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New Driller Killer?
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by: Dave Davis Jan. 18, 2007

I’m not sure I’d call Abel Ferrara’s horror flick THE DRILLER KILLER a “classic” (surely not in the stratum of his later KING OF NEW YORK), but someone apparently liked it enough to… well, remake it.

Yep, British filmmaker Andrew Jones (THE FERAL GENERATION) is updating the 1979 exploitation flick about a struggling artist (played by Ferrara himself) who spends his nights killing random vagrants with a power drill. But hey, who hasn't hunted the homeless for their own amusement? I make it a monthly event, myself.

Jones, who hadn’t even been conceived yet when Ferrara’s original was soaking the streets of New York, will reportedly turn it into more of a “psychological thriller” set in London, and he has a budget of around $5 million to do it.

Personally, I’m waiting for the remake of Ms. 45.

Source: Twitch

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Extra Tidbit: Ferrara is one of many directors to adapt the work of crime novelist Elmore Leonard (GET SHORTY) with the little-seen 1989 Peter Weller flick CAT CHASER.

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Scottzenegger
8:26AM on 01/21/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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ok, Horror film from a horror fan sounds cool. Bit more jazzed now. Still neutral though.
ok, Horror film from a horror fan sounds cool. Bit more jazzed now. Still neutral though.
 
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Andrew Jones
7:39AM on 01/21/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Clarification
It`s not gonna be a psychological "thriller". That conjures up images of shite like 'Sleeping With The Enemy'. I`m a horror fan, this is going to be a horror film. We will be playing more on the psychological aspect of the lead character`s descent into madness but make no mistake, this is a horror film.



The Driller Killer remake now has a MySpace page...



It`s not gonna be a psychological "thriller". That conjures up images of shite like 'Sleeping With The Enemy'. I`m a horror fan, this is going to be a horror film. We will be playing more on the psychological aspect of the lead character`s descent into madness but make no mistake, this is a horror film.



The Driller Killer remake now has a MySpace page...



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I`ll be blogging on there regularly with news on the project`s progress, including casting news. It won`t be an all british cast so expect news of some familiar faces from the horror genre appearing amongst our supporting cast.



Thanks.
 
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Scottzenegger
10:50PM on 01/20/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
yes. this sounds very shit. very shit indeed. turning it into a psychological thriller set in London sounds very shit.
yes. this sounds very shit. very shit indeed. turning it into a psychological thriller set in London sounds very shit.
 
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Johnny Moreno
1:41PM on 01/18/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Cat Chaser's a great book, didn't know he did the movie.



Isn't there a remake of MOTEL HELL coming out?
Cat Chaser's a great book, didn't know he did the movie.



Isn't there a remake of MOTEL HELL coming out?
 
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Eupatorus
1:26PM on 01/18/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Ugh.
Fuck a remake. Pass.
Fuck a remake. Pass.