A lot of press, most of it negative, has been floated 'round these parts on the subject of the seemingly endless stream of remakes we're being subjected to lately. In general, I agree w/ that sentiment; I'd rather see something new than yet another (probably bad) remake of a classic movie I love.
But the flip side of this argument is that there have been some very worthy horror remakes. The Fly, The Blob and The Thing are the ones most often cited. Some feel the 04 DOTD remake was worth it, too. Some don't.
Are there any films you wish they'd remake? maybe an adaptation of a favorite book that the filmmaker completly dropped the ball on? Or something that was constrained by its time to leave out some of the gore & violence that could have made it better? Maybe a low budget number that suffered from bad acting, cheesy effects or both, but had a good solid idea at its core, that with the right people at the helm and a budget w/ another 0 could be something special?
I'm sure I'll think of more, but off the top of my head, I think I'd like to see 2 lo budget zombie flicks I saw via netflix recently get made again, mainly because the acting left a bit to be desired, but partly for an effects update as well. These are "Meat Market I" (a zombie flick whereina couple human survivors run into a group of vampires, who aren't too happy about a zombie takeover killing off their food supply), and "The Ghouls" (about a cameraman who specializes in sleazing his way thru crime scenes to grab shocking film footage for tabloid news shows, who stumbles upon a clony of ghouls - that may or may not be zombies - living under a poorer section of the city, devouring people at night). Both good, solid ideas, IMO, hampered by wooden acting and (to a greater extent w/ MMI than Ghouls) poor effects. Cranberry juice thrown against a wall while the gunshot takes place off camera is a poor substitute fro a good head shot. I'm just sayin'.
Both of those films could benefit from quality lead actors, and to a lesser extent from a higher effects budget, and still present ideas that haven't quite been done to death. yet.
On a somewhat related topic, Stephen King's "The Stand" has been my favorite bok of all time since I 1st read it at 12. WHEN is someone going to make a film out of this? I know it'd be hard to do, given the length & complexity of the book, but most of the King fans I've spoken to over the years think this is his best work. I KNOW people would go see this.
Anyway, what, if any, films would you guys like to see get a new take?
But the flip side of this argument is that there have been some very worthy horror remakes. The Fly, The Blob and The Thing are the ones most often cited. Some feel the 04 DOTD remake was worth it, too. Some don't.
Are there any films you wish they'd remake? maybe an adaptation of a favorite book that the filmmaker completly dropped the ball on? Or something that was constrained by its time to leave out some of the gore & violence that could have made it better? Maybe a low budget number that suffered from bad acting, cheesy effects or both, but had a good solid idea at its core, that with the right people at the helm and a budget w/ another 0 could be something special?
I'm sure I'll think of more, but off the top of my head, I think I'd like to see 2 lo budget zombie flicks I saw via netflix recently get made again, mainly because the acting left a bit to be desired, but partly for an effects update as well. These are "Meat Market I" (a zombie flick whereina couple human survivors run into a group of vampires, who aren't too happy about a zombie takeover killing off their food supply), and "The Ghouls" (about a cameraman who specializes in sleazing his way thru crime scenes to grab shocking film footage for tabloid news shows, who stumbles upon a clony of ghouls - that may or may not be zombies - living under a poorer section of the city, devouring people at night). Both good, solid ideas, IMO, hampered by wooden acting and (to a greater extent w/ MMI than Ghouls) poor effects. Cranberry juice thrown against a wall while the gunshot takes place off camera is a poor substitute fro a good head shot. I'm just sayin'.
Both of those films could benefit from quality lead actors, and to a lesser extent from a higher effects budget, and still present ideas that haven't quite been done to death. yet.
On a somewhat related topic, Stephen King's "The Stand" has been my favorite bok of all time since I 1st read it at 12. WHEN is someone going to make a film out of this? I know it'd be hard to do, given the length & complexity of the book, but most of the King fans I've spoken to over the years think this is his best work. I KNOW people would go see this.
Anyway, what, if any, films would you guys like to see get a new take?
