If you’re going to do a remake…

July 22, 2009

…it might as well be one from the thirties. By way of Shock Till You Drop, HorrorSquad, the newest horror vehicle from Cinematical’s Scott Weinberg reports that Tobe Hooper, the man behind Poltergeist and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is in talks to direct a remake of the classic zombie film White Zombie.
Given the tendency for [...]

Oh remakes, ’tis a bittersweet love.

June 21, 2009

Does anyone remember the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead? The incessant whining of zombie purists notwithstanding, wasn’t it just a blast to watch? It put a clever spin on what I felt was the weakest of the three …of the Dead movies to date, and though not without its flaws, managed to keep [...]

Review/Discussion: Friday the 13th (2009)

February 16, 2009

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Director: Marcus Nispel
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Before I begin my “review,” I just want to warn you: most of this might not make much sense unless you’re as big a dork as I am, or can manage to perform some sort of weird exegetical analysis on a character that once beat someone to death against a tree [...]

Whoa…

February 11, 2009

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Bloody Disgusting and various other horror media outlets have reported that Alex “Where’d My Career Go” Winters, Ted’s time-traveling companion in the Bill and Ted series has been tapped to direct the remake of the 1987 classic horror film The Gate.
I have no idea what the Hell Alex Winters has been up to, and I [...]

Review/Rant: My Bloody Valentine 3-D

February 3, 2009

This gets double billing due to its uncharacteristic approach. I’m fairly certain no one will agree with my assessment, but hey, different strokes for different folks. It’s also short, so, uh, deal with it

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Director: Patrick Lussier
Year: 2009
Country: USA
I’ve been sitting on a review for the “re-imagining” of My Bloody Valentine for awhile, the [...]

A Nightmare on Elm Street redux?

December 12, 2008

By now everyone knows of the forthcoming Friday the 13th remake. Its production is blogged over at Bloody-Disgusting by producer Brad Fuller, and early screen tests have revealed that it’s actually supposed to be pretty good. Whilst browsing the myriad of horror feeds I have, I stumbled across this gem concerning the remake of A [...]

Oldboy….remake?

November 10, 2008

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: fuck remakes.
Rumors of an Oldboy remake have been floating around for awhile, with the closest thing coming in the form of an unauthorized Bollywood film called Zinda, though this is not billed as a remake and is really nothing more than plagarism to the nth degree. [...]

Stop Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes

September 4, 2008

Upon hearing the news that Michael Bay and his production company, Platinum Dunes, are in talks to remake the classic horror film Rosemary’s Baby, I nearly shit myself with anger. I was consumed with even more rage when I heard that Jessica Alba and Lindsay fucking Lohan were names flying around to play the part [...]

Evil Dead 4?

July 27, 2008

Apparently Sam Raimi announced at Comic Con that Evil Dead 4 is “in the wheelhouse.”
I wonder if this is going to coincide with his remake of Evil Dead, which just…just makes me angry.