Love is a magical thing. For our Valentine's Day special we take a look at the romantic, fantasy, comedy Practical Magic (1998) starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, and Aidan Quinn. It was a financial flop at the box office but time has made it an under appreciated cult film. Can cupid's arrow find it's mark in a remake? Join the Invasion of the Remake as we rethink, recast, and theoretically remake Practical Magic! Support independent podcasts like ours by te...
Feb 11, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 6Ep. 225
The regular gang takes a break as Jasin, Trush, and non-brand specific Jeff talk about the phenomena known as the Mockbuster. They'll chat about classics like Sinister Squad, The Fast and the Fierce, Starcrash, The Terminators, Atlantic Rim, AVH: Alien Vs. Hunter, The Amazing Bulk, Seytan, Gunan King of the Barbarians, Transmorphers, Hansel & Gretel, Da Vinci's Treasure, Snakes on a Train and more. These B-films draft on the popularity of big budget A-films in the hopes of making a quick buc...
Feb 04, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 6Ep. 224
Once again we travel to a galaxy far, far away to complete the trilogy we started way back in Ep.23 and continued in Ep.123. By listener demand we were asked to continue our comparisons of the original Star Wars trilogy to the sequel trilogy. Spoilers ahead, as we're going to take an in depth look at Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker (2019) in this episode and make comparisons to Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) and other films within George Lucas' original trilogy. May the Force be with you! Sup...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 6Ep. 223
This week we travel to Italy to decipher the enigmatic cult, horror, comedy Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetery Man, 1994) starring Rupert Everett. Cemetery Man is a strange film that can be enjoyed as a zombie comedy or on a deeper more thought provoking level. We piece this complicated skeleton back together and try to rethink, recast, and theoretically remake Cemetery Man on this weeks episode of Invasion of the Remake. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family ...
Jan 21, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 6Ep. 222
Before Home Alone there was Adventures in Babysitting (1987) where a babysitter is forced to enter the dangerous city with the kids in her care to rescue her friend. Everything that could go wrong does in this family friendly comedy by director Chris Columbus and star Elisabeth Shue. In 2016 Disney released a modern remake on the Disney Channel starring Sabrina Carpenter and Sofia Carson as competing babysitters. This new interpretation brings on some interesting changes that Invasion of the Rem...
Jan 14, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 221
It's talons tear. It's breath burns. It is terror and only sorcery can destroy it. A young wizard's apprentice attempts to help a village whose women are being sacrificed to appease a hungry dragon. Join us on an incredible journey of swords, sorcery, and dragons as we rethink and theoretically remake the underrated fantasy classic DragonSlayer (1981) for a new generation. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTun...
Jan 07, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 6Ep. 220
Welcome to the Invasion Drive-In located on the corner of 42nd Street and nowhere. You can't miss it, it's right next the grindhouse. You know the one, where the most insane trailers are carefully curated to tempt your "earballs". We've got the best of the worst in horror, comedy, fantasy, and exploitation cinema. So pull into the drive-in, stop by our concession stand during the intermission, and enjoy Cult Movie Trailer A-Go-Go 2: The Revenge! 00:00 Segment from The Lost Skeleton Returns (2009...
Dec 31, 2019•52 min
Here's a bit of silliness from the weird folks at Invasion of the Remake. It's a story about a home invasion call to 9-1-1 during the holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our listeners and fellow Invaders! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Google Play Music , Stitcher , PlayerFM , Tune In Radio , RadioPublic , BluBrry , Libsyn , YouTube , iHeartRadio and all the best podcast providers. S...
Dec 24, 2019•7 min
This week the Invaders travel to New York city and 34th Street to discover a miracle. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is a Christmas classic and part of many people's traditional holiday watches. It won 3 Academy Awards with one for Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle. How does Richard Attenborough compare in the same roll in the 1994 remake? Join us as we compare both and explore what makes Miracle on 34th Street a Holiday classic. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and famil...
Dec 17, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Season 5Ep. 219
Jack Deth has been sent back in time to protect the timelines of the leaders of the future from an evil man who can create a zombie army. This week we take a hard look at the grizzled cop, Jack Deth, in Charles Band's Trancers (1984) starring Tim Thomerson and Helen Hunt. Join Invasion of the Remake as we workshop new ideas for a possible remake, complete with fantasy casting, of Trancers! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like App...
