When it's a prequel and sequel. Honestly, I feel as strongly about this as I did the Texas Chainsaw and Dawn remakes. Although I quite enjoyed the Dawn remake, the Chainsaw remake is an absolute crime against horror cinema. It's one of the few films I've ever thought about walking out of. But I digress.
Are remakes more acceptable than something which claims to be a continuation? The idea of a prequel and sequel to something as magnificent as Black Christmas strikes me as insane. The recently released travesty that is Day of the Dead 2 marks another hideous continuation of a classic, made for no other reason than to cash in on the current zombie revival. The Black Christmas continuation is certainly not going to be as theoretically fashionable as zombie movies, given that criminally few people are probably familiar with the original films genius, and I really hope that the motivation for the film makers is a love of the original. I can't help but get a really bad feeling about this though…
I tend to agree (although I’m not quite as disgusted by the TCM redux). And yet, the upcoming Hills Have Eyes remake has me quivering with excitement…..