Another Horror Classic to be remade...this time....its POLTERGEIST

Yeah, the sky is falling, too.  So what?  The original will still be there.  If you don't like it, don't see it.  Sorry to be so harsh, I don't mean to attack, but frankly, they're (remakes)  never going to go away.  Not while they're making money at least. It may be difficult to accept them, but you're as helpless as I to affect any real change in the movie making machine.  I find it funny how these type of stories make so many so angry.  It's not as if this remake is replacing an original story that would've otherwise been filmed. 

It's a sad fact of life that the studios are out to make money.  It's even sadder that today's movie-going audience are less then interested in seeing a 20 year old movie.  But unfortunately, that's how it works. 

There are no sacred cows.  There never has been, there never will be.

Another Psycho style remake on the way.  Hooper do something!!!  For crying out loud man, first TCM and now this!  What have we come to???!!!

was posted here. And yeah its another lame cash in.
http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_6970.html

I think with your belief system sMart you are pretty much the reason these remakes keep getting made.. Its like voting with your money.. If you seriously want them to stop making remakes don't watch them in the theatre..

If I feel that a remake has potential like say Dawn of the Dead I will go see it.. But if I know the remake is going to be garbage like When a Stranger Calls I don't check it out.. Its as simple as that really.. I've already come to that realisation that remakes are here for along time now.. One flop won't stop them.. There has to be consistent flops to the point where they think it will be a risk to make one.. I just don't see it happening anytime soon though unfortunately..

Agreed Goon,  although I can't help but have a gut reaction that this will end up like the Psycho remake...after watching it, I just had a strong urge to go out and rewatch the original.

Goon, I'm not talking about myself.  I don't like the remakes, and have only seen one in the theaters.  The others, I catch on HBO if I catch them at all. It would be nice if HBO would present them in the OAR.  I haven't even seen the Hills Have Eyes remake, just yet, despite hearing good things about it from my fellow horror fans.  I'm talking about the masses that wouldn't touch a 20 year old movie with a 10 foot pole.  Which appear to me, to be the majority of film goers.  I'm talking about the studios.  I'm just trying to be objective. 

We're in a definite minority.  I do vote with my pocketbook, but the studios don't really care about my $10.00.  I predict, however that a shot for shot remake of Poltergeist will flop, just like the Psycho remake. 

I agree with you, Goon.  It'll take a series of flops to stop this trend.  It's too bad these remakes are generally cheap to film, because a movie would have to flop pretty badly not to make any money.  Plus, of course, we have DVD sales.   And while these remakes make even a small profit, the studios will continue to keep churning them out.  They're easier, cheaper and in some cases have a built in audience, even if some of them are viewing it out of curiousity.  The don't care, they still got your $10.00.

So, I'm not the reason these remakes get made, since I can't bother myself to see them anyway.  I simply don't believe that the sky is falling when they are.  I don't get myself worked up over it.  Life's too short for that.  It's a trend that's not going to go away anytime soon, so I've accepted them as a necessary evil.  And in some cases beneficial.  I choose my battles.  For example; the Weinstein/Blockbuster arrangement.  I dislike it when my choices as a consumer are taken away from me.  It's strange to me that there is such outrage concerning this issue and much less apparently, concerning the Blockbuster monopoly on Weinstein movies.  At least on this particular issue, we can still make our own choices.

This is a list of all the remakes I have seen. 

In theaters:  Dawn Of The Dead
HBO, Showtime, etc.:  The Fog, 13 Ghosts, House of Wax
Blind Buy Purchase DVD(Best Buy):  House On Haunted Hill, The Grudge
Blind Buy Previously viewed DVD(Movie Gallery):  Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Blind Buy Previously viewed VHS(Half Price Books):  Psycho

Cautiously optimistic:  The Blob, Halloween

Will view at some point:  The Hills Have Eyes

Loved:  The Fly, The Thing

Edit:  I have yet to see The Departed, but I've heard it's really good.

Last edited by sMart (2006-11-28 21:54:02)

Ok.. I totally agree with you sMart.. I thought you were just giving into the fact and seeing them in theatres because you knew they wouldn't stop.. My bad bro..

I think this movie will turn out like The Omen remake. It will look decent and they may even do some smart marketing but when it comes out it will be a shell of the former film.. I'm not really surprised that none of the original cast will be back. I mean the little girl is no longer living and the creepy little lady is getting pretty old.