In the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers the theme of xenophobia is very prominent. The people of the small town become afraid of and angry at each other very quickly. The fear is of the pods that came from the sky and recreate people. The fear is very obvious is the two main characters as they run and try to destroy the pods and the people who have already been turned into pod people.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers can be related to Planet of the Apes because both involve regular humans being the minority and being afraid of a more powerful race that controls the humans. In one of the movies, the humans show xenophobia toward the pod people, and in the other movie the xenophobia is towards the apes. However, both movies show xenophobia of the humans toward a different race.
I agree that the Invasion of the Body Snatchers may cross into different genres. A few of these genres would by mystery, because a lot of the film is spent with the characters following clues and trying to solve a puzzle, and fantasy, because the idea of the body snatchers absorbing the souls of people while they are sleeping seems to be magic.
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