This movie was a horror/science fiction film. There was anticipation, anxiety, screaming, suspense, and supernatural alien like forms. This movie definitely embodied the definition of a horror/science fiction film. This movie was pretty low budget, yet still successfully depicted a very strong message. It is said that this movie is an analogy for the socially communism and McCarthy era. It is reminiscent of the blacklisting Hollywood era. " The spread an unknown malignancy or virulent germ( fear of annihilation by "nuclear war") or the numbing of our individuality and emotional psyches through conformity and group think"( filmsite.org). I thought it was clever how the sead pods represented communism. How they took over people who were full of life, in love, involved in their communities, and replaced them with emotionless bodies. I read that the character Miles represented McCarthy and how he tried to save people during this time. I liked how Miles almost narrated the whole film by talking to us about how he felt when this was all happening. How we as an audience see all the pieces slowly come together. The scene where he gets called into town early because everyone is freaking out and all of a sudden everyone is fine, was very interesting. At this point we begin to wonder if something bad is actually happening or if this town is full of hypochondriacs. When Miles says things like " at that point I should have known something was not right" leads the viewer to assume something bad is going to be revealed. i really enjoyed watching this film.
