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This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Adam Maida), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 7,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Environmental Protection Agency officer Steve Malone (Terry Kinney, The Firm) travels to a US Army base in rural Alabama to investigate potentially toxic materials which have been causing curious symptoms amongst soldiers. His family — teenage daughter Marti (Gabrielle Anwar, Scent of a Woman), young son Andy (Reilly Murphy, Dangerous Game), and wife Carol (Meg Tilly, Psycho II) — go along for the ride and begin interacting with, and being threatened by, locals who are visibly unwell. As events unfold on and around the Army base, it becomes eerily apparent that increasing numbers of people are being replaced by alien replicants while they sleep.
The third feature film adaptation of Jack Finney’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, following films by Don Siegel in 1956 and Philip Kaufman in 1978, 1993’s succinctly-titled Body Snatchers served as the major studio debut for noted indie stalwart and provocateur Abel Ferrara. Featuring a crew assembled of Ferrara regulars — screenwriter Nicholas St. John (King of New York, Ms. 45), editor Anthony Redman (Dangerous Game), cinematographer Bojan Bazelli (China Girl), and composer Joe Delia (The Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant) — alongside a game ensemble cast that also includes R. Lee Ermy (Full Metal Jacket) and Forest Whitaker (Platoon), Body Snatchers is a bold adaptation of an iconic story devised for a Gen-X audience. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present Abel Ferrara’s oft-overlooked sci-fi thriller in a new 4K restoration accompanied by new interviews with the crew, including Ferrara himself.
directed by: Abel Ferrara
starring: Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar, Reilly Murphy, R. Lee Ermy, Forest Whitaker
1993 / 87 min / 2.35:1 / English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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Overall rating: 4.857143 / 5 from 7 reviews.
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"I've been loving these Shaw releases lately! Shaw Scares vol 1 was my intro into their films and I love the combination of action and martial arts and gore that they put into these films. I had never heard of Human Lanterns so I instantly had to pick this one up. Keep them coming! I loved this movie!"
"i cannot lie. i own the 88 films blu ray and love this film so much that double dipping for the 4k and booklet. special edition box is exactly what i wanted and i love VS"
"Finally I can upgrade my shitty bootleg vhs. Love this movie. Don’t sleep on it"
"A great blend of genres, bought for cover and wasn't disappointed."
"Great"
"A totally gorgeous 4k scan of maybe one of the first horror wuxia movies I saw years ago. This played even better for me than it did back then, largely in part to how good it looks, in addition to the moment or two of additional footage added in that throws in some nudity and gore that was previously excised from the original cut. In a lot of ways, this is more wuxia than horror for most of the runtime, but it's all rock solid either way."
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