I'm Travis Hunter, joined as always by my co-host, my sister,

and my brother-in-law. Hi, I'm Renee Hunter Vasquez. Hi, I'm John Paul Vasquez.

This week, we're broadcasting live from the San Francisco Department of Health discussing the 1978 science fiction horror film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

This film was directed by Philip Kaufman from a screenplay by W.D. Richter based upon the novel,

The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney.

As the second adaptation of the novel following Don Siegel's 1956 film,

Invasion of the Body Snatchers reimagines the classic story with a new setting and potent social commentary befitting the era of its release.

Dialing up the paranoia with a committed cast, impressive cinematography,

and elements of body horror, this film is widely considered one of the most iconic science

fiction horror films of all time. This film was recommended to us by Friends of the Show,

Andrew Dick and Kent Morton. We want to thank you both for your continued support of the show,

as well as this suggestion. So, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, what were your first

impressions on the film? So I had never seen this film. I've heard about it. I do real quick,

I apologize. I'm a little under the weather. So if I do sound a little funnier off, that's why.

I did enjoy this movie.

It was a little too long for me.

I will say that.

It was longer.

I feel like it was a little too longer than it needed to be.

But I did like the movie.

There was some certain things that I was just kind of like, eh.

But I mean, I think, I think again, it just goes back to

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