Just some unfinished business involving, Steve, Metallica, and the insanity that is Chicago.द्वारा Invasion Of The Podcast

This week I am joined by Jeff of The Skewered Universe Podcast and Tales from the Podcast, El Goro of The Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, and Terry of Strange Highways to talk about what we have been watching recently (Start of show till 35:44) a trio of silly secret stories (35:44-45:35), discuss 2015's Tomorrowland and what happens when a film can't…

This week we are joined by Nathaniel of At the Devil's Ball and Terry of Strange Highways as we close out 2023 with a roundtable discussion of such topics as the decline of physical media, the writers and actors strikes, Marvel's messy phase 5, and favorite films watched.द्वारा Invasion Of The Podcast

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, He-Man is looking for a new home, we say goodbye to Roger Kastel, the man behind the Jaws poster, someone is willing to pay $2000.00 to watch Hallmark holiday films (news starts at 34:15-59:50), we then talk about Disney+'s Loki Season 2 and if the MCU is being spread to thin between TV and films (starts at 59:…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, I am joined by Terry of Strange Highways, Richard of being my side piece when Steve is not around, Dynamo Marz of the Force Insensitive Podcast, and the El Goro of Talk Without Rhythm to celebrate Halloween with a trio of spooky stories (news starts at 26:04), discuss the 1978 made for TV film Kiss meets the Ph…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we are once again joined by Nathaniel of At The Devil's Ball as we talk about Steve's trip out west for Halloween 45, Miramax wanting to make a shared Halloween universe, the passing of comic creator Keith Giffen (news starts at 3:53), and we talk about a few 'live' Halloween broadcast specials with 2013's WNUF'…

This episode of the Invasion of the Podcast, Steve is back from his vision quest and we eventually talk about Paranormal Activity becoming a stage play, and a woman gets a very strange Amazon order she did not place (News starts at 50 minutes), we then talk about Alex Ross and Mark Waid's 1996 DC comic series Kingdom Come and how it has set a new s…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined once again by one half of At the Devil's Ball, Sammael, to finish the journey through The Year(s) of Carpenter with his final film, 2010's The Ward. When a young woman is found in the wake of an apparent act of arson, she is brought to a mental hospital for treatment she is not asking for. She then m…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by special guest and long time friend Pat as we talk about his experiences in film making and what changes and challenges has he seen over the years, then we discuss 1987's The Hidden and how an overlooked sci-fi film has a lot more going on under the hood than you would think (film conversation star…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by friend of the show Richard as we talk about the return of Amicus, grand theft porch, adults being excited for buckets (News starts at 26:00), then we do a compare and contrast of the 1990 film Graveyard Shift and Stephen King's short story of the same name and what makes for a good page to film ad…

I am joined again by El Goro of The Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to finish our 3 part conversation about J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars. We move ahead another 20 years and see where the world is now with the Specials taking it upon themselves to change the world for the better, even though some don't see it that way...…

This week I am joined by Jeff from The Skewered Universe Podcast and Tales from Podcast to talk about the Peacock Series Twisted Metal (Conversation starts at 36:31) and how does such a crazy idea for a video game actually work pretty well for a live action TV series. I then challenge Jeff to create his own Twist Metal combat vehicle (Game starts a…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we continue the Year of Carpenter by looking at both of his Masters of Horror entries. First up is the conversation Terry and I had on our show Strange Highways in 2021 about Cigarette Burns. Then I had Terry on to discuss the second episode, Pro-Life (Starts at 1:18). One is considered a return to form and and …

This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by my wife Mary as we talk about all things Disney's The Haunted Mansion. We get into the some of the history of attraction, why it is still appealing to guests 50 plus years later, and the first attempt at a live action adaptation with the 2003 Eddie Murphy led film. We talk about what the film gets…

This week I am joined again by El Goro of The Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to discuss part 2 of our 3 part exploration of J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars. We pick up the story 10 years after the end of the previous volume to find a world trying to live with and around the remaining Specials. Most of them just want to be left alone, however, th…

This week I am joined by both halves of At the Devil's Ball, Nathaniel and Sammaeal, to look at John Carpenter's second to last film, 2001's Ghosts of Mars. An ancient force has been awakened in a mining colony on Mars that causes people to mutilate themselves and attack anyone not affected. Also, it mysteriously causes flashbacks during flashbacks…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, I am joined by the other half of At the Devil's Ball, Sammaeal, to take a trip back to our Year of Cannon and talk about 1985's Lifeforce. Can Tobe Hooper, fresh off the success/complications of Poltergeist take the novel Space Vampires and turn it into a $100 million block buster? This is the Year of Canon, so…

