Wake me when they remake Invasion of the Body Snatchers again.

Heinleins 1951 novel, written five years before. The budding romance between testosterone-fueled Thal and prim Warner is wisely glossed over, but then, so is everything else, making this one of the most un-suspenseful suspense films ever. Yes, it does sound like Invasion of the Body Snatchers but the film is based on Robert A. We know, well in advance, just who's being secretly controlled by the aliens - with all the dull, blank stares in this film, you'd think you were watching a documentary on the Texas gubernatorial race. The interesting premise is shorted by Stuart Orme's staid direction and a weak, thoroughly predictable screenplay. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. First Edition, Original Published Version, Hardcover, 219 pages. It's up to Sutherland and co-workers to put a stop to the feisty critters before they can take over the world and reduce us all to day jobs at Mickey D's (which should take about a week, we're told). The Puppet Masters (Hardcover) Published December 1951 by Doubleday & Co. Heinlein, published in 1955 by Scribners as one of the Heinlein juveniles. Heinleins The (film) When a local television station reports that something strange has landed in the small town of Ambrose. The victims are literally reduced to the status of mere marionettes. Tunnel in the Sky is a juvenile science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. The alien parasites latch on to a victim's back with a barbed tentacle and then insinuate themselves into the host's brain, thereby controlling people's actions, thoughts, desires, and so on. Once in Ambrose, they find that the town has been taken over by small, hook-clawed aliens, resembling nothing so much as self-propelled manta rays. Accompanying Stevens are his estranged son Sam (Thal) and Mary Sefton (Warner), a NASA biologist.

Sutherland plays Andrew Stevens, an upper-echelon agent from the Office of Scientific Intelligence, who arrives in peaceful Ambrose, Iowa after reports of a mysterious UFO crash. Despite having one of the best theatrical trailers of the year, The Puppet Masters falls short of its sci-fi/horror pretensions and ends up as listless and bloated as one of its dead alien visitors.

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