It seems everyone is out to get Linnet Ridgeway, but her death is only the start to the mystery, and more bodies will be discovered before it is done. Hercule Poirot returns to Invasion of the Remake as we discuss another Agatha Christie classic with Death on the Nile (1978 vs 2022). Listen in as we discover who-done-it better on this week's episode. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google P...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 8Ep. 342
A pair of adventurers try to track down a cache of gold that has ties to many ancient civilizations, but the evil Coyote seeks to unleash ancient magics from the treasure to give himself ultimate power. Chuck Norris tries something a little different with the action, comedy, adventure Firewalker (1986) from Cannon Films. We know how loaded that sentence is, so join IOTR as we come up with our own ideas to remake Firewalker! Promo: Two Idiots and a Dog podcast @TIaaDMedia on Twitter Support indep...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 8Ep. 341
Jack Carter's brother is dead and he isn't buying the story. Carter travels the criminal underworld uncovering the secrets of his bother's murder in Get Carter (1971 & 2000). Invasion of the Remake compares the Michael Caine classic crime movie to the Sylvester Stallone remake, plus the blacksploitation, grindhouse version Hit Man (1972) starring Bernie Casey and Pam Grier! Promo: Shoot the Flick Podcast @ShoottheFlick on Twitter Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 8Ep. 340
Drug addicted aliens find a better high in humans at the height of orgasm in Liquid Sky (1982). And that's not even close to covering the crazy in this movie. Join us as we try to remake the movie that broke us on this weeks 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 , Spotify , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , PlayerFM , Tune In Radio , PodChaser, Amazon Music , Audible, Libsyn , i...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 8Ep. 339
A group of astronauts make a shocking discovery of hot, seductive aliens living on the moon in Cat-Women on the Moon (1953) and it's remake Missile to the Moon (1958). Join Invasion of the Remake for an episode full of moon spiders, rock monsters, and telepathic super models in one of our wildest comparison of two sci-fi classic B-movies. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google Podcasts , St...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 8Ep. 338
When the lunatics run the asylum there is one thing you should never do. Don't Look in the Basement! This week Invasion of the Remake dares to look in the basement to reveal its secrets, to reveal its horrors, and to give our own take on what a remake might look like with our own fantasy casting. Don't miss the final week of Don't April! Spoiler Warning: Bonus review of Don't Look in the Basement 2 Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 8Ep. 337
Ghosts from a film from the past haunt a production crew of a new movie in the present in Don't Look Up (1996 vs 2009). Before Ringu, before Ju-on: The Grudge, before Dark Water there was Joyû-rei (aka Don't Look Up / Ghost Actress, 1996) by director Hideo Nakata. Nakata would cut his teeth on Joyû-rei laying the groundwork for the the J-horror master he would later become. Join us as we compare the original J-horror to the US remake by Fruit Chan and remember...Don't Look Up! Support independen...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 8Ep. 336
A serial killer is on the prowl in Don't Answer the Phone (1980) and a pair of homicide detectives are trying to stop him before he kills again. Don't Answer the Phone is a low budget, exploitation, video nasty with few redeeming qualities. Surely Invasion of the Remake can make it better in week 2 of Don't April! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , PlayerFM , Tune ...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 8Ep. 335
We begin Don't April with creepy crawlers from under the fireplace that want to eat your teeth. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, the film title tells us, but that seem to be a good reason to be afraid. Join us behind the couch as we compare the 1973 television film to the 2010 theatrical remake. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , PlayerFM , Tune In Radio , PodChaser, A...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 334
A witch and her father curse the Wooley family for over 200 years to bad, loveless marriages until their souls are finally freed to make the current Wooley, Wallace, suffer even more in I Married a Witch (1942). This week IOTR has been challenged to remake this classic Veronica Lake comedy by one of our listeners along with our own, unique, fantasy castings. Listen or be cursed! Promo: Ignorance Was Bliss Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 8Ep. 333
An assassin known only as The Jackal is hired to kill President Charles de Gaulle of France in The Day of the the Jackal (1973) while investigators try to beat the clock and find him before the Jackal does the unthinkable. Bruce Willis, Richard Gere and Sidney Poitier star in a modern remake in a United States setting where the FBI takes on an unlikely ally to find the assassin in The Jackal (1997). Join us as we target The Day of the Jackal and the remake The Jackal in a comparison that will le...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 8Ep. 332
This week Invasion of the Remake pays tribute to the legendary Canadian director, producer, and filmmaker, Ivan Reitman. Ivan Reitman changed the face of Canadian cinema before conquering Hollywood and doing the same there. It's safe to say movies might look quite different today without Ivan Reitman. Join the IOTR crew as we recount the films that defined a generation, what those films meant to us, and the legacy that Ivan Reitman has left behind. Support independent podcasts like ours by telli...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 8Ep. 331