This week I am joined by the always great El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast as we start a three part exploration of J. Michael Straczynski's comic series Rising Stars. First we set the stage talking about Straczynski himself and where he was at in his already successful career prior to breaking into the world of comics writing. Then we dig…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by Trevor, host of the Theater of War Podcast to talk about his time in the Marines and his interest in war films, Terrifier 3 is coming whether we like it or not (News starts at 48:17-1:21), and then discuss the 2004 film Miracle about the 1980 US Men's Olympic hockey team's journey and how it becam…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast I am joined by Nathaniel of At the Devil's Ball to talk about live action remakes of animated films, a flurry of secret stories (News at 16:40-46:30), we then revisit the ground breaking film Sin City and talk about how much of it holds up (and what doesn't) after 18 years (46:30-1:54), and then we play a game o…

This week I am joined by friend and co-host of the Strange Highways podcast, Terry, as we exit the 20th century with Carpenter's last film of the 1990's, Vampires. Is his blend of horror and western successful or does it bite? (Film discussion starts at 47:00-2:19). Also, I provide a follow up regarding last week's Wheel of Death Challenge, and tal…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, friend of the show Richard helps talk about how Florida is being the Florida of everything, a flurry of Secret Stories (News 35:00-1:19), the recently released documentary Chop & Steele and how absurdity is a double edged sword (1:19-2:26), and Paul gets thrown under the Wheel of Death™ once more (2:26-End).…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, the writers' strike delays the rebellion, Zack Snyder thinks you just didn't get it, a high school has a critter problem (News: 36:00-1:25), we discuss Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (spoilers) and how James Gunn wraps up his trilogy of wonderful weirdos (1:25-2:36) and Paul takes Steve to Vacation Bible School…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we continue on with the Year of Carpenter by looking at his only sequel, 1996's Escape from L.A. Snake is back and faces the challenges of rogue surfers, plastic surgery monsters, and a limited CGI budget. Will Carpenter get his groove back with a return to a franchise he created? (film conversation starts at 45…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve gives his review of Metallica's 72 Seasons, films are becoming TV shows... again, there's a hecking chonker in Virginia, a man sets a record that no one should care about (News 47:38-1:26), we finish our impromptu Red Boi Spring by looking at the bleak War War III what if of 1984's Red Dawn and debate if …

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we break format to have a roundtable discussion about Rocky IV and how it crystalized into a moment bigger than it just being a boxing film. We are joined by Terry of the Strange Highways, Nathaniel Jonsson of At The Devil's Ball and El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast. After listening to this you will wa…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve talks about his adventurous weekend, we speculate about what was going to be announced at Star War Celebration, parents ruining an egg hunt for kids, a train derailment that will put a tear in Steve's eye (34:06-1:28:12), we talk about the 2023 film Tetris and the impact of such a simple game has had on t…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, you can buy a piece of MTV history, two bandits make off with a really large spoon, and science creates a Wooly Mammoth meatball (news starts at 28 minutes), we take a look at 1986's Spider-Man versus Wolverine, a one shot tale bringing two very different characters together and their attempt at teamwork that d…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we continue on with The Year of Carpenter with 1995's Village of the Damned (discussion starts at 1:16). A remake of a sci-fi classic that is being funded by Universal. What could possibly go wrong? Why did we just black out for 8 hours? Why are those children staring at us?…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we talk briefly about The Last of Us (no spoilers), a bear full of cocaine (no spoilers), (0:49) Ben Affleck is not interested in directing a DCU movie under James Gunn, BW3 gets sued over misrepresentation over 'boneless' wings, odd objects were found in sofas and shallow water, we talk about the Scream franch…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we talk about our weekend playdate (00:00-39:30), Star Trek is at a crossroads with their streaming offerings and theatrical output, there sure are a lot of Ghostfaces running around right now, we learn which words have been officially added to the dictionary (39:30-1:33) we talk about 2013's Pacific Rim and if …

