About this episode

The episode discusses the classic sci-fi thriller 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' and its themes of identity and alien invasion.

The title of this classic sci-fi thriller might be a bit misleading. It's not about kidnappers or grave robbers. Get this: strange plants from space land on Earth and begin copy-pasting humans! That means there are two YOUs! Only the original you doesn't get to survive! The duplicate you isn't really "you", it's an alien intelligence with a secret agenda to take over our society. And they get you when you sleep! This is years before Freddy Krueger got...

People in this episode

Host: Mike D'Arrigo

Topics covered

• sci-fi
• thriller
• aliens
• identity
• society
• horror

Keywords

• sci-fi
• thriller
• aliens
• body snatchers
• identity theft
• horror
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

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