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alkytrio666 10-17-2006 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Return (Post 491308)
I really hope Zombie decides to take this in some radically new direction...there is no way in Hell that he can re-create the original, so Im hoping to see something new and different.


Sow hy remake it at all, if he's striving for something new and different? :confused:

hypnocil addict 10-17-2006 08:27 PM

i really just hope he doesnt make it to gorey (i love gore, but thats never what made these Halloween films scary), and i swear if i see some blonde bimbo screaming "tuti fuckin fruity" at michael, im leaving. ahah.:cool:

phantomstranger 10-17-2006 10:42 PM

Personally, I'm just sick and tired of all the damn remakes. The reason these films are remembered is because they were ORIGINAL! Maybe it's time for Hollywood to get off it's lazy ass and start making something that is unique and different, like say.. a brand new idea, Not just a tired retread of something we have all seen before.

the_real_linda 10-18-2006 05:41 PM

phantom has a way more than valid point....its what ive been thinking for ages......get some originality..........im not saying htere isnt original stuff out there just too much emphasis on remakes

The Dark Shape 10-18-2006 06:14 PM

You guys should read the Rob Zombie interview. He says it's more of a re-imaging than a remake.

John Carpentar's Halloween theme remains, but it's a little different. Same score though.

I'm really excited as Rob said that the script is nearing completion and they are currently looking at different places to shoot now.

The theatrical release is planned for October 2007.

Prelude95Si 10-18-2006 06:22 PM

I'm a big fan of the original vision of Halloween. However, I am curious to see Rob's take on this movie. I mean I see Rob as being a really violent movie maker, so I think it will be interesting to see how me imagines a movie that was mostly driven on suspense rather than numerous amounts of gore.

AmericanManiac 10-19-2006 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by phantomstranger (Post 491359)
Personally, I'm just sick and tired of all the damn remakes. The reason these films are remembered is because they were ORIGINAL! Maybe it's time for Hollywood to get off it's lazy ass and start making something that is unique and different, like say.. a brand new idea, Not just a tired retread of something we have all seen before.

Well if "Hollywood" is going to get into Horror we are going to get shitty films like "The Curse" Wes Cravens older shit Last house, Nightmare, Hills have eyes were good because He wasn't mainstream yet, he did what he loved. If you stay true to yourself and your fans and not worrying about what some guy in a suit sitting at a desk has to say, your going to put out good work. Its when you have to get approval from these "hollywood" Producers of what your going to do. When you produce your own film or have friends that produce it, it's going to extremely kick ass. Zombie has Carpenters Approval on this remake and I don't think zombie's going to let Mr. Carpenter, Halloween fans, or any of zombie's fans down on this film, as someone said before he knows what is at stake here and being a true horror fan himself this film will be a great film.

Does anyone know what company it's going to be release under ? I think Lions Gate Films are the best for Horror movie's they have more "balls" to show new and different shit.

Doc Faustus 10-19-2006 07:31 PM

If Zombie reimagines Halloween, it's not like it will be in the hands of some suit who doesn't have any interest in or respect for the genre. Rob Zombie is as big a horror fanatic as most anyone on this forum, and is an interesting director who will be smart enough to show the necessary restraint to get into the spirit of Halloween. Halloween is a subtle slasher flick and I think Zombie can tell that's part of the appeal. He was able to carnivalize the atmosphere of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Eaten Alive and other slasher classics, adding a sense of fun and a metafictional edge that a lot of movies don't have. He knows why we go to horror movies and it stands to reason, knows why people love Halloween. I think we should let him prove how much passion he has for the horror genre, if he hasn't already. And in regard to Lion's Gate, they've come up with a lot of hip, original horror, but Lion's Gate horror is still something of a gamble. Lion's Gate is pretty much run by a big rubber stamp. It's good to give struggling filmmakers opportunities, but I think they still need work when it comes to separating the wheat from the chaff. That said, I think back to a quote from some writer (I can't remember who) who was asked if he was disappointed that Hollywood ruined his books. In response he said, "They didn't. They're still right there on the shelves." The source material doesn't change when a remake gets made, nor does the attitude about the original. If Zombie does fail, there will be no end of nostalgia for the original. So, we need not worry about losing Carpenter's classic, or about it disappearing from American culture. Remakes are often offensive and stupid and a shame to the original, but the old material won't get any better or worse. I'm more worried about the Wicker Man remake, since the Wicker Man is a movie that not everybody in America has seen. In this case, curiosity over the original might not be excited.

AmericanManiac 10-20-2006 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Doc Faustus (Post 492332)
I think we should let him prove how much passion he has for the horror genre, if he hasn't already.

That's what I was trying to say ! :D

makemebad 10-20-2006 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by The Dark Shape (Post 491828)
You guys should read the Rob Zombie interview. He says it's more of a re-imaging than a remake.

John Carpentar's Halloween theme remains, but it's a little different. Same score though.

I'm really excited as Rob said that the script is nearing completion and they are currently looking at different places to shoot now.

The theatrical release is planned for October 2007.

you mean 2008?


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