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* SpiritualSuccessor: It's an unofficial adaptation of Jack Finney's 1954 novel The Body Snatchers. It also borrows from the 1978 adaptation, particularly when Randy [[spoiler: deliberately sacrifices himself, very similar to what Jeff Goldblum's character does. ]]
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* SoullessShell: Newly-formed clones seem to be this, unable to speak or act use tools tools, and mindlessly attacking [[spoiler: until they've absorbed the memories of the person they're meant to replace.]]
* SpiritualSuccessor: It's an unofficial adaptation of Jack Finney's 1954 novel The Body Snatchers. It also borrows from the 1978 adaptation, particularly when Randy [[spoiler: deliberately sacrifices himself, very similar to what Jeff Goldblum's character does.]]
* SpiritualSuccessor: It's an unofficial adaptation of Jack Finney's 1954 novel The Body Snatchers. It also borrows from the 1978 adaptation, particularly when Randy [[spoiler: deliberately sacrifices himself, very similar to what Jeff Goldblum's character does.
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* HopeSpot: More than one.
** The kids reach Josh's trailer home and he believes them, but [[spoiler: the pod people soon arrive en masse, overturn the trailer and take both Josh and Randy.]]
** Zach and Kayla [[spoiler: upload their footage, but soon learn that their small town wasn't the first place invaded, it was one of the last.]]
** The kids reach Josh's trailer home and he believes them, but [[spoiler: the pod people soon arrive en masse, overturn the trailer and take both Josh and Randy.]]
** Zach and Kayla [[spoiler: upload their footage, but soon learn that their small town wasn't the first place invaded, it was one of the last.]]
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* EnemySummoner: [[spoiler: The impostors' most dangerous ability, an unearthly shriek that calls in swarms of other clones quickly.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The kids explicitly film the large internet service provider building which gives high speed internet to their small remote town and it [[spoiler: becomes the site of the final battle to upload the footage of the invasion.]]
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* HughMann: Alien clones can range from "slightly odd" to [[UncannyValley "violently offputting"]] depending on how good they've gotten at imitating humans.
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It follows teenagers Zach (Joel Courtney) and Randy (Calum Worthy) filming bodycam footage of their [[SmallTownBoredom "podunk town"]] for a web series. A neighbor, Ms. Bisette, comments to them about strange bugs that have been popping up all over her garden, shortly before the audience sees mysterious spores rain down from above. One night, Zach and Randy hear Ms. Bisette scream, and rush into her house to find her hiding in her closet, terrified, saying that something bit her. They spot the culprit, an unknown fast, small animal, and chase it into the nearby woods in hopes of capturing it for rabies testing. It leaps into a cooler, which is bizarrely picked up and immediately driven away by the [[GoodShepherd friendly local priest]].
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It follows teenagers Zach (Joel Courtney) (Creator/JoelCourtney) and Randy (Calum Worthy) filming bodycam footage of their [[SmallTownBoredom "podunk town"]] for a web series. A neighbor, Ms. Bisette, comments to them about strange bugs that have been popping up all over her garden, shortly before the audience sees mysterious spores rain down from above. One night, Zach and Randy hear Ms. Bisette scream, and rush into her house to find her hiding in her closet, terrified, saying that something bit her. They spot the culprit, an unknown fast, small animal, and chase it into the nearby woods in hopes of capturing it for rabies testing. It leaps into a cooler, which is bizarrely picked up and immediately driven away by the [[GoodShepherd friendly local priest]].
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* AliensAreBastards: As mentioned below in AlienInvasion, the alien invaders dominate Earth for the sake of growing their population, disregarding the terror they spread.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: The aliens arrive as spores, then coalesce into ant-like insects before they fuse together ''again'' to form fast-moving insectiods insectoids the size of a large rat. [[spoiler: From there, they bite a human to steal DNA which they use to metamorphosize metamorphize into a clone of that person by way of fleshy coccoon.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Zach, Kayla and Joey survive, but Randy and Josh are dead and the entire world is now under seige siege by aliens. A few comments appear on their Youtube video, [[HopeSpot [[RayOfHopeEnding showing that there are isolated human survivors all over the world]].]]
