Remaking a John Hughes classic coming of age comedy like Weird Science (1985) is no easy task. It is probably easier to conjure a hot date out of junk laying around the studio. Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith certainly make it look easy to create a gorgeous, near omnipotent, Kelly LeBrock out of thin air. Thanks to the advanced technology and intellect here on the Invasion mothership we have the ability to remake this fun 80's film because we are Invasion of the Remake! Support inde...
Apr 12, 2017•1 hr 36 min•Season 3Ep. 83
The joke's on us. We're already a few days past April Fool's Day but we're always up for horror movies in the spirit of the day. When groups friends gather to play pranks on one another turn deadly, Invasion of the Remake will be there to analyze and discuss it. Does the original April Fool's Day (1986) by Fred Walton still hold up to the Butcher Brother's remake from 2008? Join Jason, Sam & Trish on this week's episode to find out. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your frie...
Apr 05, 2017•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 82
This week we have violent, sex & drug addicted, anthropomorphic animals starring in our third fan challenge. They are staging a variety show, in the vein of The Muppet Show, but with a lot more puss, blood, and Vietnam flashbacks. This pre Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson manages to create a sick & twisted world full of insanity on a miniscule budget. It's easy to see the birth of Jackson's attention to detail that has permeated throughout his career. There are almost to many characters, ...
Mar 29, 2017•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 81
The cops can't catch them. The FBI can't catch them. Can a cab driver? This Luc Besson scripted action, comedy was scripted in 30 days while waiting for a studio to give the go ahead on The Fifth Element. Under the direction of Gérard Pirès Taxi (1998) spawned 3 more sequels in France. The success of Taxi brought it to the attention of American film makers and Taxi was remade in 2004 (aka New York Taxi) by Tim Story and starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon. Invasion of the Remake pays the fai...
Mar 22, 2017•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 80
Saint Patrick's Day is just around the corner and Invasion of the Remake put on their green shirts, following the rainbow to the pot of gold at the end of it. Shame about the surly leprechaun who wanted to disembowel us. This week we take a look at the first of the Leprechaun (1993) films, the one that started the horror franchise. It was Trimark's first film release and it was Jennifer Aniston's film debut. With so many firsts there had to be some nuggets of a good idea and the Invaders make th...
Mar 15, 2017•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 79
It is a ménage à trois of giant ape movies this week with King Kong, greatest of all the giant apes. King Kong joins the monsterverse this week that begun with Godzilla in 2014 with Kong: Skull Island. We celebrate King Kong's return to prominence this week by looking back on the original film, the 1976 remake, and the mammoth Peter Jackson version from 2005. We're swatting at airplanes from the tallest buildings for this podcast, so don't miss this weeks Invasion of the Remake! Support independ...
Mar 08, 2017•1 hr 55 min•Season 3Ep. 78
Water is the most valuable substance in the galaxy, and these guys mean to steal it. Ice Pirates (1984) is a sci-fi, comedy that blends many of the science fiction genre themes into one goofy space opera. It is too much fun to get forgotten, so the Invaders go back to the stars this week to remake Ice Pirates starring Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston, John Matuszak, Ron Pearlman, and Bruce Vilanch. How will they improve it? Who will they cast in there remake? Downlo...
Mar 01, 2017•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 77
We are quickly approaching the Oscars once again and after the success of last years Academy Awards special, we decided to do another one. The Invaders watched all the nominated films...trailers, and even a few movies. You've heard the predictions from people far more qualified, now hear from the people who think they are smarter than Hollywood. Deadpool also chases his nominations and he isn't happy at all. Grab some chimichangas and champagne and join Invasion of the Remake as we predict the f...
Feb 22, 2017•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 76
We're not angry prophets denouncing the hypocrisy of our times, well Trish might be, but we do know an amazing film when we see it. Network (1976) did however eerily predict what news media would eventually evolve into. Was it satire transcending into reality, or a very savvy futurist in writer Paddy Chayefsky? This film was a warning, well regarded in it's Oscar winning performances, but a warning that fell on deaf ears. Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, and Robert Duvall star in one o...
Feb 15, 2017•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 75
It's that time again. February. Love is in the air. Declarations of peoples feelings happen in the form of flowers, cards, and boxes filled with internal organs. Welcome to Valentine Bluffs (1981) and Harmony (2009), two small mining towns and murder capitals of America. Invasion of the Remake was brave enough to enter there worlds to see whose Harry Warden is the more efficient killer. My Bloody Valentine (1981) was created to capitalize on the holiday slasher craze that was popular at the time...
