http://mantisfists.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/why-the-horror-remake/ exposition and exploitation Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mantisfists.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/why-the-horror-remake/#comment-43 Stop This Crazy World, I Want To Get Off | involuntary fury Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:35:30 +0000 http://mantisfists.wordpress.com/?p=239#comment-43 [...] So, here we are, in the golden age of remakes, and things just keep getting more obfuscated. First we had remakes. If you want to see The Fog, you have to figure out whether you want the original 1980 version or the 2005 remake. That’s bad enough, but now we’ve got the insanity of remakes of sequels and sequels to remakes. You can watch 2004’s Dawn of the Dead, which is a remake of 1978’s Dawn of the Dead, which was a (quasi) sequel to 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, not 1990’s Night of the Living Dead. Let’s say you’re a fan of regular old not-undead mutated cannibals. You could watch The Hills Have Eyes, either the 1977 or 2006 version, followed by The Hills Have Eyes Part II (sequel to the 1977 original) or The Hills Have Eyes II (sequel to the 2006 remake), neither of which are related. I use horror movies as an example because they’ve really been getting the shaft with the remakes. [...] [...] So, here we are, in the golden age of remakes, and things just keep getting more obfuscated. First we had remakes. If you want to see The Fog, you have to figure out whether you want the original 1980 version or the 2005 remake. That’s bad enough, but now we’ve got the insanity of remakes of sequels and sequels to remakes. You can watch 2004’s Dawn of the Dead, which is a remake of 1978’s Dawn of the Dead, which was a (quasi) sequel to 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, not 1990’s Night of the Living Dead. Let’s say you’re a fan of regular old not-undead mutated cannibals. You could watch The Hills Have Eyes, either the 1977 or 2006 version, followed by The Hills Have Eyes Part II (sequel to the 1977 original) or The Hills Have Eyes II (sequel to the 2006 remake), neither of which are related. I use horror movies as an example because they’ve really been getting the shaft with the remakes. [...]

]]> http://mantisfists.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/why-the-horror-remake/#comment-11 involuntaryfury Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:33:04 +0000 http://mantisfists.wordpress.com/?p=239#comment-11 The incessant stream of remakes coming out of Hollywood has been depressing, but it does seem like horror has had to bear the brunt of it. We’ve had the remake of Halloween, and with Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street remakes in the works, it’s obvious nothing is sacred. The incessant stream of remakes coming out of Hollywood has been depressing, but it does seem like horror has had to bear the brunt of it. We’ve had the remake of Halloween, and with Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street remakes in the works, it’s obvious nothing is sacred.

]]> http://mantisfists.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/why-the-horror-remake/#comment-10 herculesrob Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:18:28 +0000 http://mantisfists.wordpress.com/?p=239#comment-10 It's agreed that horror remakes have been exploding on the silver screen recently and they mostly suck. There have been a handful of decent original horror flicks in the past few years like 28 Days Later, The Descent, Grindhouse, and Saw (though the never-ending franchise has surely tarnished its name). Taking a glance outside of the horror genre, it seems like the entire movie industry has been rolling the dice on unoriginal stories. Just look at the percentage of adaptations to original screenplays. The number of comic books being made to films. And of course, the dreaded remakes of classics. It's outrageous, yet inevitable. But hey, I guess not all remakes are terrible, right? I sure thought The Departed was a notch up from Infernal Affairs. It’s agreed that horror remakes have been exploding on the silver screen recently and they mostly suck. There have been a handful of decent original horror flicks in the past few years like 28 Days Later, The Descent, Grindhouse, and Saw (though the never-ending franchise has surely tarnished its name). Taking a glance outside of the horror genre, it seems like the entire movie industry has been rolling the dice on unoriginal stories. Just look at the percentage of adaptations to original screenplays. The number of comic books being made to films. And of course, the dreaded remakes of classics. It’s outrageous, yet inevitable. But hey, I guess not all remakes are terrible, right? I sure thought The Departed was a notch up from Infernal Affairs.

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