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There are rumors floating around the Internet that the movies "Halloween" and "Friday The 13th" are going to be remade. Does anyone think that's a good idea? I think those two movies should be left alone because they're kind of legendary.
 
Hmmm....the ONLY time a Movie should be remade is IF the original was poor and had low viewing figures.....ahem mr Whedon......but these two should never be remade....they are classics, that have helped spawn a movement......ok i can live with 13th BUT Halloween is up there with Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, more recently, Trainspotting and Fight Club, not in a sense they are same types, but in that they should never, ever ever ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, did i say NEVER be remade.
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Well, taking into account how good *cough*sarcasm*cough* of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Dawn of the Dead" were... I'd say no. I think in principle, every movie can be remade... even the absolute classic... BUT it all depends on who does it. If Joss Whedon wants to remake Citizen Kane... well, alright, I'm sure he can make it work. He could even improve it, by making it more suitable for the current generation. If Jerry Bruckheimer were planning on remaking Cassablanca... that'd be a big fat NO.
 
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Well , I'm ususally the first one to jump at the creation (Or remake) of another cheesy horror flick. And some remakes in my opinion surpass the original...for example, IMO, Amityville. But if it's not broken, don't try to fix it...Holloween and Friday the 13th are two that just should not be touched....In much agreement with DDM...they are classics.......
 
I do think you can make a remake if the original was good. Look at 1999's The Mummy and 2004's Dawn of the Dead. But some movies shouldn't be touched.
 
I agree with you on the Mummy, but Dawn of the Dead?! C'mon that one wasn't nearly as cool as the original!
 
There were rumors (spread by MTV apparently) that Tarantino was going to direct the Friday the 13th remake. Total BS, apparently.

I think Hollywood is proving just how desperate and risk averse they are now with all the remakes of slasher flicks and lame TV shows. It's at an all time high. Michael Mann is making a Miami Vice movie right now. Who exactly gives a rat's ass? Dukes of Hazzard? Starsky and Hutch, Brady Bunch, Mod Squad, Avengers, Bewitched...C'mon!

They want to risk as little capital as possible, 'cause they know the returns are dwindling down to nothing. Theater receipts are apparently down 12% in '05 in the US. Even DVD sales are decreasing.

So, they look for a name brand, a known quantity"”from the past or Japan or where ever.

I did like The Mummy...but that's almost unrecognizable from the original.
 
goldenboy said:
I think Hollywood is proving just how desperate and risk averse they are now with all the remakes of slasher flicks and lame TV shows. It's at an all time high. Michael Mann is making a Miami Vice movie right now. Who exactly gives a rat's ass? Dukes of Hazzard? Starsky and Hutch, Brady Bunch, Mod Squad, Avengers, Bewitched...C'mon!
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You are soooooo right! The "Brain Trust of Hollywood" is a complete oxymoron, with emphasis on the "moron" part. With all the fabulous horror literature out there, or literature of any other kind for that matter, you'd think that one of the brighter dimwits in California would try something new. But no, we get proposed new episodes of "Rocky" and "Rambo", and remakes of classic horror flicks that can never measure up...

On a good note, it seems that the negotiations are proceeding to bring Kelley Armstrong's novel "Bitten" to the big screen...and rumour has it that Angelina Jolie will be the lead...not a remake, but good news for anyone wishing they'd just leave well enough alone.
 
I feel like I have to defend the new Dawn of the Dead. So what if it wasn't as "cool" as the original? That doesn't automatically make it bad. It's one of my favorite horror movies, and btw, I didn't care for the original.
 
I too liked Dawn of the Dead remake....Ok it will never surpass the original but it did sit well with me...

My only Issue....When Rhames' character fell into the pool of water with his open wound and the Zombie blood, i was so hoping for a slow change into a Zombie....but it came to nothing....such a wasted chance for an extra cool scare....
 
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really? i thought Dawn of the Dead was TONS better than the original. the origional didn't have a zombie baby eating it's way though the mother's uteris, did it? lol
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You are soooooo right! The "Brain Trust of Hollywood" is a complete oxymoron, with emphasis on the "moron" part. With all the fabulous horror literature out there, or literature of any other kind for that matter, you'd think that one of the brighter dimwits in California would try something new. But no, we get proposed new episodes of "Rocky" and "Rambo", and remakes of classic horror flicks that can never measure up...

On a good note, it seems that the negotiations are proceeding to bring Kelley Armstrong's novel "Bitten" to the big screen...and rumour has it that Angelina Jolie will be the lead...not a remake, but good news for anyone wishing they'd just leave well enough alone.
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That sounds cool KD. I'm not familiar with that piece. But adaptations are often a great thing. I can't really comment on most of the new horror remakes "˜cause I've haven't seen hardly any. I don't like slasher ficks. I do like classic monster, horror movies.