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[Film/Assimilate] is a 2019 horror/scifi film directed by John Murlowksi.
It follows teenagers Zach (Joel Courtney) and Randy (Calum Worthy) filming bodycam footage of their [[SmallTownBoredom "podunk town"]] for a web series. A neighbor, Ms. Bisette, comments to them about strange bugs that have been popping up all over her garden, shortly before the audience sees mysterious spores rain down from above. One night, Zach and Randy hear Ms. Bisette scream, and rush into her house to find her hiding in her closet, terrified, saying that something bit her. They spot the culprit, an unknown fast, small animal, and chase it into the nearby woods in hopes of capturing it for rabies testing. It leaps into a cooler, which is bizarrely picked up and immediately driven away by the [[GoodShepherd friendly local priest]].
The next day, they show the footage to the sheriff's deputy, Josh, but he is unconvinced, assuming it's a photoshopped prank. The next time they see Ms. Bisette, she insists that the bite never happened, and creepily invites them both to her bedroom, which they decline. Peeping into her bedroom window, Zach and Randy see a man tied to her bed, only for their view to be interrupted by an eerie duplicate of the same person glaring at them from the window, who they run from. Their ChildhoodFriend Kayla (Andi Matichak) comes to them for help, saying that her father is acting [[EvilKnockoff extremely strange]]. Upon investigation, Zach discovers that he's apparently murdered Kayla's mother. Kayla sees the footage of her mangled mother and goes with her friends to get Josh, but when they return to the house, Kayla's mother is seemingly alive and well, though clearly [[NotHimself not herself.]]
They set to work [[CellPhonesAreUseless trying to get evidence of this terrifying phenomenon onto the internet]], to alert the rest of the world before everyone is assimilated.
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!! [Film/Assimilate] contains examples of:
* AliensAreBastards
* AlienInvasion: The aliens seem to have no goals other than complete domination of the Earth, raising their numbers by cloning and replacing as many people as possible.
* ApocalypticMontage: [[spoiler: The news sequence at the end of the film, showing that most of the world has already been taken over.]]
* AssimilationPlot: [[CaptainObvious Not surprisingly.]] However, it is unclear whether or not the aliens actually share a HiveMind kind of relationship, or if they're just cooperative parasites.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Most of Kayla's motivation comes from protecting her little brother, Joey. [[WhatTheHellHero Despite the fact that she abandons him several times.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Zach, Kayla and Joey survive, but Randy and Josh are dead and the entire world is now under seige by aliens. A few comments appear on their Youtube video, [[HopeSpot showing that there are isolated human survivors all over the world]].]]
* BizarreAlienBiology: The aliens arrive as spores, then coalesce into ant-like insects before they fuse together ''again'' to form fast-moving insectiods the size of a large rat. [[spoiler: From there, they bite a human to steal DNA which they use to metamorphosize into a clone of that person by way of fleshy coccoon.]]
* BluffTheImpostor: Near the climax of the film, [[spoiler: Zach and Kayla]] discover that they can walk among the impostors by imitating their slow, dead-eyed march.
* CassandraTruth: The main characters trying to convince deputy Josh that something is seriously wrong in their town. [[spoiler: He does come to believe them, but it's too late.]]
* CellPhonesAreUseless: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that it's a small town with one cable company, which is [[spoiler: sabotaged offscreen early on by the aliens.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Zach and Kayla
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Joey's main role is to be cute and helpless.
* CreepyChild: A handful of clone children are scattered throughout the movie.
* FaceStealer
* FirstContact: [[spoiler: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] at the end, when the survivors realize that they're actually one of the last towns to be taken over.]]
* FoundFootageFilms: Lapses into this occasionally, showing things from the POV of the boys' body cameras, but it's more of a gimmick for certain scenes than a constant element of the film.
