Why is a raven like a writing desk? Lewis Caroll never intended the riddle to be answered. Alice in Wonderland is wonderful nonsense brought to the silver screen by Walt Disney in 1951 in a beautifully animated classic that we all still associate with the story. Tim Burton brings his own visual flair in his 2010 version that serves as both a remake and sequel to the original film and novel. Fall down the rabbit hole with us as we have a tea party and talk about Alice in Wonderland! Support indep...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Season 9Ep. 398
With the help of his companions, a dwarf, an elf, a sorceress, and a giant, Hawk must save a nun who has been taken hostage by his evil brother, Voltan. It is swords and sorcery this week on Invasion of the Remake as we rethink, recast, and remake the British fantasy film Hawk the Slayer (1980). 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 , PodChase...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 9Ep. 397
This week Invasion of the Remake breaks down the ongoing WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes. We examine why they are on strike, what the unions are asking for, and what it might mean for the future of film and television. Audio clips from Youtube feature Adam Conover, Vin Diesel, Bob Iger, Sean Gunn, and Ron Pearlman. Note: There is a glitch that affects the audio at the 8:00 minute mark that last roughly 3:30 minutes to the 11:30 mark before returning to normal. Everything is audible but the quality f...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 9Ep. 396
The children of a small town form a cult and kill everyone over the age of 18 in honour of an entity known as He Who Walks Behind The Rows in Stephen King's Children of the Corn (1984 vs 2009 vs 2020). Join us as we traumatize Trish with 3 creepy kids movies 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 , PlayerFM , Tune In Radio , PodChas...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 9Ep. 395
A cop is drawn into an investigation of what seems to be unrelated, unpremeditated murders, but when each suspect is questioned, they all respond with "God told me to", leading him to a much bigger mystery in Larry Cohen's God Told Me To (1976, aka Demon). This week we explore God Told Me To and it's complex themes of faith and the horrors done in the name of a higher power, all wrapped up in a cop, thriller, sci-fi, horror flick like no other. Join us as we remake God Told Me To! Support indepe...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 9Ep. 394
In a time of gladiators in ancient Rome, a group of female slaves become gladiatrices and form an alliance to lead others into rebellion in The Arena (1974 vs 2001). Join IOTR as we compare two Roger Corman produced exploitation gladiator films and weave a tale of lost opportunities and cinematic crime cover-ups. All will be revealed in 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 , G...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 9Ep. 393
Dee Dee must choose a life with her gang leader boyfriend or a life among the stars in this musical, sci-fi, comedy that includes aliens, a chainsaw wielding slasher, and a mutant tentacle monster that threatens to destroy the town of Spielberg in Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984). This is the kind of weird that can only come from a fan challenge and I.O.T.R. is up to the task. Join us as we remake a forgotten 80's gem, Voyage of the Rock Aliens! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling ...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 9Ep. 392
Kowalski delivers cars at a break neck pace, attracting the attention of the police across state lines in a white Dodge Challenger in the surreal, existentialist car chase film Vanishing Point (1971 vs. 1997). Join Invasion of the Remake on the open road as we compare the original film to the television remake and discover what is the Vanishing Point! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google ...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 9Ep. 391
Two elderly twin Aunts get possessed by demons during a family gathering to celebrate their birthdays, only to begin eating their greedy heirs. Jason let's the lunatics run the asylum with Trish's birthday pick Rabid Grannies (1988). Join us as we try to remake this insane Troma film complete with our own 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 , Stitcher , PlayerFM...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 9Ep. 390
It's time for the Prom and the most popular kid in school is going to take the least popular and make them Prom King or Queen in She's All That (1999) vs He's All That (2022). Which film is going to win this prom night dance off and which movie will get deleted from your Netflix cue? It's the battle of the teen romantic comedies 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 , S...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 9Ep. 389
A man on the run from the law takes refuge on a movie set as a stunt man, but will the director make the next stunt his last? This week Jason and Sam gush over the Peter O'Toole classic The Stunt Man (1980) and attempt to give it a fresh coat of paint and revive it for a new generation of film lovers. 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 , Po...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 9Ep. 388
IOTR returns to the slumber party for a rare opportunity to compare Slumber Party Massacre (1982) to the 2021 remake, but our loyal Invaders might remember we also did a fantasy remake in episode 174. Did the remake take our advice or will it be slaughtered by the Driller Killer? Find out in this weeks episode! 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 ...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 9Ep. 387
A squad of beautiful government agents try to stop evil saboteurs and terrorists before they can unleash a devastating plan to unleash a deadly plague on the citizens of the world in The Doll Squad (1973). IOTR investigates sexy super spies of the 1970s with a movie that inspired Charlie's Angels. Join us as we recast this spysploitation flick and remake The Doll Squad for a whole new generation. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places l...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 9Ep. 386
Not everyone is cut out to be a cowboy. Bob Hope heads west only to get abruptly married and pulled into a mission to stop a gun smuggling operation in The Paleface (1948). Don Knotts' nervous disposition in The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) makes him even less suited to be in the wild west. Join IOTR as we discuss these two classic parody western films and see who is the shakiest gun in the west! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at place...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 9Ep. 385
Invasion of the Remake goes to the Calgary Expo to remake the most infamous Batman film of them all, Batman & Robin (1997) with a live audience. This film is loaded with great comic book characters like Mr. Freeze, Posion Ivy, Bane and Batgirl. It is full of potential it fails to deliver on. Join IOTR and our Calgary Expo audience as we remake & recast Batman & Robin. Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcast...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 9Ep. 384
