Once More With Feeling
Mariana Colín & Gus Schiff 31 episodes Nov 5, 2026
Once More With Feeling is a podcast about original movies and their remakes. Hosted by film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín and screenwriter/comedian Gus Schiff, each episode explores the history, culture, and politics behind Hollywood's most remade films. The show releases new episodes every other Wednesday.
Episodes
Once More With A Creepy Kid Who's Definitely The Antichrist - The Omen (1976 & 2006)
Special thanks to the sponsor of this episode, Gus' (award-winning) short film! Check it out HEREGus and Mariana took some time out of their busy busy Austin Film Festival schedule to sit down and watch The Omen (1976) and The Omen (2006), which were both the worst thing they watched the whole weekend. The original is fine, they guess. Gregory Peck is in it, which is nice, and he's got probably th
Once More With The Worst Prom Of All Time - Carrie (1976 & 2013)
Mariana and Gus watched what is normally considered one of the best films of all time, and then also one of the films of all time, and then they talked about them. And yes, technically, this could describe almost every episode of this podcast, but here I'm talking about Carrie.Also, Gus was real tired when recording so that's his bad and he promises to get more sleep in the future.Support us!Follo
Once More With Antarctic Alien-Based Paranoia - The Thing (1982 & 2011)
Mariana and Gus are back from their unplanned hiatus...or maybe it's their alien imposters!?!?! After watching The Thing (1982), they don't know what or who to believe!! Though after watching The Thing (2011), they're pretty sure they're not cliched slasher/monster movie enough to be lying about this.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movie
Once More With Zombies (and Malls) (feat. Chris Waves) - Dawn of the Dead (1978 & 2004)
Mariana and Gus are joined by Chris Waves to watch the movie that basically spawned modern zombies. Some may argue it was actually Night of the Living Dead that did that, but those people are wrong. It was Dawn of the Dead. If those people ask you to prove it, ask them which movie inspired Dead Rising. Yeah, that's what I thought.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podc
Once More With Possessed Murder Dolls (feat. Nadia from WomanCarryingMan) - Child's Play (1988 & 2019)
Mariana and Gus are joined by the inexorable Nadia from WomanCarryingMan to discuss Child's Play, a movie that, fun fact, made Gus' mom stop watching horror movies forever and which also, fun fact, made Gus think maybe horror movies aren't so bad. They also watched and discuss Child's Play, a movie which made Gus think maybe horror movies are that bad again.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce
"They're Heeere" Once More (feat. Mikey of FilmJoy) - Poltergeist (1982 & 2015)
Mariana and Gus brought on a spooky ghost expert - Mikey from FilmJoy - to talk about all things Poltergeist and also about Poltergeist. Yes, Gus did completely forget to bring up the fact that Poltergeist 2015 was released in 3D, and yes, that would have made a hilarious tangent, and yes, that will haunt his dreams for the next week and a half.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Fe
Once More With the BEEEES (feat. Dan Olson of Folding Ideas) - The Wicker Man (1973 & 2006)
Mariana and Gus welcome the preposterously prolific Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) to talk about one of the most important movies of the 1970s (The Wicker Man (1973)), colonialism, fascinating art, which capeslop is good capeslop, and what happens when American studios try to remake a film deeply tied to the cultural and historical context of its setting (spoilers: it's The Wicker Man (2006)).Support u
Once More With(out) Dracula - Nosferatu (1922 & 2025)
Mariana and Gus watch an all timer and the everrare modern remake that’s…actually really good? You should watch both? What’s happening??Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and screenwriter and comedian Gus Schiff as they explore the hist
Once More With Weird Frickin' Architecture - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920 & 2005)
In the SECOND SEASON PREMIER (woo!), Mariana and Gus watch one of the first ever horror movies ever, and also a weird like kinda remake "visual remix" thing? Dunno. Great start to the season. Love it.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) a
Once More With Little Alien Children - Escape To/Race To Witch Mountain (1975 & 2009)
Mariana and Gus watched the first and the reboot of the Witch Mountain series, and--wait, what? It's a series? There are FIVE Witch Mountain movies? There was almost a Witch Mountain TV show? What's going on? What universe am I in? IS IT BERENSTEIN OR BERENSTAIN?Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes.
