Episode 331 Spotlight on Ivan Reitman
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.
Episode 332 Day of the Jackal (1973) vs The Jackal (1997)
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 leave only one movie standing!
Episode 333 Remaking I Married a Witch (1942)
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
Episode 334 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973 vs 2010)
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.
Episode 335 Remaking Don't Answer the Phone (1980)
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!
Episode 336 Don't Look Up (1996 Vs 2009)
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!
Episode 337 Remaking Don't Look in the Basement (1973)
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
Episode 338 Cat-Women of the Moon (1953) vs Missile to the Moon (1958)
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.
Episode 339 Remaking Liquid Sky (1982)
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.
Episode 340 Get Carter (1971) vs. Hit Man (1972) vs. Get Carter (2000)
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!