remaking HELLRAISER

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Collider have picked up confirmation that Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer will be the force behind Dimension's Hellraiser remake.

It'll be the next project for the 3D-friendly duo who brought us the My Bloody Valentine redo and the upcoming Drive Angry. They also worked on the abandoned (for the time being) Halloween 3D for the Weinsteins.

Roommate director Christian E Christiansen had been in the running for the gig, but ultimately lost out to the Drive Angry team, as did Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, who brought us the last four Saw films and The Collector.

Collider do confirm, however, that drafts of the script so far have all focused on "young adults encountering Pinhead", some with a Hellboy-ish fantasy vibe, and some more along Elm Street lines. Whether that will remain the case under the new creative team remains to be seen. The word is that Dimension is still keen on the "young adult spin", and given her presence in Drive Angry, the rumour of Amber Heard's casting may yet prove true.

More on this as it comes.

[saturday_bell]

So I just found out today that they are remaking the original Hellraiser. WHAT THE HELL:mad:! The original is perfect as is and them touching it is unneeded. I never understood why the industry remakes all ready GREAT horror films. If any thing they should remake the crappy ones that had good Ideas but needed better write/directors/budgets. Don't get me wrong I have like in the past a few remakes such as the hills have eyes, and Texas chainsaw massacre. All though I never saw the original so that is probably why I liked them. Now if it was jaws that I would go for just because of the new technology out there. Though I would want a new story line that dose not relate to the original. The horror industry really needs to start producing better horror. The last movie that I was obsessed with was the Hamilton. the last movie that kept me from sleeping was the sixth sense and the ring so they need to produce better one because I'm pretty easy to scare. What dose every one else think!?:confused:

[TheWickerFan]

So it's okay to remake Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, and Jaws - but not Hellraiser. I don't get it.:confused:

[roshiq]

Yup...they're late! Hellraiser should have been remade 5 years ago!:D

[Doc Faustus]

Originally Posted by saturday_bell

So I just found out today that they are remaking the original Hellraiser. WHAT THE HELL:mad:! The original is perfect as is and them touching it is unneeded. I never understood why the industry remakes all ready GREAT horror films. If any thing they should remake the crappy ones that had good Ideas but needed better write/directors/budgets. Don't get me wrong I have like in the past a few remakes such as the hills have eyes, and Texas chainsaw massacre. All though I never saw the original so that is probably why I liked them. Now if it was jaws that I would go for just because of the new technology out there. Though I would want a new story line that dose not relate to the original. The horror industry really needs to start producing better horror. The last movie that I was obsessed with was the Hamilton. the last movie that kept me from sleeping was the sixth sense and the ring so they need to produce better one because I'm pretty easy to scare. What dose every one else think!?:confused:

Get informed. See the original versions. They've done worse things to better movies. And check out the HDC top lists if you're looking for something scary and interesting. If they do remake Hellraiser, the only thing I could see them doing for it would be to make it more like the novella it was based on. Hellraiser is itself an adaptation. To adapt again from the same source material is not unheard of. Look at Christopher Nolan's Batman movies for example. It was done so that a new slant could be taken on the source material. Jaws also originated from a book. If you have something new to say about Peter Benchley's novel, it might be worth remaking Jaws. If you want a CGI shark that probably won't even look as cool as the original shark, there's no reason to bother.

[Fearonsarms]

I've decided out of spite that when a remake comes out I will buy the original on dvd for all my friends. If loads of people do this-I believe we will be sending them the right message-in addition if the original is available for free online I will post its link to anyone considering watching the remake-"you want to watch a remake of hellraiser?-save your money and watch the original for free here-etc etc"

[saturday_bell]

Hey I'm just stating my opinion. I think there are other movies that could benefit from remakes. But like I said I'm just stating my opinion. And I don't particularly like movies before the 80's except for a couple of 70's. I don't know why. I know there is a lot of good ones out there. My attention span is short so With some movies I have a hard time making it to the good parts. And jaws I wouldn't want CGI. I would want mechanical like the original but with some more shark footage and the technology now I think would benefit more in the making.

[leezuki]

i think a remake might be good. i have only watched 1 to 4, i would lke to watch the rest of them. i heard inferno is suposed to be good but not shure what the rest would are like. i like the original alot so i can see why alot of people would be against it, but a revamp of it could work i think.

[William Seabrook]

Originally Posted by Doc Faustus

Get informed. If they do remake Hellraiser, the only thing I could see them doing for it would be to make it more like the novella it was based on.

I agree I wouldn't mind a complete remake that went back to the original novella, but I really wouldn't want to see a remake of the film itself. I remember a while back someone remade psycho scene for scene. I never saw it, why bother when I'd already seen Hitchcocks. But taken from a new angle it could be really cool. Some of the later Hellraiser films really started to suck. Maybe they could do for Hellraiser what the remakes did for Batman. (After Tim Burton left it was all downhill for the original series, the new Batman's jumpstarted the whole thing again.)

[Devastating]

Personally the Hellraiser Series is still on of my Favorites..Although I thought Hellworld Sucked.In my opinion by far the worst of the series.
I wouldnt mind watching a re-make of the original.:)