Recovered
Welcome to Recovered, where Dan and Keith dig into all films remade, rebooted, and redone. They say there are no new stories under the sun, and Hollywood's been taking that as an excuse to tell the same stories over and over since the silent era, so we dig into which movies warranted a remake, which remakes improved on the original, and how very often neither of those things are true.
Recovered
Latest Episodes
Episode 124: Houses of Wax
Dan and Keith head to a trio of spooky wax museums, where the figures are a little TOO realistic. Beginning in the golden age of 1933, Mystery of the Wax Museum tells the tale of Ivan Igor, a dedicated wax sculpturer betrayed by his greedy part...
Episode 123: Zontar Revisited (feat. John Tebbutt)
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...
Episode 122: Scarfaces
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...
Episode 121: American Werewolves in Places
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 L...
Episode 120: Supergirls
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 bat...