It's back, it's late, but it is worth the wait. The 31 Days of Horror Challenge returns as our intrepid IOTR hosts watched 31 horror movies over 31 days of October that they have never seen before. We present to you the first 16 films from each host in the long awaited part 1 of 31 Days of Horror! Sam's Picks: The Demented (2013, US) Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (2022, US) Schramm (1993, Germany) Random Acts of Violence (2020, US/Canada) Hollyblood (2022, Spain) Cadaver (2020, Norway) Monster Party (2...
Jan 17, 2023•2 hr 10 min•Season 9Ep. 368
The IOTR Drive-In Theatre is now open for one last showing before they bulldoze this place into a mega-mall. We got oddball musicals beyond your imagination, nature run amuck, sleazy, sci-fi, comedies sure to titillate, horror to make you laugh, horror to make you scream, and a whole lot more! Don't forget to visit our refreshment stand during intermission. We're so glad you came to visit the IOTR Drive-In Theatre. Drive safe. 00:00:00 Psycho A Go-Go (1965) 00:03:10 Ratings Explained 00:03:50 Yo...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 16 min
While you patiently wait for our 31 Days of Horror extravaganza, Drew from the Reel Feels Podcast had to out do us by watching a staggering 150 days straight of horror. That is a tour bus of horror. So Invader Sam decided to sit down with Drew and pick his blood soaked brain about his journey of 150 Days of Horror. Follow Reel Feels Podcast on Twitter: @ReelFeelsPod Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Sp...
Dec 13, 2022•50 min
Following up from last week, Invasion of the Remake is again put to the task of defending Hudson Hawk, this time on Review it Yourself Podcast . Originally aired on the July 1st, 2022 episode of Review it Yourself "Defend it Yourself 3 - Hudson Hawk". "Sam from Invasion of the Remake podcast joins Sean to defend the much-misunderstood Bruce Willis film, Hudson Hawk (1991). -Why does the film get so much stick? -Sean compares the reception this film received with the reception which Sweeney Todd:...
Dec 06, 2022•40 min
It's another special "Invader J is moving" episode! The Invaders are sometimes blessed with being guests on other podcasts. This week we present the now classic episode 41 of season 3 of Flicks Xrayed featuring IOTR as we talk about Hudson Hawk! "Tony is joined by guests from The Invasion of the Remake Podcast, Invader "Coffee Crisp" Jason and Invader "Twix" Sam. This week we play IMDB Synopsis of Bruce Willis Movies, The Price is Right and The Flicks Awesome Lodge Word Game for the coveted prin...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 29 min
This week marks the end of our trip to Calgary Horror Con 2022 with a mix of fun from the convention floor. We begin by catching up with writer Michael McAdam to talk about his newest comic books and his first novel, Kon Lavery talks about his new novels including a Canadian slasher novel sure to please horror fans, Jason stops by the Prankzter booth, buys a mask, and creates a back story to go with it, more Joe Bob Briggs live from the Calgary Underground Film Festival , and Trish gets a tarot ...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 8Ep. 367
This week IOTR returns to Calgary Horror Con to present the NYX TV panel with producers Corrine Ferguson (Extremity, 2018) and David Bond (Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made, 2018). NYX is a Canadian (available now in the UK!) television channel giving viewers a curated genre movie experience. A prime-time lineup allows the viewer to reconnect with some of your favourite films or discover a film that you’ve never seen before. Get the inside scoop on NYX TV on this weeks episode! Learn more abo...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 8Ep. 366
Do you want to play a game? This week Shawnee Smith takes centre stage as we present her panel from Calgary Horror Con 2022. Listen to her talk about almost walking into a mirror, Saw, The Blob, Becker, her music and more on this week's Invasion of the Remake! Panel Hosts: ReAnimateHer and A Cer1al Kill3r 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 ...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 8Ep. 365
Careful what you wish for, Invasion of the Remake returns to Calgary Horror Con 2022 with the full panel of the most evil Genie ever to be found in a lamp, Andrew Divoff! Listen to this amazing storyteller talk about his journey through film and television as that bad guy you saw in that thing that one time, his gift for languages, and of course Wishmaster! Enjoy this week's episode, it will only cost you your soul! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 8Ep. 364
This week Invasion of the Remake brings you a special episode featuring Richard Brake and Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, recorded live at the Calgary Horror Con 2022 ! Richard & Jeffrey talk about Mandy, Game of Thrones, The Munsters, working with Rob Zombie and a whole lot more! It's Doom Head an Herman Munster on this week's episode! Panel Hosts: ReAnimateHer and A Cer1al Kill3r Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 8Ep. 363
