remaking HELLRAISER

[Gerbzilla2000]

Not even going to bother watching it.I love the 1st on and tell you the truth there is no need to remake it and not even looks dated.

If they want to make horror films wish they would look at some of Shaun Hutson Books to make as film in stead of remaking films when there is no need to think directors like to waste money lol

( Never touchin JD again drank to much last night)

[stenchofdeath]

If they want to make horror films wish they would look at some of Shaun Hutson Books to make as film in stead of remaking films when there is no need to think directors like to waste money lol

I agree, I used to read alot of Shaun Hutson, even some more of James Herberts books.

If they want to remake this, then i don't have a problem with that.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Fuck that even if Bradley was in it. Fuck this, just like the Children of the corn remake, have like a 5 year old playing issac, fuck the Nightmare remake, will i go see them?? Well of course I'll be too curious I think anybody would but FUCK the movies arnt even that old, I can see some of the 50's movies, just to see a new re-envisioning but man just leave them go.

[Rodus]

Bugger that, yet another great film that doesnt need remaking. Stenchofdeath's idea is great, Shawn Hutson books could make seome good films, and why not Richard Laymon too.

[rasobasi420]

You're all judging this movie before even seeing it?

What useless movie critics you'd all make.

:mad:

[The_Return]

Originally Posted by rasobasi420

You're all judging this movie before even seeing it?

What useless movie critics you'd all make.

:mad:

Ebert only has to watch the first 7 minutes - we're just a step ahead!

[CrimsonFiend138]

Critics are useless anyways. Hey if you like people telling you whats good or not that's your business.

[rasobasi420]

Nevertheless, to ignore a movie based on your love of its previous incarnation is shortsighted. For all anyone knows, this could be better than the first. I won't say that with certainty, but to ignore it, and then comment on it is the definition of ignorance.

If you plan on boycotting the film, try to give a better reason than you really liked the first version.

[milktoaste]

I would never boycott any of the Hellraiser series, even if it was a hunk of crap remake. I just can't figure out why any one would want to remake it. It does have a decent fan base, but nothing that would gaurantee huge profits. And it's not the most complex story line either. How hard could it be to write an original script that's simply along the same lines as Hellraiser. Sure you wouldn't get to use Pinhead or the puzzle box, but I imagine you could sell just as many tickets to Hellraiser fans.

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Last week we reported a brand new ‘stand alone’ Hellraiser flick was in the pipeline and gushing towards production.

It isn’t the much-discussed remake but a new entry into the world of sado-masochistic horror where victims have their souls torn apart by a bunch of demons called Cenobites.

The new movie – Hellraiser: Revelations – is being prepped by Victor Garcia from a script by Gary Tunnicliffe and centres on two friends who release the infamous Pinhead into their world and suffer the consequences. Now that is the usual narrative progression of all the series! One of the dudes hopes to swap himself for another unwitting person… again, doesn’t sound so fresh, does it?

Signing up for scares and scars is Australian actress Peta Wilson, who you may remember played the vampiric Mina Harker in Stephen Norrington’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Since its 1987 debut, Hellraiser, based on Clive Barker’s own novella The Hellbound Heart, has spawned eight films with diminishing returns (Hellraiser II: Hellbound is the best). Despite the relative low budgets and general crapness, the Hellraiser franchise remains iconic and memorable due to the power of its creator’s ideas. It’s also really gross. Past directors include Scott ‘Day the Earth Stood Still’ Derrickson and Anthony ‘Mute Witness’ Hickox… although Alan Smithee’s entry rocked!

Martyrs director Pascal Laugier recently abandoned plans to remake the original film and that production remains in limbo. For now we’ll have to make do with direct-to-dvd entries into hell.