Feb 08, 2017•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 74
Going back to a simpler time where a man could stake his claim, and his fortunes on the land, Invasion of the Remake hits the open plains to find gold in remaking the Lee Marvin & Clint Eastwood western, Paint Your Wagon. A film that may have been made before it's time, but maybe with a fresh coat of Invader coloured paint we can get this wagon rolling for a new audience. Oh, we forgot to mention it's a musical. Yup. Lee Marvin. Clint Eastwood. That totally happened. Crazy. Movies! Support i...
Feb 01, 2017•1 hr 42 min•Season 3Ep. 73
Coming from the twisted mind of Ed Wood comes what many call the worst movie ever. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) is a beautiful mess of a movie and it was bound to happen someone would think to remake the film which features a deceased Bela Lugosi. Writer, Director, and actor John Johnson would take this piecemealed film and decoded it into something more cohesive and make sense of the mind that was Ed Wood 58 years later. The original film that is so bad, it's good gets the Invasion of the Rem...
Jan 25, 2017•1 hr 40 min•Season 3Ep. 72
It's the year 2024 and the world has been devastated by nuclear war. Humanity scrounges for the necessities of life. Vic and his dog Blood share a psychic link that help them survive as they rely on each others senses and instincts to find food, shelter, and women. It's a post-apocalyptic, science fiction, sex comedy from the mind of Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones starring Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Tim McIntire as the voice of Blood. Join Jason, Trish and Sam (who birthday pick...
Jan 18, 2017•1 hr 33 min•Season 3Ep. 71
2016 was a strange year. It marked changes in the world that border on cautious to down right scary. It took many beloved celebrities onto the next life. It also marked 52 amazing new episodes of the Invasion of the Remake Podcast. Jason, Sam and Trish take a trip down memory lane of past episodes how the year treated them. We are also joined by special guest 2016, yes the year herself, to defend herself and comment on her time as the year just past. Much like the movies we cover, the Invaders a...
Jan 11, 2017•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 70
We're back from our holiday break celebrating the New Year with two films that take place on New Years Eve. The Poseidon Adventure (1972) starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowell, Leslie Nielsen and directed by Ronald Neame and Irwin Allen is about a group struggling to survive a sinking cruise ship on what should've been a night of celebration. Poseidon (2006) remake starring Richard Dreyfuss, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Josh Lucas, Kevin...
Jan 04, 2017•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 69
We here at the Invasion of the Remake Podcast wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Holiday season to everyone, as well as a full and joyous New Year. As is our tradition we're taking the week off to be with our families but don't want to leave you empty eared. This year we obliterate another Christmas classic in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, which has been cleverly re-written with an Invader's twist by our very own Trish Cochlan and read by Jason, Sam and Trish. Enjoy. We'll be back next...
Dec 28, 2016•3 min
The 99% becomes the 1% and the 1% becomes the 99% in a comedy classic about seeing how the other half lives. Trading Places (1983) stars Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Paul Gleason and yes, fits our holiday theme criteria because we like to stay festive here on the Mothership. Join the Invasion of the Remake Podcast in discussing the financial themed comedy and remaking it in a strikingly similar, but very different modern world where the divide betwe...
Dec 21, 2016•1 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 68
When you make a Christmas film whose message is against the commercialization of Christmas, the one thing you shouldn't do is fill it with a bunch of gratuitous advertising. Also, if you are trying to right a ship that has gone very wrong with Superman III and Supergirl, you may not want to hire the same director as one of those flops for your next big budget idea. Sadly, that's exactly what Alexander and Ilya Salkind did with the big budget Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) starring Dudley Moore, J...
Dec 14, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 67
'Tis the season to be stabby, fa la la la la la la la. Killing sorority girls in there jammies, fa la la la la la la la. Somebody put that tune in the next remake! This week we focus on Canadian horror classic Black Christmas (1974) directed by Bob Clark of Porky's fame and starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Marian Waldman, and Andrea Martin. Does the 2006 remake by Glen Morgan stand up against it? The all-star cast in Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, ...
Dec 07, 2016•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 66
House (1986) is a childhood favorite among the hosts of Invasion of the Remake podcast here in the mothership. Starring William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt, and Richard Moll this comedy, horror made an impact on us, but now it seems a distant memory failing to achieve the cult status that many of its contemporaries had. Well we think it's time for a new audience to discover House and impart our supreme wisdom in what a remake could look like! Open the door, come on in. Try not to wake the dead....