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...you can't get to the water. Obvious Jaws references aside, Blood Beach (1980) brings a killer creature that sucks its victims down into its waiting maw. This week we are joined by Jim from Film Rage to help us remake and recast this grindhouse horror classic. Put on your bathing suit and come with us to the Blood Beach! Promo & Special Guest Jim from Film Rage ! Twitter: @filmrageyyc Support independent podcasts like ours by telling...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 8Ep. 362
Sometimes dead is better. This week the Invaders hike up to the Pet Sematary to resurrect Stephen King's two novel to film adaptations in a good old cat fight pitting the 1989 classic against the 2019 remake. If one doesn't make it, we'll just bury them in the pet sematary and bring them back again. What could possibly go wrong? Promo: That Love Podcast Follow them on Twitter: @ThatLovePod Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like App...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 8Ep. 361
This week the Invaders are joined by author & film critic Ryan L. Terry to talk about the cult, horror film Spookies (1986). We're not entirely sure what is happening in this movie but who needs a plot when we can re-imagine one for it. The Spookies have got us in this week's Invasion of the Remake! Follow Ryan L. Terry on Twitter: @RLTerry1 Read Ryan L. Terry's Blog: https://rlterryreelview.com/ Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at plac...
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 8Ep. 360
When you wish upon a star you think of the classic animated film Pinocchio (1940). This week Invasion of the Remake compares the original to the 2022 Disney remake in a whale of an episode. We take the strings off this conversation in a puppet battle of epic proportions! 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...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 8Ep. 359
He's an adventurer and a hero with a keen mind that no criminal can defeat, he is Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975). Based on the pulp novel and comic book character from 1933, Doc Savage jumps off the page with rippling muscles, bronzed skin and ripped shirts in a camp adventure that is so weird and bizarre that the Invaders couldn't resist trying to remake it in this week's episode. Promo: Play Comics Twitter: @playcomicscast Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends an...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 8Ep. 358
The Invaders enter the danger zone as we take to the skies and compare the Tom Cruise classic Top Gun (1986) to what some call "Top Gun with helicopters", Fire Birds (1990) starring Nicolas Cage, and then we loop back around to the mega hit Top Gun: Maverick (2022). It's a triple film dog fight on this week's 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...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 8Ep. 357
On a distant planet inhabited by mutants and scavengers, Wolff must rescue three female captives from Earth from the evil Overdog in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983). This week the Invaders venture into the Forbidden Zone with their own unique brand of storytelling to remake this cult science fiction gem complete with fantasy casting. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Goog...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 8Ep. 356
A cop must go undercover and team up with a convict to go into a restricted area of the city to shut down a nuclear bomb that is being controlled by an evil crime lord that rules the district. Trish and J are bouncing off the walls to talk about the free running film District B13 (2004) which stars parkour founder David Belle and its remake Brick Mansions (2014), the last completed film of Paul Walker. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at pl...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 8Ep. 355
A theme park employee considers jumping ship to the competition when an accident sends him backwards in time where he becomes the Black Knight (2001). Martin Lawrence stars in this fish-out-of-water comedy in which he must dig deep to find some things are worth fighting for. Join IOTR for another fan challenge to rethink, recast and remake Black Knight for a new generation. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTu...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 8Ep. 354
A resourceful man (spaceman or child) find themselves back in time in Camelot after a bump to the head in Mark Twain's timeless classic, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. This classic tale has had numerous adaptations throughout cinematic history beginning in 1921 carrying forward in cinema and on television throughout the decades. We can't possibly watch them all but we present to you four different versions on the IOTR round table. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling y...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 8Ep. 353
