The 50s Film Analysis

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Throughout the 50s, Americans were concerned with the spread of communism and the Cold War. During this time there was an increase in fear of communism that led to the anti-communist “Red Scare” movements. It was believed that communism threatened democracy and capitalism because of their expansive tendencies. Between the years of 1945 and 1952 there were 84 hearings put on by Congress to try and put a stop to any un-American activities, and many people suspected or accused of being communist lost their jobs, family, and friends without anything being proven. This fear of communism in the 50s could be seen represented in movies as an aliens, monsters, or foreign invaders. This is a very common theme of horror and sci-fi movies of the 50s, especially in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Day the …show more content…
The pod people take over the mind of their victims at the moment that they are the most vulnerable and at a moment that they don’t realize they are being taken over, and then it’s too late. Communism was feared because of its rapid expansion tendencies and that Americans were being turned to communism without their own realization. Therefore, just as the townspeople were taken over by the pod people without realizing it the United States and Americans were being taken over by communism without realizing it. The fear of the actual expansion of communism can be seen in a scene near the end of the movie. Dr. Miles Bennell escapes from the small town of pod people and runs into the busy highway attempting to get someone’s attention and as he jumps onto the back of a truck that appears to be transporting crops of some sort it is revealed that the truck is transporting the pods into the city. So, even though the threat of the small town didn’t affect the “outside world” it soon would. This was the exact fear that people had of communism. Assuming the film is a commentary on communism the characteristics of the pod people can be equated to the
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