Horror Remakes
F. Javier Gutierrez has been working on a remake of The Crow and finally he has found his leading man, Welsh actor Luke Evans. Evans seemed to be unavailable because of production on Dracula and promotion on The Hobbit The distributor looked at Tom Hiddleston and more recently Alexander Skarsgard, the latter of whom has a [...]
Here’s a fun fact: In 2009 Tobe Hooper was going to do a remake of the 1932 film, White Zombie, with screenwriter Jared Rivet. However, that project fell through because of some weird legal technical issues. Apparently White Zombie is in the public domain, but “questions about uncredited source material” prevented the picture from moving forward. [...]
The Town that Dreaded Sundown remake is shaping up to be an interesting film. With it’s quasi-meta plot and a cast of relatively unknown actors, the film feels like such an uncertainty. However, the fact that Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story) and Jason Blum (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) are teaming up to put this thing together turns all this [...]
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Fede Alvarez, the director of the new Evil Dead has called his film a “re-birth” or “re-imagining” of the original 1981 film, and I have to say has been one of the most hyped up horror re-makes (I don’t care what the director says, it is a [...]
How many of you are excited for the remake of Carrie? Yeah, I know, remakes are very hit and miss, and unfortunately only a few actually do something right, but will the remake of Carrie be one of the better ones? I actually have fairly high hopes. In any event, the official UK poster has [...]
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4? Or do we call it Texas Chainsaw 3D Two? Really just try and pretend you are surprised to hear about this news. You knew it was inevitable. Yes… Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4 is apparently going to be hitting us in the near future. I will admit I am somewhat surprised considering [...]
Back in 2004, South Korean director Byung-ki An directed and released the much-acclaimed psychological horror Bunshinsaba (a.k.a BiXian). After years of unconfirmed and speculated news, a Chinese remake was done in 2012 also directed by Byung-ki. The remake was a box-office hit at Chinese local theaters garnering over 40 million yuan (USD 6,471,640.00) in just a [...]
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It has felt like an eternity but finally the English remake of the 2007 flick , Apartment 1303, is finally seeing an American release as Gravitas Ventures has acquired the theatrical and digital rights to the film and we have all the details. From the Press Release: “Gravitas Ventures announced today that they have acquired [...]
Like many of you, I absolutely love Park Chan-wook’s 2003 flick Oldboy, but I have to say that when I heard the news that the film was set for an American remake I was obviously dubious, but, I’m not dismissing this one just yet. So, with the film set for a release this October 11th, we [...]
Director Dante Tomaselli just finished up working on Torture Chamber and he is already gearing up work on an Alice, Sweet Alice remake. This has been in the cards for quite awhile now but we are finally beginning to see some murmurs that it will be coming to life. The lead has been cast Cold Case [...]
