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Assimilate (2019) is a sci-fi horror film directed by John Murlowski — watch it online on iFILM. Three teenage friends are shooting a web series about their small Missouri town when the footage starts revealing something they can't explain: the neighbours are being replaced. Not acting strange. Actually replaced, one by one, by copies that look perfect and feel completely wrong.
Andy Matichak, Cam Gigandet and Calum Worthy play the trio who go from bored content creators to the only people who know what's happening — and who no one will believe. The first half leans into the found-footage aesthetic without overdoing it, building unease through small behavioural details rather than jump scares. The premise is a direct descendant of the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and the film earns that lineage by keeping the threat grounded in the everyday.
It's a lean, unpretentious genre piece that knows what it is and delivers accordingly. If you like your horror slow-burn with a science fiction core, Assimilate holds up. Watch it online on iFILM.
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