Geek Syndicate
Horror Film Remakes
In recent times, it seems to be fashionable for Hollywood to remake or reboot everything in sight, especially when it comes to the horror genre. In fact, the next few months promise remakes of classics horror films: Carrie and The Evil Dead. We thought we’d cast the Geek Syndicate magnifying glass a little closer at this trend and decide whether or not remakes, reboots or rehashes were a good idea or not and irrespective of our conclusions, give some suggestion to what could be remade in the future and point out which hallowed ground should remain untouched by remake mania. Carpenter’s special effects which still stand the test of time today. • No remakes of foreign films - quite simply, not everyone has the patience to read sub-titles and wrongly or rightly, a Hollywood (or UK) remake by virtue of the language draws a much bigger global audience; so no comparing Let The Right One In or The Grudge with their vastly inferior US versions. • Proper Horror - We are argued about this one long into the night, settling on the following definition: high body count, suspense, slasher/serial killer, zombies/vamps/wolves, but no aliens. Aliens channel a film more towards Sci-Fi rather than horror. So ‘no’ to Alien or Predator, but yes to Event Horizon and Pandorum (not that any of these are remakes, but you get where we’re coming from)
Remake Triumphs
So we thought we’d start with the winners. The remakes that equal or surpass the original version. In truth this is a list that lies somewhere between thin and anorexic. We came up with one clear winner and it’s a bit of a dichotomy as it is in itself, a remake of a classic - proper hallowed ground: Dawn of the Dead. If you speak to most Romero fans, 1978’s Dawn of the Dead was his finest hour, the apex of his collection, detailing the survival of a group of humans holed up in a shopping mall ami ??????????????????????L?????????????????]??????????????????????????????????????????????????????q9???9??????????A???????????????????t?Q????????????????????????????????????????L???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]??????????????????????????()I????????? ???)?????????????e????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????$??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????a???????d??????????????????????????????????????????????L???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!????!????d?Q???Q????????)????
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