Nov 30, 2016•1 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 65
With yet another remake in the planning Invasion of the Remake decided to go back in time to compare and contrast the two films based on the Roald Dahl novel. Willy Wonka and the Chocalate Factory (1971) starring Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, and Peter Ostrum is now considered a childhood favorite by many given the benefit of time, but wasn't a big success in the box office. Thirty-four years later director Tim Burton brought his vision of the classic novel to the silver screen in Charlie and the...
Nov 23, 2016•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 64
In salute to the late, great Gene Wilder we present to you, our loyal Invaders, the first of two episodes saluting the comic genius that was Gene Wilder. This week we take a look at Haunted Honeymoon (1986), Gene's least successful film marking his the only time he would take the director's chair. What went wrong? What went right? How can we resurrect this dark house horror comedy for a new generation. We give Haunted Honeymoon the Invasion of the Remake podcast make-over and it looks hilarious....
Nov 16, 2016•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 63
One podcast, three hosts, and 93 horror films watched over 31 days that each host had never seen before. That's a lot of movies to talk about, get comfy cause this one is going to get weird. Trish's horror movie marathon: The Boy (2016), Hatchet 2, House of the Devil, The Gate, The Entity, Lake Mungo, Hausu, The Host, Darkness, Dead End, The Devil's Pass, Dead Silence, The Changeling, Stage Fright, Holidays, Monsters, The Children (2008), Southbound, Cure (1997), Dark Angel: The Ascent, Creep, T...
Nov 09, 2016•2 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 62
The Mummy (1932) by Universal Pictures starring Boris Karloff, hot off of Frankenstein, took a world that had already caught Egyptian fever when Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922 by storm. It was a massive box office success that spawned several sequels at Universal and inspired many more films from other studios such as Hammer films. Stephen Sommers remade that iconic film in 1999 with stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weise, and Arnold Vosloo reviving the iconic horror film into a modern action/ad...
Nov 02, 2016•1 hr 49 min•Season 2Ep. 61
Possibly the first of its kind to blend genres, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) took a classic comedy duo and pitted them against Universal Picture's horror monsters Dracula, Wolfman and of course the Frankenstein Monster. There is even a cameo by the Invisible Man. Some of the most iconic actors to ever play the monsters return in this comedy/horror film like Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, and Lon Chaney Jr. Will a couple of comedy buffoons be a match against the devious plans...
Oct 26, 2016•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 60
Halloween (1978) ushered in a deluge of slasher films, but when John Carpenter created Michael Myers a horror icon was born that continues to terrify teenage babysitters to this day. Almost 30 years later a new, unique voice in horror in Rob Zombie would come along to remake Halloween (2007) for a brand new audience in his dark vision. Now Invasion of the Remake puts on there slightly soiled William Shatner masks and sees which version will be rule Halloween. Before you go trick or treating give...
Oct 19, 2016•1 hr 52 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Peeping Tom (1960) birthed a new genre, the cinematic slasher. Premiering only two months prior to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, director Michael Powell created a powerful piece of cinema that wouldn't be recognized for its achievements for another 30 years! On this episode Sam & Jason discuss a horror classic that destroyed a man's career and shocked the audiences of the 1960's. It is a film that you probably never heard of, but every cinema lover should see! If you love the show then become a...
Oct 12, 2016•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 58
The original Japanese Ring (1998) by Hidea Nakata and the American remake The Ring (2002) by Gore Verbinski started and coined the term J-horror. It was the first of many Japanese horror films to be remade for American audiences and became part of the essential horror film lexicon. Invasion of the Remake watched them and got the call. Seven days the caller on the other end said, we told them we only needed 2 hours. We looked into The Ring, and The Ring looked back in fear because it is October, ...
Oct 05, 2016•1 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 57
Rutger Hauer is again the subject to our discerning eye, or possibly wrath, it may be wrath. Phillip (Salt, Bone Collector) Noyce directs Blind Fury (1989), a film loosely based on Zatoichi. A Vietnam veteran blinded during the war comes to town to bury some ghosts of the past and gets drawn into a drug ring that has devastated his friend's family. Good thing he was trained by local villagers while he was missing in action to be a master swordsman. The bad guys will definitely pay in this action...
Sep 28, 2016•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 56
You enter a small little flower shop on skid row. It's crowded with people and a large plant looking like a venus fly trap, but much larger, sits in a corner drawing most peoples attention. The faces in the crowd look familiar, people like Dick Miller, Jack Nicholson, Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles are on one side of the room with Roger Corman who looks puzzling across the room at Frank Oz who has a crowd behind him. People like Rick Morranis, Ellen Green, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Marti...
Sep 21, 2016•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 55