What you might want, may not be what you need. With a little of The Luck of the Irish (1948), and the help of a leprechaun, Tyrone Power may find the path to happiness in this classic romantic comedy. Join Invasion of the Remake for another fan challenge as we remake The Luck of the Irish complete with our own unique fantasy casting! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google Podcasts , Stitche...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 8Ep. 330
Welcome to Nightmare Alley where your dreams can take you straight to the top. But be careful not to climb to high or your fall can be much greater. Invasion of the Remake goes to the big top as we compare the classic Tyrone Power film-noir to the new Guillermo del Toro version. The Tarot cards point to another great 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 , Spotify , Google ...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 8Ep. 329
A vacuous teenage cheerleader is thrust into the role of the "chosen one" forcing her to take responsibility to save the world from vampires instead of going shopping. This week Invasion of the Remake takes a look at Buffy the Vampire Slayer's meager beginnings before she became a television icon and brainstorm what a remake of her origin story might look like complete with our own fantasy casting! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 8Ep. 328
Adjusting to a world you could never see before is one thing, seeing the ghosts that reside within it is quite another. Join Invasion of the Remake as we take a look at the original Hong Kong horror film The Eye (2002) and compare it to the American remake starring Jessica Alba. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , PlayerFM , Tune In Radio , PodChaser, Amazon Music ,...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 8Ep. 327
A retired rock star wants to have one last epic concert that will blow your mind, in Rock & Rule (1983), by raising a demon. But he needs a special voice to open the portal to raise the demon and only a young rock band can stop him with "one voice, one heart, one song". Join IOTR as we take a Canadian animated treasure and remake it as a live action film complete with fantasy casting! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Appl...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 8Ep. 326
You will find all sorts of things in The Old Dark House, a mystery, crazy lunatics, and murder or two, just to name a few. Enter into this manor of madness with us as we discuss the classic 1932 horror, comedy by James Whale starring Boris Karloff and the 1962 remake by director William Castle. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , PlayerFM , Tune In Radio , PodChaser...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 8Ep. 325
Robin Williams stars as a photo clerk obsessed with a family who he believes has the idyllic life he has always wanted. Things get dark in One Hour Photo (2002) as his obsession opens the door to terror. This week Invasion of the Remake has the impossible task of re-imagining a masterpiece. Join us as we discuss and analyze One Hour Photo as well as remake it with our own unique fantasy casting. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places li...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 8Ep. 324
Thomas Crown is a bored rich guy looking for adventure and plans the heist of the century. When an attractive insurance investigator suspects him, his plans unravel to reveal his weakness...his heart. This week Invasion of the Remake discuss the classic Steve McQueen & Faye Dunaway romantic heist film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) by the legendary director Norman Jewison and compare it to the John McTiernan 1999 remake starring Pierce Brosnan & Rene Russo. Support independent podcasts l...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 8Ep. 323
A cyborg, a sexy scientist, a ninja, a roguish hero and a droid team-up to take down an evil industrialist who wants to become the new Cesar of ancient Rome in Eliminators (1986). No, we didn't make this up. This is indeed a real movie that liberally steals from every popular action genre of the 1980s. Can IOTR reinvent Eliminators and make it even more insane? Of course we can! Don't miss this weeks Invasion of the Remake! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and famil...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 8Ep. 322
Welcome back to the IOTR Drive-In where we feature the best of the bad, the grimiest of the grindhouse, the most horrible of horrors, and the most tantalizing of exploitation films ever made as Cult Movie Trailer A-Go-Go returns with Shock & Awe! 00:00:00 The Burning (1981) 00:02:38 MPAA Ratings System Explained from This Film Not Yet Rated (2006) 00:04:24 Don't Look In The Basement (1973) 00:06:27 Don't Look In The Basement 2 (2015) 00:08:32 Don't Go In The Woods (1981) 00:09:38 Don't Answe...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 18 min
This is not a clip show! Sort of. For this holiday season we present to you rare segments that were produced for our podcast friends over the years. Shows like Flicks XRayed, Bad Reception, 2 Girls on a Bench, All The Horror and many more. Plus Trish's unedited rant on Sky Sharks! Sit back, grab some eggnog, and enjoy some of our favourite segments that have never been heard on Invasion of the Remake. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at pla...
