Friday the 13th & All the other horror remakes

Has anyone else gone to see the new one yet? If not, DON'T.

These horror remakes have been very hit or miss (mostly miss) and I didn't think it would be possible for a movie to be worse than Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN catastrophe (which for some reason we're getting a sequel to this year). This "remake" takes elements of the first few movies in the series (which honestly aren't that great to begin with) and tries to make an interesting "story" out of them that doesn't work, is void of any suspense and uses every single imaginable horror cliche in the book to let you know when and where "scares" are going to come from, making this really just a boring piece of sh*t. Honestly, name one horror cliche that isn't used in this movie...

God help us horror fans with this new NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake coming the end of the year without Robert Englund having any participation in it. I can understand redoing HALLOWEEN, TEXAS CHAINSAW (which to me, the remake was an excellent film and the best of these so far), even this new FRIDAY but Freddy Kreuger is an actual character that's been developed for years. I don't know how audiences are going to react to someone else playing the part. I'm sure there will be some interesting effects and the dream sequences will be taken to new levels artistically, but if I had my way I'd leave that one series alone and maybe just continue on with it in the same style of WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE. It's the one horror franchise that has pretty much continuously had a semi decent story line and characters.

We're even getting remakes of movies where the original series is still going strong. Next year, we'll be treated to a remake of the original CHILD'S PLAY. WHY?! The first one was decent, 2nd and 3rd sucked and than they were already re-imagined as these fantastic "gay" comedies with Jennifer Tilly. I've been waiting for another movie with Tiffany & Chucky but instead we get the same movie we've already seen and there's not a whole hell of a lot you can do differently with that first one. Boy gets doll. Doll comes to life. Doll kills. Been there. Done that. Is the genre really that dried up that we can't have a new original Freddy or Jason?

Sorry to rant, but that movie today just pissed me off. lol

I hope that one is semi-decent. The original is a fantastic film so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I am excited though about A CONNECTICUT HAUNTING with Virginia Madsen that's coming soon. The trailer looks fantastic and I'm always up for a new haunted house movie.

Oh, it wasn't any better or worse than Friday Parts II or III.

In the end, I just don't think it's really possible to make a particularly good Friday the 13th movie. Let's be honest, it's not like any of the original series were particularly well done either.

I am worried about the Nightmare remake, though. I hear you on that.

The new face of Freddy Kruger.

Jackie Earle Haley

He will be seen in this March's "Watchmen" as Rorschach


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Updated On: 2/15/09 at 10:05 PM

I agree that most of the Friday the 13th sequels were ridiculous but I did think the original first Friday the 13th was well done and scared me when I saw it in the theaters back in 1980.

I agree about the original Halloween! They just don't make horror movies the way they used to.

I'm praying that Jackie Earle Haley gets the part, he'll probably do something awesome with it. Otherwise, I am diametrically opposed to the idea of an "Elm Street" remake.

I didn't care for the "F13" remake, but it's no better or worse than most of the films in said franchise. Still, none of them have topped the original.

I am very split on the horror remakes. Some have ranged from enjoyable to downright splendid, others range from take-it-or-leave-it to bottom-of-the-barrel.

Here's how I see it...

Successful
The Ring
The Grudge
The Thing
The Fly
Dawn of the Dead
My Bloody Valentine
House of Wax
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Funny Games
Quarantine
Night of the Living Dead
Dark Water
King Kong

Unsuccessful
Halloween
The Hills Have Eyes
Friday the 13th
April Fool's Day
The Fog
When a Stranger Calls
Pulse
The Wicker Man
One Missed Call
The Amityville Horror
Black Christmas
The Eye

Updated On: 2/16/09 at 01:33 PM

The only good thing about Friday the 13th was the Watchmen trailer.

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There is a "Friday the 13th" Documentary out now. It's online if you know where to look, or PM for the link.

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Horror films will continue to be remade as long as tools who should know better pony up the cash to see them.

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They remade April Fool's Day?

The original was quite good . I saw the 3 D version because of the 3 D. The rest of the films & the remake are all excuses for spilling blood & guts. To me, that is not entertainment.
To go to a film just to see imaginative ways to see people sliced & diced is a bit odd to me. Why see it.

Many movies are much better when they leave what happens to the imagination. These & others like them show no imagination unless finding different ways to disembowel & behead people imaginative.

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The Hills Have Eyes scared the **** out of me.

The remake? I thought the acting was surprisingly solid, but I felt it lost steam after the first 30 minutes.

I also like The Amityville Horror remake.

One of my least favorites. Reynolds was quite good, but I hate hate HATE it when the ghosts in these movies are so... present. I like a little mystery and subtlety in my supernatural, ya know what I mean? (case in point: Session 9)

The original will still be the best, i.e. Dawn of the Dead

I'm gonna throw this out there: Aside from the lack of subtext, I think the remake is an improvement on Romero's original. Just saying...

They remade April Fool's Day?

They did, and it was horrendous. It starred Scout Taylor-Compton (the 'Laurie' in Rob Zombie's butchering of Halloween).

Updated On: 2/17/09 at 01:23 PM