Once More With Unusual Days of the Week (feat. Kyle from Door Monster) - Freaky Friday (1977 & 2003)
Mariana and Gus are joined by the wonderful Kyle from Door Monster as they talk about Freaky Friday (1977), and then later they talk about Freaky Friday (2003). Did you know? Freaky Friday (2003) is actually an excellent film? It's not just your memory!Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film
Once More Back To The Water - Moana (2016 & 2026)
Look. Statistically, you saw the original movie. Statistically, you did not see the remake. Well, we watched both. Look, it's fine. The original. The new one sucks.Anyway here's the Moanas.
BONUS Once More With Punch Buggies, No Punch Backs - The Love Bug & Herbie: Fully Loaded (1969 & 2005)
Mariana and Gus watched two movies about a sentient car. Sentient cars?! What will they think of next? Sentient toys? Sentient bugs? Sentient fish? Sentient robots? Come on, Disney, that’d be pretty silly. Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid
BONUS Once More With Robbers and Hairballs - That Darn Cat! (1965 & 1997)
Mariana and Gus watch a movie that, honestly, they first heard of like three weeks ago, then watch that movie's remake, which, again, honestly, was a kinda the nadir of 90s family comedies. Both of them have a cat in them. And robbers. Hence the episode title.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Jo
BONUS Once More With Long-Lost Identical Twins - The Parent Trap (1961 & 1998)
You ever see two people who look exactly alike, except one is from Monterrey (Napa) and one is from Boston (London), and also they both have weird accents and are both allergic to accents and have the same freckles and eye color and hair cut? Gus and Mariana have because they watched The Parent Trap (1961) and The Parent Trap (1998) and that's basically the whole conceit of the film.Support us!Fol
BONUS Once More With Flying Rubber - The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) & Flubber (1997)
You know the deal by now. Mariana and Gus watch a movie from before times (1961's The Absent-Minded Professor) and from the less-before times (1997's Flubber) and then we talk about them and it was recorded and edited just for you. Nice.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouT
BONUS Once More With Great, Big, Shaggy Dogs - The Shaggy Dog (1959 & 2006)
Welcome to season 1.5 - live action Disney remakes of live action Disney movies! Join Mariana and Gus as they watch both The Shaggy Dogs and then talk about them. You know how this works by now.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and scr
Once More With Once More With Feeling
Gus and Mariana look back on their Season 1 opinions, lessons, and Snow White Trauma.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and screenwriter and comedian Gus Schiff as they explore the history, culture, and politics of some of Hollywood's f
Once More With Ohana, Which Means Family (w/ Yhara Zayd) - Lilo & Stitch (2002 & 2025)
Come listen to our SECOND EVER GUEST Yhara Zayd (@Yharazayd) talk with us about Lilo & Stitch. Ignore how unprepared and tired Gus is this episode. He was having a rough day, okay?Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and screenwriter
Once More With YOU, Once More With Your COW - Mulan (1998 & 2020)
Mariana and Gus watched Gus' girlfriend's favorite Disney movie of all time - Mulan (1998), and also the international embarrassment that was Mulan (2020), and now they're gonna talk about it. Yay!Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and
Once More Without Worries For the Rest of Our Days - The Lion King (1994 & 2019)
Mariana and Gus watched one of Gus' favorite movies ever just for you - The Lion King (1994). And then, sadly, they also watched The Lion King (2019) because of the conceit of this podcast. And then they talked about it. And now it's here for your listening pleasure.(The fan art Gus mentions in the episode)Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original
Once More With Curses and Roses - Beauty and the Beast (1991 & 2017)
This week on the show - one of Mariana's favorite movies, and also one of her least favorite. Guess which one's which. That's right it's Beauty and the Beast! Congrats. Get yourself a cookie, king and/or queen and/or non-gendered regent.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouT
Once More With Magic Lamps - Aladdin (1992 & 2019)
