Yesterday, I received in my Inbox a few script pages for a movie called “URBAN DECAY,” although it was immediately obvious that these were pages from a CHUD remake. Mostly due to the fact that it said things like “Everybody hears CHUDS creeping across the roof.”
I was hesitant to write about the pages because, obviously, it was April Fool’s Day, and the web is crawling with fabricated crap. But, if Bloody Disgusting is to be believed, these script pages are the real deal, as they got in touch with the alleged writers on the project, Ian Malone and Andrew Goring.
So what does Mr. Malone say is in store for us?
“More monsters and action sequences, but we’re not changing the tone. This isn’t just any movie for us, this is CHUD, one of our favorite movies. This remake is a celebration of what we love about the original, as all remakes should be.” He also chatted a bit about the gore levels. “The original has some great gore gags and it’s a lot of fun coming up with new ones.”
“Our goal is not to be better than the original. We’re taking inspiration from the original premise, and trying to infuse it with our own energy. If you’re gonna remake a movie, you have to care about the original. That’s the way we’re looking at this. We love CHUD and we want to bring the CHUD experience back to theaters.”
“The CHUD experience,” eh? I’m wondering if there’s a bit of an overestimation of fanboy love for the original. As far as I can tell, people like CHUD not because it’s a genuinely good movie, but because it’s cheesy, goofy, and utterly 80s (of course, I could be wrong about this). It’s fun, sure, but it’s not exactly THE EXORCIST, is it? Hell, it’s not even THE MONSTER SQUAD. But am I really going to argue the merits of bringing a movie about hobo-killing monsters in NYC to the big-screen? No, guess I can’t.