Well, I think I've just about had it.....I'm sick of Hollywood remaking classic horror franchises!!! I don't really like that fact that horror films seem to be "lesser" movies because they're "horror". A "Fright Night" remake will be in theaters this month & who knows what other horror remakes are in the works. It disgusts me [being a major horror fan] to see remakes to "A Nightmare On Elm Street" & "Friday The 13th" etc being pumped out like they're nothing....AGAIN! I don't see them trying to remake "The Godfather" anytime soon, so please leave the horror classics alone...

...And I will Admit, a few of the remakes were good, but [at least] 90% of them are absolute crap!

Now that I think about it, why can't hollywood come with anything original anymore?! comicbook, 80's cartoons, Horror Remakes & Romantic comedy bullshit is all we get now days....

...Barely anything they come out with is an original or new idea anymore.....

Well, I'm not sure.

I think it's ok if the movie is well done I guess.

For example, modern 'running' zombie movies are far better than the old black and white ones.

I saw the old Vincent Price "There coming to Get you barbara" zombie movie, and giggled at some of the scenes.

But, I won't even bother watching the Halloween remakes. I'm not a fan of Rob Zombie the musician, let a lone watching him butcher horror classics.

imago said:

Well, I'm not sure.

I think it's ok if the movie is well done I guess.

For example, modern 'running' zombie movies are far better than the old black and white ones.

I saw the old Vincent Price "There coming to Get you barbara" zombie movie, and giggled at some of the scenes.

But, I won't even bother watching the Halloween remakes. I'm not a fan of Rob Zombie the musician, let a lone watching him butcher horror classics.

That film doesn't exist....

You mean the original "Night Of The Living Dead" & Vincent Price wasn't in that movie....

Rob Zombies movies do suck too!

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Tittypants said:

imago said:

Well, I'm not sure.

I think it's ok if the movie is well done I guess.

For example, modern 'running' zombie movies are far better than the old black and white ones.

I saw the old Vincent Price "There coming to Get you barbara" zombie movie, and giggled at some of the scenes.

But, I won't even bother watching the Halloween remakes. I'm not a fan of Rob Zombie the musician, let a lone watching him butcher horror classics.

That film doesn't exist....

You mean the original "Night Of The Living Dead" & Vincent Price wasn't in that movie....

Rob Zombies movies do suck too!

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Is there one with Vincent Price in it?

He's completely alone for the first half of the movie, then folks get added?

I'm getting my movies mixed

But, regardless, I giggled. I just didn't find the older horror movies scary.

I think The Thing, Halloween, and Alien were the first flicks that scared me.

Although I haven't seen all of the exorcist, I giggled at the scenes I saw.

And Hellraiser didn't scare me.

imago said:

Tittypants said:

That film doesn't exist....

You mean the original "Night Of The Living Dead" & Vincent Price wasn't in that movie....

Rob Zombies movies do suck too!

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Is there one with Vincent Price in it?

He's completely alone for the first half of the movie, then folks get added?

I'm getting my movies mixed

But, regardless, I giggled. I just didn't find the older horror movies scary.

I think The Thing, Halloween, and Alien were the first flicks that scared me.

Although I haven't seen all of the exorcist, I giggled at the scenes I saw.

And Hellraiser didn't scare me.

it's all good! Vincent Price is known for being in Horror films, heck, that's what he's famous for. The stuff from the 30's, 40's, 50's, & 60's could be remade & better than the originals imo [except for Hitchcock films....LeAVe THoSe AlONe!!!!]. But Classics from the 70's 80's, & 90's should be left alone...

Depends, I agree that some of them are ok but the thing about it for me is that a lot of those 70s 80s movies were really kind of crappy when you rewatch them today, so their value is in the memory and remembering how this hokey movie scared the crap out of you back in the day when you were a kid, so why would you wanna remake crap?

