I 'm not sure how many of you out there are big fans of horror films, but i know that i am, that's for sure. The new trend from the studios seems to be that they feel the need to remake every single horror movie ever made, EVER. its is truly a sad and disappointing time for the genre. With money making machines like the "torture porn" monsters that are the Saw, Hills Have Eyes (another remake btw), Hostel, Chainsaw (remake also) franchises Hollywood is ready to devote vast amounts of capital on horror.
Well that's great and all, but why don't we try something new guys? as opposed to remaking films (absolute classics that have made their mark on film history) like Last House on the Left, Escape From New York, Halloween, Cannibal Holocaust, every Wes Craven and John Carpenter movie, Friday the 13th (yes they plan on remaking the original), day of the dead.... god the list goes on...i mean, someone has even purchased the rights to remake Dario Argento's ultimate classic Suspiria!!!
There are many filmmakers out there with new original ideas and new things to say and new ways to convey horror, and they aren't getting any play in the industry. i guess i just would like to see the smaller films getting more credit. When a great genre film like James (writer producer director Saw franchise) Wan's Dead Silence gets no cred. and no one goes to see it, its a bit disappointing. Perhaps it speaks to the new breed of horror fan and their war era need to see the most horrific and base kind of sexually exploitive violence that they can (not that there is anything wrong with that.. I know I will go and see Hostel 2), regardless of content or quality.
i suppose the point that i am trying to make is that the horror genre was once pioneered by a few people who were doing something new and were treading on ground that had never been seen before, either with content, interesting approaches to violence, cinematography, lighting (ahem, Dario), and approach to the visceral experience. and what we are seeing now is that nothing new is really being done and the creative life overall of the Horror experience is slowly flickering away. how many more Hillary Swank, Luke Wilson, Sarah Michelle Gellar vehicles do we have to endure before a film like Grindhouse can make 100mm at the box office like it should have?
Eli Roth, Darren Lynn Bousman, Alexandre Aja, Jonathan Liebesman, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, you have been given the keys to the kingdom, preside over it justly and wisely. and please, no more remakes.
Well that's great and all, but why don't we try something new guys? as opposed to remaking films (absolute classics that have made their mark on film history) like Last House on the Left, Escape From New York, Halloween, Cannibal Holocaust, every Wes Craven and John Carpenter movie, Friday the 13th (yes they plan on remaking the original), day of the dead.... god the list goes on...i mean, someone has even purchased the rights to remake Dario Argento's ultimate classic Suspiria!!!
There are many filmmakers out there with new original ideas and new things to say and new ways to convey horror, and they aren't getting any play in the industry. i guess i just would like to see the smaller films getting more credit. When a great genre film like James (writer producer director Saw franchise) Wan's Dead Silence gets no cred. and no one goes to see it, its a bit disappointing. Perhaps it speaks to the new breed of horror fan and their war era need to see the most horrific and base kind of sexually exploitive violence that they can (not that there is anything wrong with that.. I know I will go and see Hostel 2), regardless of content or quality.
i suppose the point that i am trying to make is that the horror genre was once pioneered by a few people who were doing something new and were treading on ground that had never been seen before, either with content, interesting approaches to violence, cinematography, lighting (ahem, Dario), and approach to the visceral experience. and what we are seeing now is that nothing new is really being done and the creative life overall of the Horror experience is slowly flickering away. how many more Hillary Swank, Luke Wilson, Sarah Michelle Gellar vehicles do we have to endure before a film like Grindhouse can make 100mm at the box office like it should have?
Eli Roth, Darren Lynn Bousman, Alexandre Aja, Jonathan Liebesman, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, you have been given the keys to the kingdom, preside over it justly and wisely. and please, no more remakes.