Fate hasn’t been kind to the various attempts Hollywood has made to realise H.G. Wells’ epic novel of science run amok and although cinema’s first
Tag: Remake
Fright Night (2011) – Review
By my calculations, on a long enough timeline, pretty much every movie you hold dear will be remade in some form or another. Take 1985’s
Dawn Of The Dead (2004) – Review
I’ve been fairly vocal in the past about the works of one Zachary Edward Snyder – a man who seemingly has no use for the
Total Recall (2012) – Review
Regardless of how much we all complained, the immensely frustrating habit that the Millennium had of remaking 80’s action classics continued unabated with a glossy,
Psycho (1998) – Review
Riding high from the plaudits hurled at the Affleck/Damon scripted Good Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant dove straight into his next project with the same
Invaders From Mars (1986) – Review
Back in the 80’s, Cannon – the cash hemorrhaging super studio – offered horror director Tobe Hooper a lucrative three picture deal with the understanding
The Thing (1982) – Review
John Carpenter very well may be one of the beloved genre filmmakers walking this earth and after a quick glance at his filmography (especially during
A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) – Review
After Michael, Jason and Leatherface all had shiny new updates all throughout the noughties (Chucky trailed behind and got one in 2019 whereas Pinhead never
Friday The 13th (2009) – Review
With all the horror remakes whizzing around the place during the noughties, it’s frankly amazing that a Friday The 13th remake took so long to
Black Christmas (2019) – Review
Blumhouse has made quite the name for themselves as a studio that has one eye firmly on the major issues of the times. With such
Halloween 2 (2009) – Review
I think it’s safe to say that Rob Zombie’s crack at John Carpenter’s timeless slasher template was not all it could have been. Trying to
Suspiria (2018) – Review
With all the horror remakes littering the cinematic landscape that plundered hungrily from the 70’s and 80’s, it’s frankly amazing to me that it’s only
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) – Review
As horror history has resolutely and repeatedly taught us is that the Texas Chainsaw movies are particularly hard to sequelize so producer Michael Bay chose
Evil Dead (2013) – Review
A few things are certain in this world of ours. Death and taxes, as the saying goes, are a given – as is the irrefutable
Point Break (2015) – Review
The relevance of Hollywood’s insistence on unnecessary remakes is not an issue I’m going to pursue here. Other (and better) writers have beaten this dead
Halloween (2007) – Review
It’s been stated elsewhere that indie horror demigod Rob Zombie being selected to direct a Halloween remake was tantamount to Peter Jackson doing-over King Kong.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) – Review
The original Texas Chainsaw could very well be the greatest horror movie ever made. Grotesque, twisted and utterly authentic, even to this day it’s lost
The Blob (1988) – Review
When people sit and discuss great remakes (as I assume we all often do…), conversation inevitably turns to The Thing and The Fly, two movies
Pet Sematary (2019) – Review
What with the It reboot, Castle Rock and Mr Mercedes on TV and with many future terrors in the pipeline, it’s tough to imagine a
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