As a registered member of our community [ Login ] you get access to all kinds of cool features! Join our site and have fun!
Signed Clive Barker Poster Winners
Horror Movie Film Notes
Toyota Corolla Zombie Ads.. Oh Dear
Move over Guys, Ladies Are Horror Fans To!
The Latest Horror News
Watch Jessicka Rabid Online No...
5 Horror Villains That Got The...
WereWolf Fever Trailer
Best Worst Movie Theatrical Da...
Final Destination 5 Movie Comi...
Predators Trailer
Gregory Smith Finds His Dream ...
Christopher Pike's The Last Va...
Abigail Breslin Hungry For Mor...
Casting Update On The Thing Pr...
Ghostbusters 3 In Danger of Be...
Tim Burton Directing The Addam...
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man Trailer
AfterDark Films Announces New ...
PREDATORS Rodriguez Live Chat ...
New Sexy Bitch Slap DVD Art
Horror on a Whaler, Harpoon Co...
Sexy Amanda Seyfried Photos fr...
Katy Mixon Gets Behind the Whe...
Fright Night Remake Director C...
A New Cenobite Is Coming to He...
Sigourney Weaver Dons Fangs in...
Top 30 Horror Movies Of All Ti...
The Verdict: Descent Part 2 Re...
Dynamite Comics Brings Vampire...
Nightmare on Elm Street Free G...
Retro Rewatch – The Burbs 19...
Teaser for Mutant Girls Squad
Repo Men Motion Comic Online N...
Tom Atkins Gearing Up For Hall...
Predators Concept Art Revealed
Behind the Scenes Vid From Pri...
Magent Picks up MONSTERS, New ...
Rodriquez Doing Predators Live...
Twilight Eyes Oscars
SWEET DREAMS from the Sandman
Indie Horror - Penumbra Teaser...
PREDATORS Remake Movie Poster
New Funny Zombie Survival Fiel...
New Images For NECA's Freddy K...
Trailer For Prequel Novel to P...
Director Addresses Fan Fears A...
Hack/Slash Heading to Image Co...
The Landlord Comes to DVD May ...
The Howling Reborn Plot Reveal...
Adam Greens Frozen Opens in Sa...
Bioshock 2 Downloadable Conten...
Predators Behind The Scenes
Joaquin Phoenix Playing Edgar ...
Deadlands 3 Is Coming!
New Trailer For Puppet Master:...
First Pic of Felicia Day In Re...
Italian Horror with Mad in Ita...
Horror 2.0 : A Decade Of Horro...
My Cast for the Re-animator Re...
Gravitas Ventures Releasing Tw...
Utah Horror Film Festival Fund...
5 Horror Villains That Got Theirs
5 Horror Villains That Got Theirs: Warning this editorial contains spoilers! Call it old f...
5 New Zombie Movies Worth Watching
5 New Zombie Movies Worth Watching: There are an awful lot of zombie movies and the zombie ...
Top 30 Horror Movies Of All Time March 2010
Top 30 Horror Movies Of All Time March 2010: By Far one of my Favorite Editorials to do is the top l...
Retro Rewatch – The Burbs 1989
Retro Rewatch – The Burbs 1989: Retro Rewatch is an ongoing editorial that takes a look...
Horror 2.0 : A Decade Of Horror Movies Part 2
Horror 2.0 : A Decade Of Horror Movies Part 2: Hello again, friends.  Welcome to the second insta...
Writing Duo talk Poltergeist and Birds
Posted By : unMaskedKiller, Monday Mar,23
Filed Under : Horror Sequels & Remakes,

The Birds remake?!The top movie of this past weekend was the sci-fi thriller 'Knowing', and that's sitting nicely with two of the writers, married couple Stiles White and Juliet Snowden.  They actually upgraded the knowing plot from being about assasinations to including all disasters.  The pair sat down with thewrap to chew the fat about their next projects, remaking Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' AND also updating Spielberg's beloved 'Poltergeist'. 

Oh no.  They're gonna try remaking two classics like 'The Birds' and 'Poltergeist'!!  Don't tell me this is true.  Well before we all get bent out of shape, let's listen to the writers talk about their visions here.

