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 make up its mind about what it wants to be (45:35-1:52), we play a game of Real or F...

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 59:50 - spoilers start at 1:19 - 2:12), and then we bring you our all import and super r...

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 Phantom of the Park and whatever the hell it was trying to do (feature discussion star...

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's Halloween Special and 1992's Ghostwatch (1:22-2:45), and then Paul has the guys cre...

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 standard in story telling and art (Feature Presentation starts at 1:07) and then Steve...

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 meets other girls that have been placed there and soon suspects not all is what is see...

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 starts at 46:30) and then we play another round of Box Office Barometer (game starts at 2...

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 adaptation (Feature Presentation starts at 1:27:32), and then Richard challenges me to ...

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 right and (mostly) gets wrong, and how best to translate a ride to film. Then we bri...

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, there is a large group holding the city of Chicago hostage with no one getting in or ou...

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, odd editing choices, and robs Ice Cube of his ability to act. Tuck in., it's going ...

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 you can probably guess the answer. So enjoy the conversation about a film that shoul...

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 into the story of Poet, the last of 113 'Specials' and how their existence changed t...

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 became so much larger than the game (1:21-2:45), and I challenge Trevor to a Pop Culture H...