Invasion of the Remake

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 t...

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 Wa...

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 pod...

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...

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 b...

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 , Stitche...

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...

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 Unforgi...

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 Sh...

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...

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...

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....

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 th...

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://...

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 telli...

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...

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...

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 , G...

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 frie...

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...

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 t...

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 fin...

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 App...

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 W...

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...