Dec 10, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 218
"It is a violent narcotic - an unspeakable scourge - The Real Public Enemy Number One!" Reefer Madness (1936) was a fictional propaganda film warning against the consumption of marijuana, getting addicted may result in hysteria, insanity, and even death. It became a cult classic because for its hilarious camp, overacting, and obvious misinformation. It would later be adapted as a stage musical which became a large scale television film in 2005 starring Kristen Bell, Christian Campbell, Alan Cumm...
Dec 03, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 217
This week Invasion of the Remake takes the mothership to the outer edge of Walt Disney's The Black Hole (1979). Science fiction had taken off in a big way in the 70s & 80s thanks to Star Wars and Disney wanted a piece of that. Ultimately it proved easier just to buy Star Wars, but this attempt is still fondly remembered by sci-fi fans. Join us as we get sucked into The Black Hole and throw our own ideas at what a modern day remake might look like complete with our own fantasy casting. Suppor...
Nov 26, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Season 5Ep. 216
An evil fairy curses a princess to an eternal sleep, and only true love's kiss can awaken her. This week Invasion of the Remake enters the realm of fairy tales and fantasy with the Walt Disney classic Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Maleficent (2014) which explores Sleeping Beauty from the point of view of the mistress of evil herself, Maleficent. It's a battle of dragons from the past and present only on Invasion of the Remake. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and famil...
Nov 19, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 215
During the month of October our hosts were challenged to watch 31 horror movies that they have never seen before over 31 days. Welcome to part two of 31 Days of Horror where the Invaders talk about the last 15 of each of their 31 Days of Horror lists. Which ones will be added to the list of horror greats and which will be buried alive? Find out on our 31 Days of Horror special part 2. Jason: The Love Witch, (2016, USA), Santo & Blue Demon Vs. Dracula & the Wolfman (1973, Mexico), The Tun...
Nov 12, 2019•1 hr 51 min•Season 5Ep. 214
During the month of October our hosts were challenged to watch 31 horror movies that they have never seen before over 31 days. Welcome to part one of 31 Days of Horror where the Invaders talk about the first 16 of each of their 31 Days of Horror lists. Which ones will be added to the list of horror greats and which will be condemned back to the hell that spawned them? Find out on our 31 Days of Horror special part 1. Jason: Satanic Panic (2019), Brightburn (2019), Tokyo Gore Police (2008), In Th...
Nov 05, 2019•2 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 213
Black Friday is a piece of cake next to shopping at this mall. High tech security robots go on a killing spree after a rogue lightening strike messes up their programming. This week Invasion of the Remake heads to the Chopping Mall (1986, aka Killbots) for all their horrific Halloween needs. Join us as we remake this cult horror classic for the next generation of mallrats and cinema goers alike. An epic podcast crossover event, All The Horror, continues, don't miss out on a single podcast by fol...
Oct 29, 2019•2 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 212
This is a big one, it's a horror icon, the doll possessed by the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray, better known as Chucky vs. the modern day tech gone awry version. That's right, this week we're talking about Child's Play (1988) and Child's Play (2019). It's slasher goodness on another All The Horror episode of Invasion of the Remake! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Google Play Music , Stitcher ...
Oct 22, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 211
The trucks are angry, video games are exploding, and your toaster is laughing at you. Technology has run amuck in Maximum Overdrive (1986). Stephen King steps into the directors chair to adapt his own story to the silver screen with stars Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington. We're joined by Movie Geek & Proud, Bad Reception, Film Flamers, and The Horror Academic to help us remake Maximum Overdrive in this All The Horror episode of Invasion of the Remake! An epic podcast crossover ev...
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 55 min•Season 5Ep. 210
Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night; May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright. This week Invasion of the Remake is caught howling at the moon as we take a bite out of the original Universal Horror classic The Wolf Man (1941) starring the legendary Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains. But there are more wolves in this pack as we also compare the original to The Wolfman (2010) remake starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, and Emily Blunt....
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 39 min•Season 5Ep. 209
We begin All The Horror month with the cult classic, family, horror, comedy The Monster Squad (1987). It brings a group of kids (Goonies style) together to defend their town against an onslaught of classic movie monsters that include Frankenstein's monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, the Gillman (aka The Creature From the Black Lagoon), all lead by the evil Count Dracula. Invasion of the Remake is joined by Tony from Flicks Xrayed as we discuss what a possible remake might look like and The Unwrita...
