Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Watch out! They get you while you're sleeping!

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Podcast Release Date:
Sep 27, 2024

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Retrospective Episode 2

Make Love, Not Spores

San Francisco hippies are uprooted by a new kind of Flower Power sweeping through the city in the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Can health inspectors Donald Sutherland (Hunger Games) and Brooke Adams (Dead Zone) stop the spread of alien seed pods hatching unfeeling duplicates of their co-workers and romantic partners?  Or is pop psychiatrist Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) right to call Pod People a mass delusion born out of urban alienation and casual hookups? Get in the mud with Jeff Goldblum donate to find out today!

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Movie Details

Series
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Director
Philip Kaufman
Runtime
1 h 56 min
Release Date
20 December 1978
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror
Overview
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.

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