On a quiet fall evening in the small, peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovers an insidious, horrifying story. Silently, subtly, nearly imperceptibly, alien life-forms are overtaking the bodies and minds of his neighbors, his friends, his family, the girl he loves-the world as he understands it. Miles understands the invasion is normally from the strange seed pods that have been turning up everywhere-and the pod people are spreading fast.

This classic 1955 thriller from the triumph from the human spirit over an invisible enemy inspired the acclaimed 1956 film, directed by Don Siegel and named among Time magazine’s 100 Best Films. Blackstone’s edition is browse by Don Siegel’s boy, actor-director Kristoffer Tabori, an Emmy® and Audie® Award winner, and concludes using the narrator’s insider reminiscences of his father’s work on the film.