendly intelligence from other worlds has always worried people, and is presented very generously in literature: John Wyndham’s “The Midwich Cuckoos”, Robert Heinlein’s “The Puppeteers”, Stephen King’s “The Tommyknockers”... The latter even devoted an entire chapter to this novel in his own, telling about the development Anglo-American horror, the collection “Dance of Death”. However, there was something special in Finney’s novel, something that prompted Hollywood filmmakers to film adaptation - and, starting in 1956, these film adaptations continue to this day, and with each With the new film, the plot takes on increasingly darker, surreal colors.