A little OT, Apparently, Spielberg is working on a remake of "When Worlds Collide". Seems like virtually his whole career has been spent trying to recreate the sci-fi/adventure popculture of his youth. I used to watch the original War of the Worlds and and When When Words Collide on TV, sunday afternoons when I was little. Two fine, classic 50s apocalyptic sci-fi films. I guess Spielberg feels that the themes are topical again with the current "clash of civilizations", environmental fears, global happenings of late.

Just mulling this over...I think some remakes are done for purely crass, commercial considerations.

Others are simply labors of love and respect (King Kong). And what was with that shot for shot redux of Psycho from Gus Van Sant? A surreal, pointless movie experience (I thought).

But others are maybe more along the lines of what Joss and Tarantino, others do. Take classic cinematic conventions, cliches and throw them into a blender, postmod style. Like dropping an old film or concept into a modern context to see how new/old elements interact. The Brady Bunch and Starsky and Hutch were essentially parodies of the original shows. And Scream was kind of a parody as well, sorta? That can be interesting sometimes.
 
I never liked that Fri the 13th stuff, but IF Tarantino ever did a remake, I'd probably watch it, because it was Tarantino.
 
Why does Asian horror have us by the throat? "American audiences forgot what it was like to be legitimately scared," says Tony Timpone, longtime editor of the horror fan magazine Fangoria. "Asian horror films are the complete antithesis of American-style FX-overdose pictures. They're subtle and get under your skin. They creep you out, unnerve and disturb you, without gushing, severed body parts and tons of pyrotechnics."

"Dark Water" is based on a Japanese movie directed by Hideo Nakata, who also directed Japan's "Ringu" (which was remade here as "The Ring") and the American "The Ring 2," and is now in production on the remake of "The Eye."

These knockoffs borrow Asian-style atmospherics and themes, although purists complain that they lose something in the translation.

"Japanese horror films don't explain everything to the audience, like the U.S. remakes," says Timpone. "When scary things and mysterious events happen in the Japanese originals, they just do, with little in the way of logic, explanation or reason. That's part of what makes them so scary. Anything can happen, and does."


Whether Asian horror movies continue to haunt us or not, they have produced three seismic shifts in the industry. One is the rise of the PG-13 horror film, which widens the potential audience. Another is that Hollywood has opened its creaky doors to talented Asian directors like Nakata.

But the most astonishing development is that these remakes cracked a demographic no one ever expected: young teen girls. "They were weaned on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and they're emboldened with girl power," says Timpone. "They're ready to take on big-screen frights."

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/325704p-278370c.html
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I've always preferred suspense, psychological horror to the gore fests. Glad trends are kind of cycling backwards right now. The Others, Sixth Sense were great. Just wish Hollywood woud have some cojones and risk more on original material...the best of the psychological freakouts are TV shows at the moment.
 
thought i'd post this here:

Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born producer of the Halloween horror films, died Friday from wounds sustained in the triple hotel bombings, a hospital official said, according to The Mercury News. The 75-year-old Los Angeles resident died at 7:30 a.m. in a Jordanian hospital where he was being treated, according to surgeon Dr. Yousef Qisous. Our thoughts and prayers go with the Akkad family
 
Akkad also directed "The Message""”the story of Mohammed"”as an act of devotion to the Islamic faith. There were protests, terrorist attacks against the film"”seen as disrespectful to Islam, apparently. Now, ironically, he's been killed in Jordan by Zarqawi or other Muslim terrorists...


* In accordance with Muslim beliefs, Mohammed could not be depicted on screen nor could his voice be heard. This rule extended to his seven wives, his daughters and his sons-in-law. This left Mohammed's uncle as the central character (played by Anthony Quinn). In the completed film, actors speak directly to the camera and then nod to un-heard dialogue.

* Muhammad Ali expressed interest in playing the role of Bilal, but producer Moustapha Akkad refused, stating that such casting "would smack of commercialism."

* Production stopped when the financeers withdrew their support, leaving cast and crew stranded for two weeks in Morocco (in a hotel with broken air conditioning; they slept under wet towels). Financing was eventually supplied by none other than Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi.

* The University of Al-Azhar in Cairo and the High Islamic Congress of the Shiat in Lebanon were involved in approving the accuracy of the film.

* At its initial release, this movie was banned from many Middle-Eastern countries because the religious leaders didn't like the idea of having the Prophet Mohammed's story being made into a motion picture.

* This film was made in both English and Arabic with two different casts. Scenes were shot back to back in both languages.

* 300 of the extras also helped with the construction of the sets.

* It took 4 ½ months to build the ancient city of Mecca.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074896/
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Here, a string of words NOONE wants to hear.
I. ALWAYS. KNOW. WHAT. YOU. DID. LAST. SUMMER.
Released 2006, none of the other stars, the title SUCKS, and theoutline is so overdone that if you cooked beef in an over for 3 months on high setting it wouldnt be as over done......

Seriously....any time soon its gonna be this Tabloid News headline
HOLLYWOOD: R.I.P....
 
i really liked the remake of House on Haunted Hill and Thirteen Ghosts
 
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