remakes

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally posted by arron wardlaw
i have not heard of this tobe hooper movie, how old is it and what did you like about it

It came out about 1986. Its more of a kids movie really. I really liked the 50s comic book style of it plus it had some great characters played by Karen Black (as the kids evil teacher) and Jim Karen (from Return Of The Living Dead). Also had some great effects by Stan Winston. Its kinda similar in plot to Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. Great homage to the 1950s Sci-Fi B-Movies.



Loved it as a kid and it still stands the test of time today.

Watch out !!!
Looks like everything is gonna get a makeover.

It certainly is good news for the DVD industry which loves selling & raking up previously Dead and buried movies in 'new dvd format' to the young and curious of us .

[urgeok]

Originally posted by zwoti
tobe trying to prove himself after poltergeist

i thought he proved himself WITH poltergeist !

i'm not a fan of it but it was his biggest commercial success (kiss of death for the hard core horror fan i guess)


his Invaders from Mars was brilliant - a ton of fun .. great performances - James Karen is the best ! You could tell the whole cast was devoted to the spirit of the film ..

and it was suprisingly faithful to the origional ..

[zwoti]

Originally posted by urgeok
i thought he proved himself WITH poltergeist !

after poltergeist, some people started putting the success down to mr spielberg

[urgeok]

Originally posted by zwoti
after poltergeist, some people started putting the success down to mr spielberg

really ? i never realized it - i always thought of it as a Tobe Hooper film ... but i had been following his films ever since TCM ...

the general public probably didnt and could identify much more closely with the name of spielberg ..

[zwoti]

Originally posted by urgeok
really ? i never realized it - i always thought of it as a Tobe Hooper film ... but i had been following his films ever since TCM ...

the general public probably didnt and could identify much more closely with the name of spielberg ..

there was even one rumour that spielberg himself had shot some of the movie, imagine how galling that must have been for tobe after the film's success

[urgeok]

Originally posted by zwoti
there was even one rumour that spielberg himself had shot some of the movie, imagine how galling that must have been for tobe after the film's success

he's made himself into a bit of a high-end corman hasnt he ...
bringing along up and coming filmmakers ..

joe Dante ... and others ..

but his name always overshadows theirs

[zwoti]

Originally posted by urgeok
he's made himself into a bit of a high-end corman hasnt he ...
bringing along up and coming filmmakers ..

joe Dante ... and others ..

well dante started under corman...

Originally posted by urgeok
but his name always overshadows theirs

true

[urgeok]

Originally posted by zwoti
well dante started under corman...

and continued under speilberg

(he had a hell of a time getting his plane off the gound !)


richard donner has been overshadowed by the speilberg name as well ...

everyone thinks of the Goonies as a spielberg film ... it wasnt ..

[The_Return]

Remakes are starting to piss me off. Sure, I have nothing against the idea of them, I even have 1 on the Best Horror Movies list in my sig [The Fly]. But the thing that pisses me off is that theres so damn many nowadays. No originality left, so they take the easy way out. Almost gaurnteed money, and not as much work as coming up with your own idea.

I do enjoy most remakes that Ive seen however, and the 99 version of House on Haunted Hill is one of my favourite movies ever. Dawn of the Dead was O.K.... and Amittyville was pure garbage.