Invasion of the Remake

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 f...

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...

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 th...

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 jo...

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...

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 loo...

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 n...

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, rec...

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 Invasio...

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 dis...

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...

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 Di...

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 d...

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 c...

Her husband, Doc McCoy, is in jail and she'll do the unthinkable to get him out. A heist gone wrong and a terrible secret revealed bring the McCoys to the brink. This is The Getaway. The original film (1972) directed by Sam Peckinpah brings the Jim Thompson novel to the big screen for the first time starring Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, and Slim Pickens. D...

The god monster of Mayan myth, Quetzlcoatl, has taken up residence in New York and only David Carradine and Michael Moriarty can unlock the secrets of this winged serpent to stop it from making all of New York its food. From writer/director Larry Cohen comes the action, horror, comedy creature feature Q (aka The Winged Serpent, 1982). Join Invasion of the Remake as we take to the skies to see if w...

This week we feature the reigning scream queen, Danielle Harris! Danielle takes us from the start of her career in commercials, what scares her, and the journey into her horror career that began with Halloween 4 and wouldn't really start again until Rob Zombie's Halloween 15 years later. Join Invasion of the Remake as we throw Danielle Harris in the spotlight live from her panel at the Calgary Hor...

A secret invasion has already begun and only a 12 year old boy can save the world! This week we discuss William Cameron Menzies' sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars (1953) and the 1983 remake by master of horror Tobe Hooper. Make sure you check the back of your friends necks because they just might be Invaders from Mars!   Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how...

German soldiers have been stationed at the Keep, but an ancient evil has awoken killing more of them each night. The Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish professor to help them solve the mysteries of the Keep before more soldiers fall to this unknown force. Just before Miami Vice Michael Mann wrote & directed the World War II horror film The Keep (1983) based on the novel by F. Paul Wilson. The Ke...

Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell (1995) is a cyberpunk, anime, masterpiece that questions what makes us human. Is it the body or the soul (our ghosts)? The 2017 live action remake starring Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæ k, Takeshi Kitano , Juliette Binoche , and Michael Pitt attempts to expand on this idea. This week Invasion of the Remake explores this high tech world of cyborgs, espionage, a...

Invasion of the Remake once again enters the halls of Cannon Films, this time we re-imagine a movie that started a ninja/martial arts craze that would last for most of the 1980's, Enter the Ninja (1981). We'll stick to the shadows, striking when least expected, like a well trained ninja assassin, with a theoretical remake of Enter the Ninja!   Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your...

Alfred Hitchcock's suspense, thriller Strangers on a Train (1951) influenced quite a few movies and television episodes. It left it's mark as one of the cinematic greats. This week we compare it to one of those heavily "inspired by" films Throw Momma From the Train (1987) starring Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito. You don't want to miss this train, check out this week's Invasion of the Remake!   Sup...

A pulp novel phenomena, Remo Williams, The Destroyer first jumped out of the novels into film in 1985 by frequent James Bond director Guy Hamilton a with Fred Ward in the title roll and Joel Grey as Remo's sensei Chiun. The controversy of cultural appropriation aside, Remo Williams the Adventure Begins (1985) is a fun action, adventure, comedy film that had a lot of potential for a remake. This we...

We've been invited to Summerisle famous for their delicious apples miraculously grown on an inhospitable island and unique May Day festival. What could possibly go wrong? The Wicker Man (1973) is  considered one the finest films to ever come out of the UK. Starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt and directed by Robin Hardy. It follows a police officer wh...

The war on the cinematic remake continues and we remain ever vigilant. Our advance scouts have reported back with a list of new remakes on the horizon. From Attack on Titan to Zorro here is the A-Z of which remakes may be on their way. May God have mercy upon us all.   Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes , G...