The Shop is looking to reclaim their experiments in Vicky, a telekinetic, and Andy, a telepath, and lay claim to their very powerful pyrokinetic daughter, Charlie in Firestarter. IOTR lights a fire on the Stephen King classic 1984 film starring Drew Barrymore and the 2022 remake. Which will survive and which will burn on this weeks 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 , Goo...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 9Ep. 383
A cop who doesn't play by the book, his partner has multiple personality disorder, and powerful criminals who are looking for Hitler's porn tape. Just another week on Invasion of the Remake. Join IOTR as we remake the action, comedy Loose Cannons (1990) starring Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, and Dom DeLuise along 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 Podca...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 9Ep. 382
Beth investigates her sister's apparent suicide and poses as a student at an all girls private school where she finds herself battling a Satanic cult. IOTR delves into television as we explore one of ABC's most popular movies of the week of the 1970's, Satan's School for Girls, and the Shannen Doherty TV 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...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 9Ep. 381
A psychopathic, hermaphroditic, gang leader, Velvet Von Ragnar (Gene Simmons), threatens a devious terrorist attack and has already killed the super spy sent to stop him. Lance Stargrove (John Stamos) must team with his father's sexy partner Danja Deering (Vanity) to stop Ragnar before it is to late in Never to Young to Die (1986)! Join IOTR as we talk about this insane movie and remake it with our own unique fantasy casting! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and fam...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 9Ep. 380
This week Invasion of the Remake spotlights one of the most prolific film makers of any generation, writer, director, cinematographer, actor, producer, and living legend, Alan Smithee! The Invaders watched several of Smithee's films and review them along with a look at the highs and lows of the life and times of Alan Smithee. Films featured on this weeks episode: Student Bodies (1981), Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), A River Made to Drown In (1997), Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987), Appointment...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 9Ep. 379
Howard Graham has been targeted for death, to escape the assassins he has be put on a boat to travel home, but the very assassins he is trying to escape are on the boat with him. This week IOTR compares the film-noir classic Journey Into Fear (1943) starring Orson Welles to the 1975 remake featuring Vincent Price and Donald Pleasence. Don't miss Invasion of the Remake's Journey Into Fear! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Appl...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 9Ep. 378
When Margaret's sister is kidnapped she turns to Jake Speed (1986) to rescue her, but is he just a clever con man or a real life pulp hero? Invasion of the Remake comes to the rescue as we explore this obscure action, adventure film and 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 like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , PlayerFM , Tune In Radio , PodChaser, Amazon Mus...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 9Ep. 377
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends. Join IOTR are we time travel into the 80s to compare the original Valley Girl (1983), starring Nicolas Cage, to the 2020 musical 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 , PlayerF...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 9Ep. 376
A series of small town deaths, confused as plague, draws an unwitting couple into the mystery of The Reptile (1966). Join Invasion of the Remake podcast for another fan challenge to recreate this forgotten Hammer Horror creature feature complete with our own unique fantasy casting! You don't want to miss this one! 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 ...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 9Ep. 375
A prank gone wrong begins a revenge spree of death on the Terror Train (1980 vs 2022). Invasion of the Remake plays a game of misdirection and illusion as we explore the Jamie Lee Curtis horror classic Terror Train and compare it to the 2022 remake. Bonus reviews of Terror Train 2 (2022) and Train (2008) all 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 Podcasts , Stitcher ...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 9Ep. 374
All is not what it seems with the crash of Flight 35, and Invasion of the Remake will help you solve this 1000 year mystery as we explore and remake the science fiction classic Millennium (1989) starring Chris Kristofferson and Cheryl Ladd for a new generation. 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 ,...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 9Ep. 373
It's time to hit the highway for a murder mystery that will bend your sense of reality with The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970 vs. 2015). Join Invasion of the Remake as we compare the original film starring Samantha Eggar to the French remake starring Freya Mavor in a road trip that will blow your mind! 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 , Tu...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 9Ep. 372
"Would you be shocked to find out the greatest moment in human history may not have happened at all?" Invasion of the Remake investigates the first manned flight to Mars in Peter Hyams' Capricorn One (1977). All is not well as corporate greed puts the mission and the entire space program at risk and an unthinkable plan is hatched to save the program from being scrapped entirely. Political machinations, conspiracy theories, and dreams of exploring the unknown are all challenged in this thriller w...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 9Ep. 371
Teen angst comes with a body count in the black comedy, Heathers (1988). Veronica is trying to find her place in the world and finds herself among the mean girls clique called The Heathers. But when bad boy J.D. comes into her life things get a whole lot worse. Join Invasion of the Remake as we compare the cult classic Heathers to the 2022 musical hit remake! Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , Spotify ,...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 9Ep. 370
This week Invasion of the Remake presents part 2 of the late, but great 31 Days of Horror 2022 challenge, in which the hosts watched 31 horror films that they have never seen before over the 31 days of October (yeah, we know it's January now, things happen). In part 2 we present Jason, Sam and Trish's final 15 films from October including their personal ratings on each film. Trish's Picks: Black Phone (2022, US) Pearl (2022, US/Canada/New Zealand) Hell Hole (2022, Poland) The Perfection (2019, U...
Jan 24, 2023•2 hr 5 min•Season 9Ep. 369