Mariana and Gus dissect Disney's Arabian epic Aladdin (1992) and Disney's...Arabian...epic in Disney's...Aladdin (2019).And, look, was our Beauty and the Best episode supposed to come out first? Yes. Did Mariana accidentally edit this one first? Also yes. Are we prioritizing regular content drops over putting episodes out in the correct order? Also also yes.Gus was traveling during this record so
Once More Under the Sea (w/ Benjamin Cook aka TaleFoundry) - The Little Mermaid (1989 & 2023)
Mariana and Gus are joined by their first ever guest! Benjamin Cook, the creator behind Tale Foundry, joins to talk about The Little Mermaid, the beginning of the Disney Renaissance, and the state of Disney today. Plus stories and tropes and inspiration and all that good stuff.(The Flounder Drawing in question)Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great orig
Once More With Big Invisible Dragons - Pete's Dragon (1977 & 2016)
Join Mariana and Gus as they watch Disney's most forgettable original of the season--Pete's Dragon (1977)--and then spend a lot of time talking about other things because it really wasn't that good. Honestly, the remake might be better this time. Shocking, I know.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes
Once More With Bear Necessities (The Simple Bear Necessities) - The Jungle Book (1967 & 1994 & 2016)
Mariana and Gus watched THREE WHOLE THE JUNGLE BOOKS just to bring you this ONE podcast episode. Honestly, you're welcome.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and screenwriter and comedian Gus Schiff as they explore the history, culture,
Once More with Spots - 101 Dalmatians (1961 & 1996)
Mariana and Gus watch (and talk about) what may be Disney's most criminally underrated animated movie - One Hundred and One Dalmatians - and then Disney's best live action movie - 101 Dalmatians (not that that's a huge hurdle to clear).Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTu
Once More With Spaghetti and Meatballs - Lady and the Tramp (1959 & 2019)
Mariana and Gus watch what might be Disney's (the guy) best movie yet - Lady and the Tramp (1959) - and also maybe Disney's (the company) best live action movie yet? Bet you'll never guess what that one is.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid
Once More With Fairy Dust - Peter Pan (1953 & 2023)
Did you know Disney (the company) released a live action Peter Pan remake in 2023? Mariana and Gus didn't, at least not until they started this podcast. And now they're gonna talk about it and the 1953 animated original (which is super racist lmao).Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film cri
Once More Down the Rabbit Hole - Alice in Wonderland (1951 & 2010)
Mariana and Gus watched the exceptionally psychedelic Alice in Wonderland (1951) and also, believe it or not, the exceptionally greenscreened Alice in Wonderland (2010) and now they're here to talk to you about them both.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Col
Once More With Glass Slippers - Cinderella (1950 & 2015)
Mariana and Gus deal with their Snow White Trauma by finally watching a modern remake they liked (Cinderella (2015)) (but the original 1950 one is still better lol).Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and screenwriter and comedian Gus Sc
Once More With Big Ol' Ears - Dumbo (1941 & 2019)
Mariana and Gus watch Disney's (the guy) all time elephant-based classic DUMBO (1941) and Disney's (the company) human-focused disaster of a film DUMBO (2019) and then talk about it for about an hour and a half.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Mo
Once More Without Strings - Pinocchio (1940 & 2022)
Mariana and Gus look at Disney's SECOND EVER animated movie (Pinocchio) and its not-so-great-but-better-than-Snow-White 2022 remake (also called Pinocchio).Support us! (Patreon)Follow Us!IGTikTokBlueskyYouTubeOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and screenwriter and comedia
Once More With Poisoned Apples - Snow White (1937 & 2025)
Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and screenwriter and comedian Gus Schiff as they dive into the Disney vaults to talk about the seminal classic SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) and how time, culture, and greed made SNOW WHITE (2025) such a flaming pile of not very good movie.Support us!Follow us!IGTikTokBlueskyOnce More With Feeling is a podcast about great origin
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