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While we sort out some technical difficulties and prepare a mini-saga for your enjoyment, we harken back to the time when the Video Vulture, John Tebbutt, introduced Dan and Keith to the time a Roger Corman sci-fi b-movie somehow got remade and ended up even cheaper. Join us again for It Conquered the World and Zontar, The Thing From Venus, as we explore how maybe Roger Corman did in fact have the sauce.

Grab your tommy guns and say hello to our little friend as Dan and Keith tackle the Scarfaces! Back in 1932, as prohibition was about to end but Hays Code Hollywood was about to start, Howard Hughes commissioned Scarface, a film adaptation of a novel loosely fictionalizing Al Capone's crime career. Paul Muni, the Daniel Day-Lewis of the 30s and 40s, plays Tony Camonte, a gangster with dreams bigger than his boss prefers, who rises to control Chicago's booze racket, then manages to lose it all in five minutes. Fifty-one years later, Al Pacino and Brian De Palma revisited the crime saga with a Miami twist, reimagining the lead as Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee out for money and power selling cocaine to the Americans, but makes too many enemies. The remake can add layers of crime drama and a more nuanced fall from the top, but requires nearly double the runtime to manage it. Which Scarface works best? Find out!

Things get hairy in Europe as Dan and Keith explore some American Werewolves! Back in 1981, John Landis followed up his classic comedies Animal House and Blues Brothers by blending surreal comedy with classic horror in An American Werewolf in London, where an American on holiday must grapple with a curse turning him to a killing machine three nights per month. Dan has appreciation for random comedy, and less appreciation for Keith's questioning of the lore. When the 90s hit, the Americans move to Paris, where a new crop of werewolves await, werewolf supremacists with a sweet tooth for Yanks. Where London leaned on award-winning practical effects and dry humour, Paris goes with CG werewolves and broad humour and that... well, was a choice. But are there highlights? Which character with Keith defend to the end against Dan's snark? Find out here!

Dan and Keith dive into the Girls of Steel with two takes on Supergirl! Way way back in the 1980s, low-rent producers the Salkinds took one last shot at cashing in on the Superman brand by introducing his cousin Kara, who must fight a brave battle to... prevent a witch from kissing the groundskeeper of a girls' boarding school? So that he can continue to pursue students? Oh no. Four decades and one briefly (promise) discussed six-series TV show later, DC Studios took another crack at a Supergirl movie, adapting the beloved graphic novel Woman of Tomorrow, True Grit in space as Supergirl and young Ruthye track the man who killed Ruthye's family and poisoned Kara's beloved dog Krypto. Both flopped in the theatres, but did they deserve to? And did the newest have the appropriate amount of Lobo? Find out here!

Dan and Keith head to Eternia for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe! From its humble yet apparently iconic beginnings as an 80s cartoon, some of the characters hit the big screen in 1987 with Dolph Lundgren fighting through a language barrier as He-Man while Frank Langella has a blast as his nemesis Skeletor, in a movie that managed to be extremely low-budget get still financially ruin its studio. Nearly four decades later, a new version hit the big screen (briefly), with bright colours, bold visuals, and a huge sense of fun... but is it too MUCH fun? Keith argues if it lacks weight, Dan asks if this is the One Good Jared Leto Performance, and is it possible audiences just forgot movies can be simple fun? You have the power (to find out)!

Munsi Parker-Munroe rejoins Dan and Keith to delve into the cinematic universe of "What if multiple fancy murderers were all in a place where you wouldn't expect them to all be?" In the beginning comes Smokin' Aces, a full deck of current and future stars as a variety of feds and hitmen circle the one drug-riddled informant who could bring down the last Castra Nostra boss. Violent hijinks ensue! Then future Oscar nominee Martin McDonagh gets pulled into the conversation with Seven Psychopaths, the story of a filmmaker who really doesn't want to do a violent crime flick but promised to make a movie called Seven Psychopaths so may have painted himself into a corner. And finally, a collection of colourful criminals find themselves caught in fate's web as they're all drawn to the same Bullet Train, which unexpectedly becomes a master class of set-up and payoff. Are these really all remakes of Smokin' Aces? Or has Munsi concocted a ruse to let us have some fun with some killers? Listen and find out!

Dan and Keith dive into some theoretically romantic Faustian bargains with two takes on Bedazzled! Back in the 1960s, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore riffed some bits on a man meeting the Devil until they spun it into Bedazzled, in which a quiet cook named Stanley is offered a deal by Lucifer, aka George Spiggott, and given seven wishes, seven chances to find a way to win the heart of his crush, Margaret. But George has his own agenda and finds seven ways to mess with Stanley, weird, devil's bargains are usually so uncomplicated. Three decades and change later, Hollywood tried to replace the desert-dry with a more broad style, casting Peak Era Brendan Fraser as lovelorn Elliot as Elizabeth Hurley as the scheming devil making a monkey's paw out of his attempts to forge love from rewriting his crush's very identity. Two perfect movies to watch immediately after Obsession. But which did it better? Which comedy landed better or aged worse? Find out!

