Jun 20
Taking a break from Kubrick week for a moment: AICN has posted a early review from a test screening of Rob Zombie’s upcoming Halloween remake. It’s relatively positive (7/10), and it sounds like parts of it are pretty cool, but this part kind of worries me:
Cons:
Lack of suspense. A huge element of what made the original ‘Halloween’ work was it’s suspense. In the remake, Michael is on screen for a majority of the film. You know where he is in almost every scene and you can guess at what he is about to do. What else is he gonna do? Bake a cake?
The best part of Carpenter’s original Halloween was the unbelievable suspense and feelings of dread that it created, but I guess that isn’t really Zombie’s style.
Apr 07
This teaser is apparently playing in front of Grindhouse this weekend. So you might want to hold off if you want to see it on the big screen. As I’ve said before, I think Halloween is a stupid movie to remake because it’s perfect as it is. This teaser hasn’t really changed my mind. I’m really worried this is going to turn into another Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Click here to check it out at Yahoo Movies.
Mar 10
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Variety is reporting that Gerald Butler has signed on to play bad-ass renegade Snake Plissken in the upcoming remake of John Carpenters Escape from New York.
Remaking Carpenter flicks seems to be all the rage in Hollywood these days, but so far the results have been split between the very good remake of Assault of Precinct 13, and the god awful remake of The Fog. I’m happy that Butler’s on board and all, but I’m not really sure why Escape from New York really needs a remake - the original still holds up great today.
It’s the same with Rob Zombie’s upcoming Halloween remake. The original is a horror classic that is just as scary today as it was in 1978. Over at AICN they’ve been saying that the early drafts of the script fell into the trap of attributing Michael Myers’ evil to some childhood trauma. Why Hollywood has decided in the last few years that they need to ruin great villains by explaining their evilness is beyond me (see Hannibal Rising). Michael Myers is just pure evil — he’s a force of nature.. he doesn’t need some lame backstory about abusive parents or whatever to make him interesting.