Certain films are still scary today, I'm just talking about the way they seem to just be going down a list to remake them ALL. Or it feels that way anyway.

Tittypants said:

Well, I think I've just about had it.....I'm sick of Hollywood remaking classic horror franchises!!! I don't really like that fact that horror films seem to be "lesser" movies because they're "horror". A "Fright Night" remake will be in theaters this month & who knows what other horror remakes are in the works. It disgusts me [being a major horror fan] to see remakes to "A Nightmare On Elm Street" & "Friday The 13th" etc being pumped out like they're nothing....AGAIN! I don't see them trying to remake "The Godfather" anytime soon, so please leave the horror classics alone...

...And I will Admit, a few of the remakes were good, but [at least] 90% of them are absolute crap!

Now that I think about it, why can't hollywood come with anything original anymore?! comicbook, 80's cartoons, Horror Remakes & Romantic comedy bullshit is all we get now days....

...Barely anything they come out with is an original or new idea anymore.....

...Yeah, I'm really annoyed by this trend too. I was actually a bit angry when I found out they were remaking "A Nightmare on Elm Street", and got even more pissy when I found out they replaced Robert Englund. How the fuck do you replace the guy that has always played Freddy Krueger? To me that was a complete and total disrespect to him and in a way an insult to us fans of the series as well. I still haven't seen the remake and actually refuse to for those reasons.

I tried the "Friday the 13th" remake half-heartedly but threw in the towel about ten minutes in. Why do they always have to remake everything, especially when the originals are classics and don't need correction in the first place?

The remakes of other older movies and things annoys me too. I just know a remake of "The Terminator" is coming, and I already know that's going to piss me right the fuck off.

I think Hollywood needs to not remake anything .. ever again.

I don't mind for the movies that went over the top in SFX. Current special effects are much better, and I'm not exactly talking about CGI. Fright Night is a current example. And anything after Nightmare on Elm Street II, really.

But some movies were so good for reasons beyond the SFX. the original F13th, Halloween, NoElmStreet, Exorcist, et all. Classics on their own.

And there are some like Toxic Avenger. COME ON! You can't go there people! The camp in that movie is just too perfect!

But Poltergeist, Chucky, Candyman, The Gate, et all... I can see watching remakes of those.

but never. never ever. never ever fuck with the best horrorish movie of all time: The Monster Squad.

Hate them.....Texas Chainsaw Massacre was fucked up big time they killed it it was crap...

imago said:

Well, I'm not sure.

I think it's ok if the movie is well done I guess.

I agree. I love the remake of Dracula with Gary Oldman. The original with Bela Lugosi looks comical whenever I watch it now. Even the old Nosferatu movie that preceded it was scarier.

And although it isn't a classic horror franchise, there are some people--right here on the org even--that say Hollywood's remake of Let Me In was better than the original.

So I say if the remake is really good then why not?

sextonseven said:

imago said:

Well, I'm not sure.

I think it's ok if the movie is well done I guess.

I agree. I love the remake of Dracula with Gary Oldman. The original with Bela Lugosi looks comical whenever I watch it now. Even the old Nosferatu movie that preceded it was scarier.

And although it isn't a classic horror franchise, there are some people--right here on the org even--that say Hollywood's remake of Let Me In was better than the original.

So I say if the remake is really good then why not?

I'm looking forward to

because it has David Tennant in it.

Teacher said:

sextonseven said:

And although it isn't a classic horror franchise, there are some people--right here on the org even--that say Hollywood's remake of Let Me In was better than the original.

Those people might even be on this very thread.

I fell in love with movies and moviemaking in the 70's and early 80's because they were so new an original in how they were showing things compared to the 40's - thru early 60's.

These days movies have fallen into the rut they were in the early 60's where it's become a machine of predictable formulas with the way stuff looks and plays out. The movie being a remake is even putting the concept into a rut.

I prefer original movies so that I can get into a story as an experience that unwinds. I want to be surprised.