Dan and Keith head beyond the veil for some Jacob's Ladder scenarios! In 1990, a biblical term and also electric desk toy becomes a thriller starring Tim Robbins and a bunch of future stars, as a Vietnam vet named Jacob gradually learns maybe he never actually made it home from the 'Nam after all. Keith has some glowing praise while Dan digs into the layers of the storytelling: what IS real? What life does he struggle to let go of? Then, nearly three decades later, a remake occurs in which an Afghanistan vet named Jacob chases a conspiracy involving his presumed dead brother, but everything in his life begins to collapse... as does any chance of following the plot or how this is a Jacob's Ladder remake. One has layers upon layers worth unpacking, one slaps a classic film title on a shaky story and hopes to cash in. Catch the breakdowns!

With a cry of "Klaatu barada nikto," Hugo Book Club founder Olav Rokne returns to help Dan and Keith break down two takes on The Day The Earth Stood Still. In the 1950s, an alien named Klaatu and his robot pal Gort arrive on Earth with a message for all for mankind... but finds it difficult to get the leaders of mankind in one room to hear it. Then we jump to the 2000s, as an all-star cast takes on a new take on Klaatu's warning to humanity, with a new message for humanity to learn before it's too late. But which message lands the best? We discuss, you listen, lest Gort come at you.

Dan and Keith hit the Amazon river for not just ANaconda, it's TWOacondas! In 1997, a handful of rising stars and also Eric Stoltz went looking for hidden indigenous tribes, only for Jon Voight, making a big choice with his accent, to hijack the expedition to find giant man-eating snakes. CG carnage ensues! Then we jump to last year, as Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Thandiwe Newton, and comedy assassin Steve Zahn head to South America for an Anaconda remake about doing an Anaconda remake. Do the laughs hit in 2025? Does anything Jon Voight is doing work in 1997? Debate ensues! Listen in!

Dan and Keith return to the Coen Brothers for tales of Ladykillers! In 1955, Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers led a gang of thieves making their home base the spare room of a doddering widow. The heist goes well, but the escape proves difficult under their landlady's eye, and dark hijinks ensue! Five decades later, the Coen Brothers took the gig of remaking it and transporting the story from England to the US deep south with Tom Hanks at the center, resulting in... nobody's favourite Coen Brothers movie. But how do they compare? Does the original hold up? Can the Coens top it? Find out!

Dan and Keith return to the Hyborian Age for two tales of the iconicly armoured redhead, Red Sonja. Back in 1985, schlock kingpin Dino De Laurentiis attempted to bring Conan the Barbarian ally (via Marvel Comics) Red Sonja to the big screen... without being able to feature or mention Conan himself. Despite talking Conan actor Arnold Schwarzenegger into a cameo that got stretched into a co-lead in post production. And its box office meant that it would be over four decades before anyone tried again, with a 2025 release that may never have seen a theatre, in which Matilda Lutz steps into the chainmail bikini to find her people and overthrow an empire, in sort of that order. How does the 80s version hold up? Is the 2025 version correctly or unfairly overlooked? Find out!

Dan, Keith, and guest Gina return to dig into the big screen version of Stephen King's It, the prequel spinoff Welcome to Derry, and more from the original novel (yes, there is still weird sex stuff left to unpack). In 2017, Andy Muschietti brought a new version of It to the big screen, one that drifted further from the source material... well, half of it, specifically the kid half, and when it proved to be a hit, the adults followed in 2019. Gina's back to compare and contrast the movies with the novel: what they kept, what they skipped, what they invented. Meanwhile Dan digs into what extra layers have been added by the prequel series Welcome to Derry, which proves the passion the Muschiettis (and Dan) have for Pennywise lore. And Keith falls between, reminding us all of the actual topic. All the evil clown discourse you could ask for! Listen in!

Dan and Keith head into the sewers of Derry, Maine to confront Stephen King's IT in all ITs current forms. Back in the 90s, IT became a very famous TV show, a two-part miniseries that tried to squeeze 1100+ pages of novel into three hours of movie with network TV standard to uphold, which meant some substantial cuts from the novel. Thankfully, guest Gina Stewart is here to walk Dan and Keith through all those cuts, and how much of it was weird sex stuff. We sort through what worked, which cast shone (and it isn't JUST Tim Curry), and what was never making it to television (including, yes, THAT scene). Join in for part one, before Pennywise is reborn for the big screen next episode!

Grab your mops and get ready to clean up this town as Dan and Keith take on the Toxic Avenger! Way way back in the 1980s, b-movie titans Troma Films accidentally created a surprisingly mainstream franchise when bullies sent a neurodivergent janitor into a vat of toxic waste, creating mutant superhero the Toxic Avenger, who set out to clean up Tromaville with a mop, a mission statement, and a radar for evildoers... and, time permitting, deal with the mass-murdering bullies who tormented him. Just last year, after two years on a shelf, Troma released a new take on Toxie, with Peter Dinklage as a man, torn from his family, murdered in his prime, only to return to Earth resurrected as a super-strong, hard to kill toxic mutant, who takes on Kevin Bacon for the future of his city and stepson. A b-movie classic vs a modern remake that refuses to take itself seriously: which Toxic Avenger prevails? Find out!