Hollywood pimps out even more re-makes; Hilary Duff in Bonnie & Clyde?

[Zombie]

The Xombie thing will be fun.

I think we're going to go check out the Friday the 13th remake on Friday. Can't say I'm looking forward to seeing it, but at least we're going to the theater that will give you a giant ICEE with vodka in it for 5 bucks.

[Nicks Fan]

The Halloween remake was awful(They changed so much of the story and loaded on blood and gore) and so was Prom Night(Wasn't even the same story as the original) The Fog Remake was ok.

In Ottawa where I live we have a repotoire theater called "The Mayfair" which opned in 1932 and is the oldest theater in the nations capital. It was famous for being double bills every night with a mix of cult and classic with 2nd run Box office hits of recent years. They also showed Foreign films and indepedant films .

In recent years the emphasis was on new box office movies and less on classics. When the current owners decided to pack it in it was closed in Nov until a group of people got together and saved it.

Now they are showing alot of classics on the big screen. This weeknd it is Friday the 13th the original at Midnight and on Sat it is Smokey and The Bandit at 2:00 and at Midnight Emmanuelle. They are also showing this month Ghoulies, My Bloody Valentine the 1981 Original,Re Animator, ET, The Muppet Caper, The Muppet Movie,West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Hard Target, Double Team, Timecop, Maximum Risk.

I am glad that I will finally get to see Friday the 13th on the big screen.

Matt

[Zombie]

^^^^

Your theater sounds like it rocks. I'll have to remember it in case I ever find myself in Ottawa. Go see Re-Animator on the big screen for me. I shall live vicariously through you like that, haha.

But you are right about Rob Zombie loading his Halloween up on the blood and gore. He ruined that story 15 ways to Sunday, and that was one of the ways - he turned it into a film that just caters to the "Saw movies are AWESOME!" set. Completely obliterated what made Carpenter's so genius.

I wrote a rather long rant on my website addressing exactly how he screwed it up (it's here, if you should care to read it, though warning: contains language).

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by Zombie

Which isn't a bad thing, of course, because...mutant killer babies? Well, it's just been done, darling. After all, who could forget the sequels, It Lives Again and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive?

Har.

I hope you're not making fun of the It's Alive trilogy. Larry Cohen is a genius.

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

I hope you're not making fun of the It's Alive trilogy. Larry Cohen is a genius.

Nope, just messin' around. Fear not - I have my head screwed on straight.

[GoldDustOrphan]

And more remakes....

Alice, Sweet Alice
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
God Told Me To
Fright Night
Happy Birthday to Me
House on Sorority Row (now called "Sorority Row"; starring Rumer Willis and Carrie Fisher)
Suspiria (David Gordon Green directing)
The Crazies (Starring Radha Mitchell and Tim Olyphant)
The Brood (From Spyglass Entertainment)
Night of the Demons (Starring Shannon Elizabeth and Ed Furlong)
I Spit on Your Grave (Eli Roth as producer)

[Zombie]

Alice, Sweet Alice? Suspiria? Noooooooo.

[GoldDustOrphan]

Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Eddie Izzard, Jason Priestley and Vanessa Redgrave will star in the BBC's remake of The Day of the Triffids.

[GoldDustOrphan]

The Hollywood Reporter reports that music video director Samuel Bayer was just signed to direct Platinum Dunes (the company behind recent remakes of Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw) remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Bayer was to direct Platinum Dunes remake of Near Dark, but they fast-tracked Elm Street. Bayer has directed videos for Metallica, Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins and Pat Benatar.