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve talks about his travels out to Vegas and Paul talks about his travels to his living room (:00-1:20), Warners wants to make many more Lord of the Rings movies, AI generated images and stories are gunking up the works, someone paid a lot of money for an old smartphone (1:20-2:03), we talk about the 30th ann…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we talk about The Last of Us and how it is working so far, someone paid a lot of money for Han Solo's blaster, Paul has a daughter he didn't know about, a cat shelter is letting you name a litterbox after your ex, we talk about 2022's Skinamarink (spoilers? conversation starts at 1:04, ends at 2:05), and Steven…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we are joined once again by the mighty El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast and talk about The Simpsons going (at least) 36 seasons, Disney folk sure are weird about what they collect, would you eat cheese at night for $1,000.00? and we kick of a new monthly segment on the show in which we talk about comic…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we kick off Year 2 of our Year of Carpenter (one of us didn't really think this one out) with our friends Sammaeal and Nathaniel from At the Devil's Ball to talk about the made for cable anthology film, Body Bags. After the frustrations of making his last film, can Carpenter find some joy in getting back to gor…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, HBOmax is now asking for more money after taking away content, John Carpenter has a few choice words about Chevy Chase, Canadian 911 calls are no joke, to celebrate Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th, we talk about Part VI: Jason Lives and how it is the bridge between two eras of the franchise, and Steve challe…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, we catch up about our holiday break, Them is getting a re-make, how close should you stick to the source material when changing mediums, some firefighters had a very buttery night, we talk about Clerks III (heavy spoilers, 1:25-2:46) and are thankful Kevin Smith still has something to say and can still make us …

This week on Invasion of the Podcast we are wrapping up 2022 by taking a look back on it. We are joined by special guests Sammaeal and Nathaniel of At The Devil's Ball, Terry of Strange Highways, and El Goro of Talk Without Rhythm and discuss the end of Marvel's Phase 4, the remains of the Snyderverse, Star Wars and Star Trek branching out in diffe…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Henry Cavill is Superman no more, Greg Capullo is coming back to Marvel, we talk about one of the saddest stories of 2022, we discuss 1974's Black Christmas and how it was one of the first slasher films and how some of its ideas and themes still resonate today, and Steve gives Paul a test to determine if he has…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast Steve recounts his time at GalaxyCon Columbus, we briefly talk about Star Wars: Andor (very minor spoilers: starts at 42:00 ends at 54:30), The DCU is getting some major changes, another person is attempting to conquer The Dark Tower, a very odd theft occurred in Germany, we take a look at 1985's Better Off Dead…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, the Year of Carpenter turns towards a film of two minds with 1992's Memoirs of an Invisible Man. What started out as a promising collaboration between John Carpenter and Chevy Chase turns into a battle over tone and control in which never neither party seemed satisfied with. Looking back 30 years later, does an…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast Steve cracks the case of Paul spending too much money of chicken nuggets, Disney+'s Echo series will lead into Daredevil: Born Again, you are going to have pay extra if you want death animations, an idiot tries to smuggle a cat onto an airplane, we talk about 2021's Black Friday and how horror comedy needs a spe…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve gives a review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (very tiny spoiler warning, like Ant-Man tiny), Blumhouse and Atomic Monster are shacking up together, Albert Pyun is in his last days, a candy company doesn't really do a very sweet thing after a lost check for 4.8 million is recovered, we celebrate the li…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast the comics world mourns the loss of two more artists, Halloween Ends helped people remember Peacock, James Gunn has a 10 year plan for the DCU, we talk to filmmaker Henrique Couto about his 2014 movie Awkward Thanksgiving and the ins and outs of what it takes to be successful in independent cinema (interview sta…

This week we continue on with the Year of Carpenter with his most politically charged film in 1988's They Live. Carpenter has a lot to say but not a lot of budget. What he does have is smart casting, a crackling screenplay, and a 5 minute brawl between Roddy Piper and Keith David. OBEY. CONSUME THIS EPISODE. They Live conversation starts at 1:01.…

This week Superman is back but which one, a city is asked to take down their 'offensive' scarecrow, the McRib is back... for now, we talk about the divisive film Halloween Ends and it's placement in the most recent trilogy and Steve has Paul take a Halloween exit interview.द्वारा Invasion Of The Podcast

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Steve was called away by the Steve Signal to save the city, so Richard stepped in heroically in his absence. We talk about Paul surviving the 12 Hours of Terror, some Shudder documentary love, People are trying to change the end of Halloween Ends, Netflix still wants you to binge, there was an actual snake on a…

This week on Invasion of the Podcast, Nancy wants to go back to Elm Street, there's a big stink in Utah, a bull does bull things, we talk about 2022's Hellraiser and if a different direction is the right way to refresh a franchise, and Paul has Steve play a Halloween version of F**k, Marry, or Kill.द्वारा Invasion Of The Podcast

This week on Invasion of the Podcast there is some pre-news talk about lower budget film making (and a spoiler free mini-review of Rob Zombie's Munsters), McDonald's is bring back the Boo Buckets so all of the adults can fight over them, a Steve sighting was seen in California, and completely unrelated to that story it's Fat Bear Week, we start off…

This week we are joined again by El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to continue one with our Year of Carpenter journey talking about 1987's Prince of Darkness. After some disappointing big budget box office failures, Carpenter returns to his lower budget horror roots with a film that has a lot to say about faith versus science, the nature o…