Why the fuck not?
I think we all have to swallow the bitter truth that the clock's ticking on an EXORCIST remake.
It fits the paradigm of all the other horror classics: brilliant first movie, vast cultural awareness, shitty sequels... boom, remake.
(Though I should mention I really like EXORCIST III).
From today's Variety:
French duo to remake 'Hellraiser'
Clive Barker to produce for Dimension
By MICHAEL FLEMING
French filmmakers Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo have scared up the job of writing and directing a remake of Clive Barker's 1987 horror film "Hellraiser" for Dimension Films. Barker will produce.
Dimension, which scored a hit with a redo of "Halloween," has the same hopes for "Hellraiser," the film that hatched a franchise around the pasty-faced Pinhead.
The original film revolved around a couple who move into an old house inhabited by the man's eviscerated half-brother, who escaped hellish torture from the Cenobites but returned shorn of his skin. The Cenobites, who are triggered by a Rubik's Cube-like puzzle device that unlocks the gates of hell, would like another meeting with the man.
Maury and Bustillo most recently directed the French fright film "Inside," released last summer in France.
"Julien and Alex showed their incredible creative talent on 'Inside,' and I'm excited to have them at the helm, working with Clive Barker, to create a fresh, suspenseful and scary reimagining of the classic tale," said Weinstein Co. co-chairman Bob Weinstein.
TWC picked up distribution rights to "Inside," a thriller about a pregnant woman who loses her boyfriend in a car crash and is subsequently haunted violently by a mysterious woman.
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dont get what hollywood is up to. theyre remaking everyfuckingthing.is there nothing new they can come up with? theres tons of stuff out there but they want to remake all the good horror movies. i am glad barker is involved tho. his story and his movie. loved hellraiser 1 and 2. rest kinda stunk.
im pretty sure we wont see a exorcist remake. they just did the remastered about 5 years ago. some of the little stuff they added was just downright scary. saw it in the theatre with my wife and afterwards we went to this lil greek resturant and the soup of the day was split pea soup. made me laugh.
It's not the lack of ideas. They hedging their bets with presold titles. Meaning: stop anybody on the street and ask them if they've heard of Friday the 13th, and they'll say yeah. You don't have to explain it. The audience who will go see it knows what they're in for. Presold.
A couple of years ago, everyone was trying to start a new horror franchise. These days, it's... fuck it, let's remake stuff.
Why remake perfection?
Has someone tried to redo the Sistine Chapel? The Mona Lisa is still only in original and copied (not repainted) form, yes?
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