Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Scream How The Movie Made The Sound Effect

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Scream: How The Movie Made The Sound Effect

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers from 1978 is arguably the best adaptation of the novel, and here’s how its chilling scream effect was created.

You Are Reading :[thien_display_title]

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Scream How The Movie Made The Sound Effect

Here’s how the chilling scream sound effect from the 1978’s Invasion Of The Body Snatchers was made. The Body Snatchers is a chilling sci-fi novel from author Jack Finney that saw a small town invaded by a race of alien pods that can replicate and replace their human hosts, with the replicants lacking any kind of emotion. This potent concept has proven remarkably malleable over the decades, with the book being adapted four times to date. The first was Don Siegel’s Invasion Of The Body Snatchers in 1956, a still creepy little horror movie that used the idea as a metaphor for the fear of communism.

The film was first remade in 1978, with this Invasion Of The Body Snatchers starring Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy, and is arguably the best of the four movies. The next adaptation was 1993’s Body Snatchers from cult director Abel Ferrara, which was set on a military base. This remake barely got a release but is now considered an underrated gem. The most recent version was 2007’s The Invasion starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Despite the talented cast it’s easily the weakest and was originally intended to an icy psychological thriller. The studio decided it was too slow and so the Wachowskis were brought on to spice it up, including adding a car chase finale and an ill-fitting happy ending.

See also  Lilo Has The Most Tragic Unofficial Disney Princess Story

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 1978 is the most haunting version and was directed by Philip Kaufman. It takes place in San Francisco, where the alien pods slowly start taking over the city. One new addition this remake added was a piercing scream that the pod people emit when they spot a normal human, which alerts other pod people to their presence. Famed sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars) added his magic to the movie in several ways, including the scream.

Ben Burtt created the Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 1978 scream by mixing together a few elements, with the mean ingredient being pig squeals, which gives it that shrill, unsettling feel. Other examples of Burtt’s creative use of sound include the ultrasound of a baby’s heartbeat over the scenes of the pod people growing – which is actually taken from the ultrasound of Burtt’s then-pregnant wife. Also of note is the background noise, with natural sounds of animals slowly fading to nothing while mechanical noises increase in intensity, which is largely down to the human remains being taken away en masse by garbage trucks.

The most famous example of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 1978’s scream is the ending, which is still a gut punch. Philip Kaufman was inspired to create this bleak finale after talking with Don Siegel about the original movie, which was supposed to end on a darker note until the studio forced a happier finale that suggested everything would be ok. Kaufman has also revealed there was an alternate, slightly happier ending where Donald Sutherland’s Matthew nods to Veronica Cartwright’s (Alien) Nancy in the middle of the pod people, ending on a small note of hope. Kaufman never shot this sequence, fearing the studio would use it instead of the much stronger “scream” ending.

See also  Dune Doesnt Have a PostCredits Scene Heres Why

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/invasion-bodysnatchers-movie-scream-sound-effect-origin/

Movies -