* FullFrontalAssault: Newly-minted clones don't bother with clothing. [[FanDisservice No matter how much you wish they would.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Both Randy and Josh go out this way, one shortly after the other.]]
* HellIsThatNoise: The way clones screech when they're injured, or [[spoiler: when they need to summon backup.]]
* HughMann: Alien clones can range from "slightly odd" to [[UncannyValley "violently offputting"]] depending on how good they've gotten at imitating humans.
* HumanAliens: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since the aliens are shapeshifters.
* InsectoidAliens: Their true/larval form, plus the 'ants'.
* KillAndReplace
* MetamorphosisMonster: From spores to tiny insects to [[spoiler: arthropods the size of rats, and then finally almost-human clones,]] the aliens seem to go through a lot of phases in their life cycle.
* MonsterMouth/NightmareFace: Clones can open their mouths much wider than a human can, unhinging their jaws almost like a snake.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Calling the police on [[spoiler: the body of Kayla's mother in a clothes hamper]] does not incriminate her impostor father, but it does [[spoiler: paint a target on the main characters.]]
* SinisterMinister: The friendly local pastor becomes this upon being assimilated.
* SoullessShell: Newly-formed clones seem to be this, unable to speak or act use tools and mindlessly attacking [[spoiler: until they've absorbed the memories of the person they're meant to replace.]]
* StarfishAliens
* TheEndOFTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The worst-case scenario if the protagonists don't get word out about the impostors. [[spoiler: It's already well underway by the time they get in contact with the outside world.]]
* TheStoic: A common giveaway is that the clones underreact to emotional stimuli, never cry or laugh, and have a [[StepfordSmiler unsettling placid demeanor]] when interacting with humans.
* TheVirus: Overlaps with AssimilationPlot.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Though they mention trying to find [[spoiler: Randy's mother,]] it's never shown what exactly happened to her.
* WorldOfSilence: Assimilated townsfolk never seem to speak to each other, only when they're trying to imitate humans. When they believe they're alone with their own kind, they walk among each other in eerie silence.
* WouldHurtAChild: Assimilation isn't pretty, but children are far from excempt.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe
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It follows teenagers Zach (Joel Courtney) and Randy (Calum Worthy) filming bodycam footage of their [[SmallTownBoredom "podunk town"]] for a web series. A neighbor, Ms. Bisette, comments to them about strange bugs that have been popping up all over her garden, shortly before the audience sees mysterious spores rain down from above. One night, Zach and Randy hear Ms. Bisette scream, and rush into her house to find her hiding in her closet, terrified, saying that something bit her. They spot the culprit, an unknown fast, small animal, and chase it into the nearby woods in hopes of capturing it for rabies testing. It leaps into a cooler, which is bizarrely picked up and immediately driven away by the [[GoodShepherd friendly local priest]].
The next day, they show the footage to the sheriff's deputy, Josh, but he is unconvinced, assuming it's a photoshopped prank. The next time they see Ms. Bisette, she insists that the bite never happened, and creepily invites them both to her bedroom, which they decline. Peeping into her bedroom window, Zach and Randy see a man tied to her bed, only for their view to be interrupted by an eerie duplicate of the same person glaring at them from the window, who they run from. Their ChildhoodFriend Kayla (Andi Matichak) comes to them for help, saying that her father is acting [[EvilKnockoff extremely strange]]. Upon investigation, Zach discovers that he's apparently murdered Kayla's mother. Kayla sees the footage of her mangled mother and goes with her friends to get Josh, but when they return to the house, Kayla's mother is seemingly alive and well, though clearly [[NotHimself not herself.]]
They set to work [[CellPhonesAreUseless trying to get evidence of this terrifying phenomenon onto the internet]], to alert the rest of the world before everyone is assimilated.
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!! [Film/Assimilate] contains examples of:
* AliensAreBastards
* AlienInvasion: The aliens seem to have no goals other than complete domination of the Earth, raising their numbers by cloning and replacing as many people as possible.
