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Tag Archives: remake
The Hills Have Eyes 2
I didn’t expect a great deal from THHE2, but it surprised me: it’s a huge achievement.
Massive. Seriously uber-humongous. Mere words alone cannot express how huge an achievement this film is. This film has the honour of being the most tension free, uninvolving, yawn-inducing horror film I’ve ever seen. It’s not even like the Black Christmas [...]
More Pointless Remake News
Bloody Disgusting – which neatly sums up my thoughts on this – are reporting that Poltergeist is to be remade. If that wasn’t bad enough, In the shot for shot style that served Psycho so well. Repeat after me: what…is…the…point?
And good old Fango have an published interview with Bob Clark in which he talks about [...]
Abandon Hope
JoBlo have some more news on Johnny Depp’s role in the upcoming I Am Legend adaptation. And it ain’t good.
It seems that Matheson’s beautiful, original story is getting brutalised for its new incarnation, and won’t bear any resemblance to the novel. A prime example: The Cortman character – the part I originally thought Depp would [...]
Bean is The Hitcher
I can’t let this one go without commenting on it.
Over the last few days, various sites have reported that Sean Bean will be playing the Rutger Hauer part in the remake of The Hitcher. This has met with almost unanimous praise – I don’t think I’ve come across anybody who isn’t pleased with the [...]
The correct way…
…to approach a remake. This is exactly what I want from a remake: Don't give me a shot for shot version of the same film, give me something new based on the same concept. Cronenberg created one of the best examples of an excellent remake with his version of The Fly, and it sounds like [...]