The Remake Bug Needs To Go Away

[the unknown]

After reading that the next remake is none other than The Howling, I couldn't take it anymore. What is the deal of big Hollywood movie companies going the easy way out and remaking every classic horror movie they can think of? Where have all the ORIGINAL films gone? Does Hollywood really think this is what us fans want? Remakes that are not even half as good as the original? Now some are good(The THing, The RIng), but on a whole this is just a half-assed attempt to cash in on something that should not have not needed to be done(TCM). I as a horror fan want original and fresh movies like 28 Days Later and Cabin Fever...not bullshit remakes featuring the "flavor of the month" actor/actress.

[Living_Dead_Dude]

Yer, reading news of a Howling remake was the last straw for me too, what's the point?? just get off your overly paid corporate exectutive asses and come up with your own werewolf flick!! it's not even that I consider The Howling to be one of my favourite flicks (it's still a gud movie) but it just pisses me off seeing these countless classics getting remade showing absolutely no respect for them, they're just being lazy and are out for a quick buck, they don't care about the source material or the legions of fans they'll offend, they just know that your average dumbass moviegoer will see the poster and say "oh Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I'll go see that", it's just a brand and a namestake for them

[Sin Eater]

Originally posted by the unknown
I as a horror fan want original and fresh movies like 28 Days Later and Cabin Fever...not bullshit remakes featuring the "flavor of the month" actor/actress.

I agree with this.

I have no real issue with remakes in and of themselves. But when I hear that George Romero can't find any sort of funding for a NEW film, whereas one of his old ones is being remade, I get a little irritated.

That's my main complaint regarding the current remake fever. I want excellent new horror flicks, not "revamped" old ones.

I'm eagerly awaiting a return to the glory days when rip-offs and shameless regurgitations, not remakes, ruled Hollywood :).

[SykkBoy]

Sadly, the only thing driving Hollywood these days is the almighty dollar...
While I understand no profits = no studio = no movies, it's still frustrating.

I'm sure my fellow screenwriting schmoes feel a bit gypped at tooling around with scripts and writing something unique and original and not even being able to get a read while these remakes are turned out in droves.

The reason they keep making them is because moviegoers keep paying money to see them. If moviegoers stop going, they'll stop making them. It's a business and they have to go with what makes a profit.

Anyways, if a real studio script reader is sitting out there and wants to read something original, get in touch ;-)

[pyscho dude]

The once in a long while remake wasn't so bad but now it's like remake after remake. It all of these upcoming remakes flop badly then people will get the message. Stop seeing these damn remakes. Your only encouraging them.

[Function13]

Ohhh come on! Yeh sure it's great to see an original new film, that offers new ideas and plotlines but a lot of the remakes make worthwhile viewing. Did any of you actually watch the new Psycho or TCM? Granted they're not a touch on the originals but as stand alone films they make great viewing. If you want fresh, new ideas then these films films were spilling them. The idea of completley updating the setting of a film but hardly touching the script was a daring move for any film maker, but to try and touch PSYCHO? They must have been insane! Yet, they pulled it off quite nicely.

To put it another way, did you ever listen to a cover song and be infuriated that those stupid record companies are just trying to make money? Yeh, probably. I know I do. But its good to see a new take on an old idea. And it's always good to see and old fave pulled into a more recent setiing so that way its easier for the modern audience to relate. Sometimes it's actually the fans that re-make films to show how they would have done it. I enjoy seeing a good new film as much as anybody, but when the new wave of films includes things like Jeepers Creepers, or Urban Legends then it's always good to see a firm favourite updated.

[Corpse Candle]

Well I think everyone on the horror boards know my feelings on remakes of recent years and why I think they are being made at the rate they are.

All I will say is that HOLLYWOOD is no longer a major producer of horror films it will always create a a large number of horror films but at least until the near future horror in hollywood is a joke.

[horrorfreak13]

Stop with the fucking remakes. I swear if they remake Halloween and Howling I fucking snap

[DaRkToOtH]

i really dont know...lets consider the "original movies" that have been coming up lately...house of the dead, darkness falls, jason X,28 days later..these werent really great movies! in fact, they really stunk. now i look at the boards and see how all u schmoes went and watched the new tcm..and now ur bashing remakes? i agree that there getting way too redundant..but i think some good can be found in them as well, i would much rather watch the tcm remake than house of the dead

[ERIN_LoJ]

To be fair, Jason X was a sequel, so can't really be included in the "original" ballot.

[captainjesus]

also to be fair, House of the Dead was a video game, so its not really original. and there was nothing wrong with 28 Days later dammit!

but yeah, all these remakes suck. i didnt see the new TCM, i prolly never will. the only remakes i like are The Thing and The Ring. what i hate about all these remakes is that they are remaking movies for the sake of remaking something. look at The Howling. granted, the movie is 22 years old, but its still a damned good movie, and isnt really as dated as it sounds. the werewolf effects are great, as well as all of the other effects. this really doesnt need to be remade. but they're going to. they're gonna slap some teenbeat asshole on camera with a shitty looking CGI werewolf, and they're just going to piss all over what The Howling used to be. fuck that shit.

my 2 cents

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[Function13]

Ok, I see your point when you say that they're remaking things just for the sake of money but then in your examples of remakes you don't mind you keep including THE RING! WTF?!! I'm not sure when the original came out but I'm pretty sure that it wasn't too long ago, and I'm absolutely f****ng certain that it was an amazingly scary movie! The only reason it was remade was so that Hollywood could throw it into mainstream cinema without having to introduce the mass audience to (gasp!) subtitles. So basically you hate films that are remade simply for money but you have no problem with the remake of The Ring which was remade simply for money? Right. Okay then.

[DaRkToOtH]

i dunno it just seems that remakes r actually pretty fun to watch (most of them) so i dont see a problem. obviously the tcm remake was good cuz its getting alot of praise, so im not gonna dog on them

[captainjesus]

Originally posted by Function13
So basically you hate films that are remade simply for money but you have no problem with the remake of The Ring which was remade simply for money? Right. Okay then.

ok, let me clear this up a little. i didnt mind The Ring because i have not seen the original. id like to, and im sure after seeing it, i would treat the remake like the bastard child it is. but i havent seen it cause the local vid store doesnt carry it, and im not going to just throw cash that i dont have away for a movie i have never seen. so for now, my judgment stands.

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[the unknown]

I did happen to (unfortunately) see the Psycho remake when it first came out and felt it was completely unneccesarry(sp) in that nothing changed and it was shot for shot identical..TCM on the other hand, I was completely against it but using my better judgement I went and gave it a shot. It is really not a remake at all but a stand alone film in the series. I was not that enthused w/ it but I was happy to see ol' Letherface on the big screen again. And DaRktoOtH.... I agree w/ you on these films... House of the Dead was shit, Darkness Falls got butchered by the studio, but I thought Jason X was good in a fanboy/campy type of way and 28 Days later was a thinking man's zombie flick, which I totally dug! Also, Cabin Fever, HOATC, FVJ, ect. were all pretty good and original movies, along w/ Wrong Turn for that throwback 70's vibe.

peace.