Even more remakes...

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

This remake thing has really gone to far. Now remakes of classic horror are coming out with little or no fanfare at all. Which sort of defeats the reason companies put out remakes (to cash in on nostalgia and name value).

Of course, 'Sorority Row' just came out. A remake of 'The House on Sorority Row'.

Imagine my surprise when I saw this remake of 'It's Alive!' at a local horror con. Of course I had to pick it up just to see it. Have yet to watch it though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8F0MAWqO5o

Fright Night is being optioned for a remake by Dream Works.

Monster Squad has been optioned.

Hellraiser, Children of the Corn, Creature from The Black Lagoon, Shocker, The Gate....all in the works.

Then I hear there's another 'Blob' remake in the works.

And today, I discover that Plan 9 From Outer Space' is getting a 'more serious' remake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJh-gdpJxJo

Seriously, when is it going to stop? There are only a handful of remakes that were better than the original.

How many can you name?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Casino Royale....or is this for horror remakes?

[Fathom Zero]

They seem to be more prevalent for horror movies. "Scary" is a primal quality, easier to retell than some more complicated narrative.

BTW, Casino Royale is a horrible example of a remake.

[Babs]

The Gate? Man, that's really going out of someone's way to do a remake. I had no idea the movie had any sort of popularity for it to even be considered remade.

No fucking messes around with Stephen Dorff's first appearance in a full length motion film.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

They seem to be more prevalent for horror movies. "Scary" is a primal quality, easier to retell than some more complicated narrative.

BTW, Casino Royale is a horrible example of a remake.


The original wasn't that much of a sham.....

[darkvare]

there's a remake of a french comedy movie called "le diner des cons" i recomend watching it freaking awesome movie

[DougClayton4231]

Some of the remakes aren't bad. I really liked Friday The 13th and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes mainly because I don't expect them to compare to the old ones. I just wanted to see Jason/Leatherface/Kenny Loggins horribly rape and pillage stupid teenagers. I hope they stop with the Creature From The Black Lagoon remake, that's utter bullshit.

[Tadao]

I saw SciFi channel advertise their version of Children of the Corn last night. I think they are aring in in a couple of weeks.

[ZeldaQueen]

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Be_Afraid_of_the_Dark_(film))

Rocky Horror Picture Show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show#Sequels.2C_scripts_a nd_remake)

The Witches (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_(1990_film)#Remake)

Actually, I sort of agree with The Witches, seeing as they screwed up the ending pretty darned badly.

[Big Papa Goat]

The Hellraiser remake is probably going to be tremendously shitty, but I would still totally want to see it.

[darkvare]

taken from the angry video game nerd blog

I’ve heard Rob Zombie will not be directing any more Halloween movies, but is going to be directing The Blob’s 2nd remake.

[Geggy]

Poltergeist and clash of titans (it may not be a horror, but it still scared the crap out of me as a kid.)

I also heard there will be a remake of robocop which I think is ridiculous. Even more so that it will be directed by darren aronofsky (requiem for a dream and pi)

[Guitar Woman]

What the fuck?

I could care less about most of these remakes, but Plan 9 and Rocky Horror?

You are kicking me in the balls, Hollywood.

[DougClayton4231]

Why would anyone remake robocop? That's like making a terminator movie without Arnold.....oh wait....

[Babs]

If only they would remake all those new shitty Star Wars movies.

[captain516]

Oh god, not Robocop! Please, anything but that!

[Zomboid]

I remember thinking that the TCM remake was the beginning of the end for modern horror :(

Preemptive: shutup, I know there are still good, NEW, horror movies. They're few and far between, though.

[darkvare]

what if frank miller directs the new robocop would you like that?

[Zomboid]

Fuuuuuck no!

[captain516]

Of course by like, you mean "hate intensely".

[Durrsomething]

A serious remake of Plan 9 as a generic zombie movie.



They might just as well remake The Naked Gun as a serious Drama/Thriller with Liam Neesen.


Fuck Hollywood. Someday, I'm going to burn down their sign if they keep this remake shit up.

[Dr. Boogie]

Forget that, they'll just remake Naked Gun as "Police Movie".

[MattJack]

Forget that, they'll just remake Naked Gun as "Police Movie".

:(

[RaNkeri]

Apparently there are talks of remaking the 80's version The Fly

[kahljorn]

ive heard that they are thinking of remaking they live and it :O

[Zomboid]

Pretty sure IT is confirmed. Remaking They Live would really suck.

[kahljorn]

yea and shit like that is all trendy now too so itll probably be extra gay :(

[Sam]

They are going to put John Cena in it. :(

[captain516]

If they do remake IT, I hope Seth Green will cameo in it. Not because I like Seth Green or anything, but because I love seeing actors from older franchises showing up in the newer versions.

[Hangie]

I'm probably being completely stupid but by IT, you mean the one based on the Stephen King book right? If so, I thought the movie was pretty bad, they should take another shot at it.

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB8XYZDu5zs

Official new Nightmare on Elm Street trailer.

It shows how pointless the remake is. They didn't change a damn thing and even tribute classic scenes. If they had added something or actually re-imagined some things I would give it credit. But seriously, this is bullshit.

[Zomboid]

yea and shit like that is all trendy now too so itll probably be extra gay :(
A large part of the charm of They Live comes from the camp value. It just doesn't make sense to try to make it all cool and ultra-modern :(

How are they going to top a movie about a nomadic Roddy Piper suddenly being in the middle of an alien invasion and kicking ass? They can't, so they shouldn't even try >:

[kahljorn]

itll probably be about some new age spiritual traveling guitar player who smokes marijuana and he somehow discovers this truth and all the shit about aliens and he's like, "man david icke was right i gotta get this out to people" and then he spends the rest of his life writing books (wearing sunglasses) designing webpages/posting on message boards and making appearances on talk radio for novelty purposes and then he'll die.

lol i dunno really but itll probably be gay.

oops i meant the thing not it

pretty much they want to destroy john carpenter :(

[Sam]

Kahl are you saying it's going to be about Chuck Palahniuk? :(

[kahljorn]

exactly from his starring role at the end of fightclub when all the buildings collapse at night but he at least has sunglasses on