Classics That Would Make Great Remakes
 

We've had a lot of remakes recently, and I'm sure there are gonna be a lot more...So, if you had your choice, what would you like to see redone?

The classics are old and many were restricted by available technology and prudence...We can do SO much more now in terms of effects, and the amount of gore that is actually PERMITTED...


Some were already amazing, I'd like to see a new version of them...Some could have been much better, I'd like to see them made that way, too...Some were great ideas, but lacked a little something, maybe they could be remade and have 'what's missing' added...And, for some of them I think just COLOR would make a big difference


I think Rosemary's Baby, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane, The Nanny and many more could be AWESOME if redone by today's standards

Oooh...What could we do with 'Creature From The Black Lagoon'?

War of the Worlds ..

I said this just before i found out there was going to be another bullshit remake.

i want a high budget version done exactly as in the book.
Peter JAckson should have directed it instead of Speilberg

The Beast With Five Fingers was a great 'old dark house' film. What about a remake of 'M' (I'm a big Lorre fan) and possibly a sequal to 'The Thing'.

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YIKES ! that was a huge part of the charm and atmosphere of the classics you mentioned !

both Rosemary's Baby and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane were character studies .. i cant see how the benefit of todays standards could improve on either of those films .. they weren't about effects .. they were about tension, suspense, and relationships. Those were fine as they were


maybe ..... but it would be a completely different movie ..
Like old godzilla vs new godzilla .. the cornball looks and makeup were the reasons that that monster is one of the most recognizable and beloved horror icons of all times ..


the films that should be remade are the ones that deviated from the origional source ( War of the Worlds) or films that can actually be helped by a bigger budget and special effects.

but again .. keep in mind that it will become a different film and lose the atmosphere that made the origionals so popular...

in the case of The Thing - it succeeded .. but that was a rare exception.

How about the "Sinbad" movies. Now, i know Harryhausen's effects are a big part of their appeal but imagine what someone like a Peter Jackson could do.

I would also like to see a remake of "Trog" . I have fond memories of this from my childhood.

http://www.monsterlandtoys.com/video/Trog.gif

excellent call on the sinbad movies .. i bet it would The Rock playing him too.

I could see that.

I have NO problems with The Rock. He definitely has the physical abilities and i think he has the charm as well to fill the void left from Schwarzenegger and Stallone. Yes i also know they are not great thespians, but they had their place.

i think he's a very likeable guy and would actually suit the roll fine.
I didnt want to like him .. because i think professional wresling is a joke ... but he's hard not to like ..

(i.e - The Rundown)

I'm a huge Lorre fan too, but i'd do anything in my power to stop a remake of 'M'. it just could never be done. it wouldn't have the same eerie, sick feeling. I really don't think it could have been done.

I might get killed for saying this, but if I had to pick a classic to get remade i think I might try The Cabinet of dr. Caligari (again). If it was done right, it could be very bizzarre and chilling.

"Curse Of The Demon" and "Nightmare Castle" would be my picks. I'd also like to see "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark" remade even though I don't think it fits in the "classic" category.

But wouldn't remaking a classic kind of defeat the purpose of it being a classic? I mean, you couldn't remake Halloween and expect it too actually be any good.

no
no
no :mad:

and that was the only suggestion that caused you distress ?

nope, but they'd better stay away from one of my favourite moveis :mad:

i still havent seen that one ..

I think The Bat would be the perfect remake.

First off, it wasnt an overly amazing movie in the first place. It was good, dont get me wrong, but far from perfect. The Bat himself was pretty cool with the pre-Freddy bladed glove, and it the setting and B/W atmosphere certainly did it good. But other than those points, it wasnt the greatest. None of the actors did the jobs they could have done [VP was esp. disapointing], so they couldnt really mess it up by replacing them. Also, considering this is all Hollywod execs care about, I really think it'd make money. The "whodunnit" format is becoming more and more popular [IE: Cry_Wolf ect], fill it up with a couple of the dying breed of good, young, attractive actors...and you're set. Providing they kept the plot basically the same, and kept the time frame, I think it could be pretty cool.

Hey, at least I didn't say Nosferatu :eek: ...


But....I wonder......


*Covers head and runs*



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Shadow Of The Vampire

I think with the right leading man and director, they could do up a pretty good remake of The Conversation. Not for filmmaking technology, but for the technology used in the movie (by the characters).


and by "the right director", I mean Kiyoshi Kurosawa

already been done by klaus kinski & werner herzog and it is very good

imdb

Yeah..But, That's 1979...I meant today...as in...right now...

give it 5 or 10 minutes .. i'm sure someone's making it right now.

with all teenage good looking actors ..

Kevin Federline is...Nosferatu! (rated PG-13, in theaters this Friday)

For some sexuality, action violence and brief terror.

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now there's a classic film monster that hasn't seen a remake.he was always my favorite,it would be interesting to see what Guillermo del Toro or Zack Snyder could do with it.i'd would'nt mind seeing a Valley of the Gwangi remake either.

hmm

i coul see them trying to remake halloween sometime... it would end up with something like


Laurie Strode- Paris Hilton
The girl choked in her car- Lohan
The other girl that got choked- Some model like mya or whatever.
The guy that got stabbed (bob i think)- ice cube or xzibit.
Michael myers (23)- some hobo they found in an alley


and thats the cast... or at least the people i remember


oh and dr.loomis would be some rapper with a gun.

and he'd be like.. die! biiiiitch at the end.

Night of the Demon - but hooked to religious fundamentalists rather than satanic mentalists

With the right actress/director combo I'd like to see a modern day Repulsion.

I think Bloodlust would work well as a remake.

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No, no, no, no, no.

Say after me. P-E-T-E-R... J-A-C-K-S-O-N. ;)

Please, PLEASE, people....

I am still getting over the recent King Kong remake, had to buy a new bottle of Tylenol because of that goddamn idiot movie.

Next we'll be seeing hordes of Gill Men who all know Matrix wire-fu and carry guns and shout things like "Death to the humans!" in Admiral Ackbar-type voices. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-----------------I can do without that, thank you.

my god .. other than the last line poorly delivered by Jack Black,
that movie was a masterpiece !

That last line could not have been delivered even decent if it was spoken by the best actor in the world. Brrrrrrrrr..

There's another movie I'd also like to see remade. It's not really a classic as far as the year on this forum goes though. But it's:

"Gargoyles" (1972)

Sorry, Urge, I'm going to have to go with Rosemary's Baby as well, because Mia Farrow is a shit actress, and I've seen other films with her.

The new directors could really make something by incorporating new fangled ideas reguarding horror, the devil, witchcraft, AND a modern look at gender roles in the family... Shit... I'm having trouble expressing myself.

I know somebody understands what I'm trying to say. I'm hoping for an, "I get ya, Haunted. You didn't state it clearly, but I get ya."

But yeah, I'd like to see a good remake of Rosemary's Baby.

With some of the other suggested films... How could we replace Bette Davis. She's a legend.

i would like to see remakes of the old universal movies. dracula, frankenstein, the wolfman, CFTBL and the mummy. the catch being that the directors must stick to the original scripts. they can update some things such as updating the dialogue a little (maybe, i am undecided about that just yet). the only thing they can change is the special effects.

The Flesh Eaters

The Quatermass Experiment and Quatermass and the Pit would be interesting if well done.

The Quatermass Experiment starring Mark Wahlberg and Paris Hilton just kidding I know I know

Classics That Would Make Great Remakes
 

The attack of the body snatchers.

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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Has ALREADY been remade.....Twice...

3 times if you want to include the Puppet Masters..