Oct 01, 2019•2 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 208
A trip to New York becomes a disaster of hilarious proportions in The Out of Towners (1970) from famous playwright Neil Simon, director Arthur Hill, and stars Jack Lemmon & Sandy Dennis. Join Invasion of the Remake as we compare the original film to the 1999 remake from director Sam Weisman and stars Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, and John Cleese. It's the city of New York versus these Out of Towners as these two films go head to head next on Invasion of the Remake! Support independent podcasts ...
Sep 24, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Season 5Ep. 207
An aging horror icon has become disillusioned with acting in a world where reality has become more frightening than the films he makes. Meanwhile a clean cut family man goes on a killing spree. Targets (1968) is an under appreciated cinema classic by writer, director and actor Peter Bogdanovich also starring Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly, Nancy Hsueh. Join Invasion of the Remake as we take a hard look at this thriller and it's relevance in today's world. Support independent podcasts like ours by te...
Sep 17, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Season 5Ep. 206
This week Invasion of the Remake compares the Walt Disney musical, fantasy, comedy, Pete's Dragon (1977) starring Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, and Sean Marshall to it's 2016 non musical remake which stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley and Karl Urban. You will fall in love with Pete's Dragon, Elliot, on a brand new Invasion of the Remake. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family...
Sep 10, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 205
The American dream has failed. The Rollerboys are looking to take control of a broken nation, recruiting the young to sell the drug Mist, exploiting the weak, and ruling through fear. This week Invasion of the Remake straps on their rollerblades to explore the dark future of Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990) which stars Corey Haim, Patricia Arquette, and Christopher Collet. Join us as we rework, recast and remake Prayer of the Rollerboys. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your frie...
Sep 03, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 5Ep. 204
It is America's most infamous haunted house, it has spawned countless sequels, and it was the site of a gruesome murder, what happened here will forever be remembered as The Amityville Horror! This week we compare the the 1979 classic starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger to the 2005 remake starring Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George. The flies will swarm, the walls bleed, but Invasion of the Remake is ready for the Amityville Horror! Support independent podcasts like ours by tellin...
Aug 27, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Season 5Ep. 203
Enter the gritty medieval world of Flesh+Blood (1985) where a young girl from a noble family becomes obsessed with her mercenary captors. Flesh+Blood isn't a romanticized version of medieval times but a dark, violent depiction of the era complete with weaponized plague from director Paul Verhoeven starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Tom Burlinson. Join Invasion of the Remake as we discuss Flesh+Blood and try to come up with some new ideas for what a remake might look like. Support i...
Aug 20, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Season 5Ep. 202
Thumbs out! This week Invasion of the Remake walks the lonely road of The Hitcher. A Rutger Hauer horror, thriller, classic, The Hitcher (1986) follows Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) as he crosses the country to deliver a car and picks up a hitchhiker stranded in the rain only to be tormented by this mysterious serial killer for a nefarious purpose. Sean Bean becomes The Hitcher in the 2007 remake that also stars Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, and Neal McDonough. Join the Invaders as they compare...
Aug 13, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 5Ep. 201
We're celebrating 200 episodes by remaking a film CHOSEN BY YOU THE FANS! This week is the cult horror classic John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987). Science & faith clash as the ultimate evil possesses people to help it cross over into our realm. Only stars Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Dennis Dunn, Susan Blanchard, Anne Marie Howard, Ann Yen, Peter Jason and Dirk Blocker can stop it. Oh, did we mention Alice Cooper?! He's in here too. Join Invasion of the...
Aug 06, 2019•1 hr 53 min•Season 5Ep. 200
This week Invasion of the Remake enters the Marvel Universe with its first feature film from executive producer George Lucas, Howard the Duck (1986)! This maligned water fowl gets a bad rap and we think with his recent cameos in Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Endgame that it is time to revisit this cult classic starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, and Chip Zien. You don't want to miss our take on how to bring back Howard the Duck to the big screens complete with our...
Jul 30, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Season 5Ep. 199
We're back with more coverage from the Calgary HorrorCon 2019 featuring Teri McMinn, John Dugan, and Edwin Neal recounting stories from the filming of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. We also get the chance to chat with author Konn Lavery, comic creators Kyle Burles & Michael McAdam, Edmonton haunt The Dark, and our very own Jeff Omega from Higher Watch With Me podcast. It is a horror movie convention for your ears this week on Invasion of the Remake. Check out these great links for mor...
Jul 23, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 198
