The Invasion

Do not trust anyone. Do not show emotion. Do not fall asleep.

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Podcast Release Date:
Oct 11, 2024

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Retrospective Episode 4

I never promised you The Rose Garden 

Nicole Kidman wonders if she’ll ever prescribe psychiatric medicine again after space spores start changing her emotionally dysregulated patients into pacifistic Pod People. Can doctors Daniel Craig (Casino Royale) and Jeffrey Wright (TV’s Westworld) pull an all-nighter and find an immunity to this 2007 Invasion before Washington DC succumbs to a body-snatching plant?  And do the Wachowski reshoots inject Matrix energy into the movie after test audiences found the first cut too sleepy? Donate now to hear if this fourth installment sickens the hosts.

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Movie Details

Series
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Director
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Runtime
1 h 39 min
Release Date
17 August 2007
Genres
Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Overview
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

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