A resourceful American boy living in Australia discovers an Aboriginal legend of a monster living in a pond and embarks on an adventure to prove its existence. This week Invasion of the Remake goes in search of the mythical Bunyip in The Quest (1986, aka Frog Dreaming) for a fan challenge to re-imagine the fantasy, adventure film for a whole new generation. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , G...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 352
This week Invasion of the Remake brings you a special episode featuring the legend Joe Bob Briggs of The Last Drive-In and Monstervision fame, recorded live at the Calgary Horror Con 2022 ! Panel Hosts: ReAnimateHer and A Cer1al Kill3r 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 , iHeartRadio and all the b...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr•Season 8Ep. 351
It's our big 350th episode and we are going fast and furious with our celebrations. The Fast and the Furious began on the highways of Roger Corman's brain in 1954 as an escaped convict steals a Jaguar, kidnapping the owner, and enters a road race that can help him escape into Mexico. While the Universal film in 2001 is not a remake we do find some interesting similarities that may have influenced the Vin Diesel and Paul Walker film. We live our life one podcast at a time and these 110 minutes or...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Season 8Ep. 350
A man who once lived a life of violence is forced to confront his past and return to a life he had hoped to have left behind in the Oscar award winning Unforgiven (1991). This week Invasion of the Remake compares the original Clint Eastwood classic to the 2013 Japanese remake featuring Ken Watanabe. Will the remake hold up to the classic or will the audacity of remaking this western gem be Unforgiven? Promo: Good Day To Podcast Twitter: @GoodDayToPod Support independent podcasts like ours by tel...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Season 8Ep. 349
Survivors of a sinking cruise ship take refuge on an abandoned freighter only to discover that it was formerly a German WWII prison ship and that they are haunted by an evil that controls the ship. IOTR takes a cruise on the Death Ship (1980). There are showers of blood and all manner of torture devices for your vacation needs. Join us as we remake and recast this terror on the high seas, Death Ship. Promo: Cinema Recall Twitter: @cinema_recall Support independent podcasts like ours by telling y...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 8Ep. 348
This week we sent Trish on an away mission to the Okotoks Film Festival where she had two great discussions with up and coming filmmakers you should keep your eyes on. First up is Daniel Christophersen of Norway who directed the short film Swan Song , followed by 17 year old, Canadian filmmaker Jade Andrusiw talking about her short film The Things I Wish I Said But Never Did . Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, ...
Jul 05, 2022•54 min•Season 8Ep. 347
Damn it. Janet is over at Frankenstein's place watching a science fiction double feature, once in a while, dressed as a sweet transvestite. I'm going home, because the sword of Damocles is hanging over our heads as we are going to compare The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) to its television remake The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016). How many song titles did we use in that intro? Promo: Reel Feels Podcast @ReelFeelsPod on Twitter Support independent podcasts like...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 8Ep. 346
A mysterious creature's attacks results in the discovery of a large cache of uncut diamonds and an expedition is launched into a mysterious cave system. The team is unprepared for what they discover in The Phantom Empire (1988). Join Invasion of the Remake as we explore a mysterious cave, deadly cannibalistic underground dwellers, cave girls, dinosaurs, robots from outer space, and an alien Queen. The Phantom Empire is loaded with all kinds of crazy, just the way we like it. Listen in as we rema...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 8Ep. 345
Three seniors, angry at a system that has failed them, decide to rob a bank to get what they are owed and live a new adventure in their twilight years. George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg star in Going In Style (1979) and the 2017 remake also has an all-star cast with Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Arkin. Join Invasion of the Remake as we discover which set of octogenarians are the best bank robbers that are Going In Style. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your ...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 8Ep. 344
This week IOTR has enlisted the filmmakers and stars of the cult indie horror comedy Bad CGI Sharks to surprise Trish and help us re-imagine Critters (1986). The three-headed kaiju known as MaJaMa are no strangers to toothy menaces and they bring their cumulative knowledge onto the IOTR mothership for an episode full of fun, imagination and a lot of Critters! Watch MaJaMa Jams on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW1cMTdfNyaJelaCebDNnOA Buy Bad CGI Sharks merchandise at SRS Cinema Store ...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 8Ep. 343