A remake is already distancing you one step outside of really enjoying the movie. Unless they have "re-imagined" it so well that you are surprised and really feel the plot like an alternate reality.

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sextonseven said:

Teacher said:

Those people might even be on this very thread.

They suck nonetheless. The original is WAY better, and I'm not just saying that cause it's a Swedish movie. I'm not nationalist like that.

Very few remakes are better then the original. Here is a remake of an old TV Horror movie from 1973. I'm optimistic because Gulliermo Del Toro is involved:

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (opening August 26th)

Isn't there a third remake of The Thing coming out as well?

Dauphin said:

I don't mind for the movies that went over the top in SFX. Current special effects are much better, and I'm not exactly talking about CGI. Fright Night is a current example. And anything after Nightmare on Elm Street II, really.

But some movies were so good for reasons beyond the SFX. the original F13th, Halloween, NoElmStreet, Exorcist, et all. Classics on their own.

And there are some like Toxic Avenger. COME ON! You can't go there people! The camp in that movie is just too perfect!

But Poltergeist, Chucky, Candyman, The Gate, et all... I can see watching remakes of those.

but never. never ever. never ever fuck with the best horrorish movie of all time: The Monster Squad.

Fuck no. If they remake "Child's Play" or "Candyman", I'm gonna go ballistic. Just...no.

I'll give them a chance, generally speaking.

I quite enjoyed the Friday The 13th remake and I'm a HUGE fan of the original series (got them all on DVD, even the REALLY terrible ones like Jason Takes Manhattan lol). I liked Rob Zombie's Halloween as well, but Halloween 2 was terrible. Nightmare on Elm St was pretty good too, the new Freddy wasn't bad.

However, I don't want to see a remake of Candyman. That movie is flawless as it is. To me, anyway.

RE "Let Me In", I liked it equally as much as "Let The Right One In", and I've read the book too so I'm well versed in the differences between them. I mean, I understand why people would prefer the original, but to me there wasn't a massive gap in terms of how good I thought they were and how much I enjoyed them both.

I tell you what though.... I heard they are remaking one of my favorite Spanish movies, more of a thriller I guess than a horror, El Orfanato (The Orphanage). I REALLY hope they don't screw it up because I adore that movie.

Militant said:

I'll give them a chance, generally speaking.

I quite enjoyed the Friday The 13th remake and I'm a HUGE fan of the original series (got them all on DVD, even the REALLY terrible ones like Jason Takes Manhattan lol). I liked Rob Zombie's Halloween as well, but Halloween 2 was terrible. Nightmare on Elm St was pretty good too, the new Freddy wasn't bad.

However, I don't want to see a remake of Candyman. That movie is flawless as it is. To me, anyway.

RE "Let Me In", I liked it equally as much as "Let The Right One In", and I've read the book too so I'm well versed in the differences between them. I mean, I understand why people would prefer the original, but to me there wasn't a massive gap in terms of how good I thought they were and how much I enjoyed them both.

I tell you what though.... I heard they are remaking one of my favorite Spanish movies, more of a thriller I guess than a horror, El Orfanato (The Orphanage). I REALLY hope they don't screw it up because I adore that movie.

*shakes head no vehemently*

*goes into a creepy rage about it like Annie Wilkes in Misery*

I don't really care, even though I was a big fan of the old horror movies. I guess nowadays I don't see them as classics in the same way The Godfather is a classic, and I have come to expect remakes from Hollywood. Plus Friday the 13th and Nightmare currupted themselves with all the sequels, so there is nothing sacred about them, IMO.

I think many remakes like Arthur are silly because they did not remake a classic story (like doing Romeo & Juliet), they really just stole a basic idea for a movie.

And re-making the Godfather would just be utterly pointless.

Dauphin said:

I don't mind for the movies that went over the top in SFX. Current special effects are much better, and I'm not exactly talking about CGI. Fright Night is a current example. And anything after Nightmare on Elm Street II, really.