Dec 28, 2021•50 min•Season 7Ep. 321
A young man forms a relationship with the girlfriend of a notorious gang leader who is set on killing him in Tuff Turf (1985). Part Warriors, part Footloose, part John Hughes movie, Tuff Turf blends 80s film genres into one of the best good/bad movies of the decade. And it stars James Spader and Robert Downey Jr.! Join IOTR as we remake Tuff Turf complete with fantasy casting. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, ...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 7Ep. 320
It is said that every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings. In this episode a man, a woman, and a frog discover how empty the world might be without them. Thanks to angelic intervention at Christmas they learn how richer the world is with them in it. This week Invasion of the Remake looks at three versions of a holiday classic with It's a Wonderful Life vs. It Happened One Christmas vs. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 7Ep. 319
Two families, down on their luck, get help from the most unlikely of places...a squirrel named Rupert. Yes, Invasion of the Remake has finally gone nuts, and only we would try to remake a movie about a bushy tailed rodent. Join us as we remake The Great Rupert (1950). Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , PlayerFM , Tune In Radio , PodChaser, Amazon Music , Audible, L...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 318
It's time to cut loose with Footloose (1984 vs 2011) on this weeks IOTR. The teens rebel in a small town where it's illegal to dance, but not even the law can stop the beat. Join IOTR as we get our dance on to compare the original Footloose to the remake. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , PlayerFM , Tune In Radio , PodChaser, Amazon Music , Audible, Libsyn , iHear...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 7Ep. 317
Welcome to part two of Invasion of the Remake's annual horror movie challenge in which each host watched 31 movies over the 31 days of October which we have never seen before. Which ones will make you jump in terror and which ones will make your eyes bleed? We'll spill our guts on the good and bad in our conclusion to 31 Days of Horror! Sam's List: 17. Borgman (2013, Netherlands), 18. Idila aka Idyll aka Killbillies (2015, Slovenia), 19. Horsehead (2014, France), 20. The Wolf House (2018, Chile)...
Nov 23, 2021•2 hr 16 min•Season 7Ep. 316
Welcome to part one of Invasion of the Remake's annual horror movie challenge in which each host watched 31 movies over the 31 days of October which we have never seen before. Which ones will make you jump in terror and which ones will make your eyes bleed? We'll spill our guts on the good and bad of 31 Days of Horror! Sam's List: 1. Open 24 Hours (2018, Canada), 2. The Monster Project (2017, US), 3. Bunnyman Massacre (2014, US), 4. I Am Lisa (2020, US), 5. The Man in the Orange Jacket (2014, La...
Nov 16, 2021•2 hr 20 min•Season 7Ep. 315
It can be hard to be brave in the face of danger, and people, and air and...well everything if you are Don Knotts in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966). It's up to this nervous wreck to solve a mysterious haunting while finding his own bravery to move on in his own life. Not even a trembling karate chop will stop Invasion of the Remake from recasting, reworking and ultimately remaking The Ghost and Mr. Chicken! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find u...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 7Ep. 314
