Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Actually, the 1978 Invasion wasn't bad, plus it came up with a better explanation of how the aliens took over the human bodies.

 

The final scene with Donald Sutherland was also quite chilling in an unexpected, different way from the original film.

I also loved casting Leonard Nimoy in the flick.

 

Here's a review and a neat article on Invasion of the Body Snatchers to celebrate its rerelease:

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/don-siegel-invasion-of-body-snatchers.html

 

Sadly the commentary track that Joe Dante recorded with the two stars (Dana Winter and Kevin McCarthy) wasn't included on the Olive films licensed Blu-ray. That Blu-ray looks pretty terrific but it would have been nice to have their comments and Dante is an engaging interviewer.

By the way, I feel that the remake by Phil Kaufman is equally as good as the original film and compliments it telling the same story in a very different setting.

 

I like the Kaufman version too.