* ApocalypticMontage: [[spoiler: The news sequence at the end of the film, showing that most of the world has already been taken over.]]
* AssimilationPlot: [[CaptainObvious Not surprisingly.]] However, it is unclear whether or not the aliens actually share a HiveMind kind of relationship, or if they're just cooperative parasites.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Most of Kayla's motivation comes from protecting her little brother, Joey. [[WhatTheHellHero Despite the fact that she abandons him several times.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Zach, Kayla and Joey survive, but Randy and Josh are dead and the entire world is now under seige by aliens. A few comments appear on their Youtube video, [[HopeSpot showing that there are isolated human survivors all over the world]].]]
* BizarreAlienBiology: The aliens arrive as spores, then coalesce into ant-like insects before they fuse together ''again'' to form fast-moving insectiods the size of a large rat. [[spoiler: From there, they bite a human to steal DNA which they use to metamorphosize into a clone of that person by way of fleshy coccoon.]]
* BluffTheImpostor: Near the climax of the film, [[spoiler: Zach and Kayla]] discover that they can walk among the impostors by imitating their slow, dead-eyed march.
* CassandraTruth: The main characters trying to convince deputy Josh that something is seriously wrong in their town. [[spoiler: He does come to believe them, but it's too late.]]
* CellPhonesAreUseless: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that it's a small town with one cable company, which is [[spoiler: sabotaged offscreen early on by the aliens.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Zach and Kayla
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Joey's main role is to be cute and helpless.
* CreepyChild: A handful of clone children are scattered throughout the movie.
* FaceStealer
* FirstContact: [[spoiler: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] at the end, when the survivors realize that they're actually one of the last towns to be taken over.]]
* FoundFootageFilms: Lapses into this occasionally, showing things from the POV of the boys' body cameras, but it's more of a gimmick for certain scenes than a constant element of the film.
* FullFrontalAssault: Newly-minted clones don't bother with clothing. [[FanDisservice No matter how much you wish they would.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Both Randy and Josh go out this way, one shortly after the other.]]
* HellIsThatNoise: The way clones screech when they're injured, or [[spoiler: when they need to summon backup.]]
* HughMann: Alien clones can range from "slightly odd" to [[UncannyValley "violently offputting"]] depending on how good they've gotten at imitating humans.
* HumanAliens: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since the aliens are shapeshifters.
* InsectoidAliens: Their true/larval form, plus the 'ants'.
* KillAndReplace
* MetamorphosisMonster: From spores to tiny insects to [[spoiler: arthropods the size of rats, and then finally almost-human clones,]] the aliens seem to go through a lot of phases in their life cycle.
* MonsterMouth/NightmareFace: Clones can open their mouths much wider than a human can, unhinging their jaws almost like a snake.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Calling the police on [[spoiler: the body of Kayla's mother in a clothes hamper]] does not incriminate her impostor father, but it does [[spoiler: paint a target on the main characters.]]
* SinisterMinister: The friendly local pastor becomes this upon being assimilated.
* SoullessShell: Newly-formed clones seem to be this, unable to speak or act use tools and mindlessly attacking [[spoiler: until they've absorbed the memories of the person they're meant to replace.]]
* StarfishAliens
* TheEndOFTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The worst-case scenario if the protagonists don't get word out about the impostors. [[spoiler: It's already well underway by the time they get in contact with the outside world.]]
* TheStoic: A common giveaway is that the clones underreact to emotional stimuli, never cry or laugh, and have a [[StepfordSmiler unsettling placid demeanor]] when interacting with humans.
* TheVirus: Overlaps with AssimilationPlot.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Though they mention trying to find [[spoiler: Randy's mother,]] it's never shown what exactly happened to her.
* WorldOfSilence: Assimilated townsfolk never seem to speak to each other, only when they're trying to imitate humans. When they believe they're alone with their own kind, they walk among each other in eerie silence.
* WouldHurtAChild: Assimilation isn't pretty, but children are far from excempt.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe
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