65 Years Ago, A Cult Classic Sci-Fi Movie Established A Terrifying Trope

65 Years Ago, A Cult Classic Sci-Fi Movie Established A Terrifying Trope

Metro-Goldwyn-MayerTwo science-fiction novels published in the middle of the 20th century left a mark on the cultural psyche of Britain and America that still looms large today. In the 1950s, John Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos and Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers were published three years and one continent apart, and although both works speak to the original imagination of two unrelated writers, the crossover fears underpinning their speculativ…