“Those are classics," White says in defence to the fans concern over remaking these classics, "those are beloved movies that go beyond just a good film.  People really embrace those as part of their lives, the power they were at the moment, what was going on in their lives when they saw that movie.  You know, it’s like riffing to a Beatles record: it’s more than just a record -- it’s fused into your life.”

Snowden goes on the to talk about why she feels it's a good idea to remake 'The Birds'.

“We actually do get offered a lot of remakes that we do pass on,” Snowden chimes in. “With something like “The Birds,” you can take the concept of birds gone crazy and put that onto a myriad of situations.  Whereas with some other remakes, we really felt that those were movies that we really couldn’t think of new scenes or ideas.  Some of these remakes are already-perfect movies. We’re not saying “The Birds” isn’t a perfect movie -- but when we heard about that we had, instantly, a lot of ideas about what we could do [in the present] and how we would change it."

Her husband continued, “It was presented to us as they wanted to go back to the original source material because you just don’t want to attempt to remake a Hitchcock film.  But the original novella, by Daphne du Maurier, had a lot of interesting source material. Alfred Hitchcock used it as his jumping-off point and told a story that was somewhat different from the novella."

Poltergeist remake by Knowing Writing DuoOk, so they've got lots of ideas for the birds after re-reading the novella by Daphne du Maurier.  This is kinda following the same way 'The Thing' remake is going by going back to the source for inspiration for a remake.  'Poltergeist' on the other hand isn't as wide open of a story as 'the Birds', it's really just one family in one house.  How do you redo that in an original manner?

”Poltergeist” was a seminal film for us, you know, in our lives, and it’s like your dad’s classic vintage car that’s been in the garage and you’re not allowed to touch it,” says White.  “It’s treasured; it’s valuable.  We see “Poltergeist” as if, um, as if we’re being handed the keys to the car and we’re gonna be really careful with it.”

The couple are being much more secretive about their remake of 'Poltergeist' only telling that the original story was a snapshot of the american family in 1982, so it could definitely use updating to show a modern day family and what they are up to these days. For a complete rundown of upcoming horror remakes read mehs: Complete List of Upcoming Horror Remakes

Horror Updates by RSSThoughts or comments? (12 Comment's )
We encourage our readers to react to the news, not just read it. Leave comments and be a part of the news! You can also keep up to date with all the latest using our RSS feed. Got some Horror news? Send it in
In Related Horror News
Totally random
Last Post by The Creature, ( 12503 Total Replies )
Getting to know each other
Last Post by The Creature, ( 7523 Total Replies )
Name That Horror Film?
Last Post by mojo80, ( 2471 Total Replies )
Favourite Drama movie
Last Post by starkravingmad, ( 8 Total Replies )
What song are you listening to now?
Last Post by The Creature, ( 23464 Total Replies )
20 Of Your Horror DVD's ~ On Fire!!
Last Post by The Creature, ( 25 Total Replies )
Horror Word Association Game
Last Post by The Creature, ( 30819 Total Replies )
What is the Most Overrated Horror Movie?
Last Post by mojo80, ( 113 Total Replies )
Banshee!!!
Release: Mar 23
Zombies of Mass Destruction
Release: Mar 23
Vampyres [Blu-ray]
Release: Mar 30
I Sell the Dead
Release: Mar 30
Piranha [Roger Corman Cult C...
Release: Apr 06
The Collector [Blu-ray]
Release: Apr 06
The Collector
Release: Apr 06
Nightmare on Elm Street
Release: Apr 06
A Nightmare on Elm Street [B...
Release: Apr 06
>> Upcoming DVDs
Nightmare on Elm Street (...
Release Apr 30
Jonah Hex
Release Jun 18
Predators
Release Jul 10
The Twilight Saga: Eclips...
Release Jul 30
Piranha 3-D (2009)
Release Aug 27
Priest
Release Oct 01
Cabin In the Woods (2010)
Release Jan 14
The Factory
Release Jan 28
Case 39
Release Dec 31
Shutter Island Review
Shutter Island Movie Review by: Googopqp; Martin Scorsese and horror film? You don't hear that everyday....But in all honestly its not a full out horror film, its...
Captivity (2007) Movie Review by: BlackTequi...

Dead End Movie Review by: MistressOf...

Feardotcom Movie Review by: MistressOf...

Deadgirl (2008) Movie Review by: BlackTequi...