But some movies were so good for reasons beyond the SFX. the original F13th, Halloween, NoElmStreet, Exorcist, et all. Classics on their own.

And there are some like Toxic Avenger. COME ON! You can't go there people! The camp in that movie is just too perfect!

But Poltergeist, Chucky, Candyman, The Gate, et all... I can see watching remakes of those.

but never. never ever. never ever fuck with the best horrorish movie of all time: The Monster Squad.

wolfman has nards!

runphilrun said:

Very few remakes are better then the original. Here is a remake of an old TV Horror movie from 1973. I'm optimistic because Gulliermo Del Toro is involved:

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (opening August 26th)

Isn't there a third remake of The Thing coming out as well?

omfg, I was terrified of that movie when I was a kid.

remakes, reboots whatever u want 2 call them are kind of pointless. when it comes 2 horror, hollybore has this idea that remaking a horror flick now a days has 2 be pg 13 when the original was a R rated version ..case in point when a stranger calls, prom night and some others.

L4OATheOriginal said:

remakes, reboots whatever u want 2 call them are kind of pointless. when it comes 2 horror, hollybore has this idea that remaking a horror flick now a days has 2 be pg 13 when the original was a R rated version ..case in point when a stranger calls, prom night and some others.

Well, the opposite does happen to, to be fair.

I hear they are remaking "It" and it's going to be much more intense than the original. That's something I'm kinda looking forward to checking it out.

And like runphilrun said, if there's a good director attached it's all good. Guillermo Del Toro is an incredible director. Hell, that dude can remake whatever the fuck he wants

Please do something new. Or at least different!

Militant said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

remakes, reboots whatever u want 2 call them are kind of pointless. when it comes 2 horror, hollybore has this idea that remaking a horror flick now a days has 2 be pg 13 when the original was a R rated version ..case in point when a stranger calls, prom night and some others.

Well, the opposite does happen to, to be fair.

I hear they are remaking "It" and it's going to be much more intense than the original. That's something I'm kinda looking forward to checking it out.

And like runphilrun said, if there's a good director attached it's all good. Guillermo Del Toro is an incredible director. Hell, that dude can remake whatever the fuck he wants

OMG, they're remaking "It"? What the fuckity-fuck?!!

If done well I wouldn't have a problem with it but all the remakes *I* have seen of anything...not just horror films have always been sub par so I'm kinda never excited when I hear of a new remake...of anything in the works.

The only horror remake that I've ever seen that's any good is "Night of the Living Dead", the one with Patricia Tallman and Tony Todd.

Militant said:

I'll give them a chance, generally speaking.

I quite enjoyed the Friday The 13th remake and I'm a HUGE fan of the original series (got them all on DVD, even the REALLY terrible ones like Jason Takes Manhattan lol). I liked Rob Zombie's Halloween as well, but Halloween 2 was terrible. Nightmare on Elm St was pretty good too, the new Freddy wasn't bad.

However, I don't want to see a remake of Candyman. That movie is flawless as it is. To me, anyway.

RE "Let Me In", I liked it equally as much as "Let The Right One In", and I've read the book too so I'm well versed in the differences between them. I mean, I understand why people would prefer the original, but to me there wasn't a massive gap in terms of how good I thought they were and how much I enjoyed them both.

I tell you what though.... I heard they are remaking one of my favorite Spanish movies, more of a thriller I guess than a horror, El Orfanato (The Orphanage). I REALLY hope they don't screw it up because I adore that movie.

Oops! I said Candyman and I meant Lawnmower Man!

Yes, Candyman is a great horror that I think would miss if remade.

Horror Movies get remade and reboots all the time. I don't really see it as a big deal.

How many versions of Dracula are out there?

How many versions of Frankenstein are out there?

How many versions of the Mummy are out there?

Wolfman movies every year.

It doesn't really faze me.