remake

The Anatomy of a Remake: The Eye

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Just as slashers ran wild through the 1970s and 1980s, Asian Horror remakes made their headway in the early 2000s. Films like 1998’s Ringu hinted at the creepier, more skin-crawling kind of horror over the brash, stalking terror of 1996’s Scream. Then, once the millennium ... Read More

The Anatomy of a Remake: Oldboy

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Coming out of South Korea, Park Chan-Wook’s Neo-Noir Action Thriller Oldboy became a sensation upon its release in late 2003. The film told the story of a man who, after being kidnapped and kept captive for over 15 years, is let out on a 5-day ... Read More

Suspiria (Movie Review)

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Every time a new Horror remake is announced, there is the inevitable groan from the internet and lamentation over the days when the genre had original ideas. In fairness, some of those complaints are legitimate, but for every vapid and unnecessary remake, there is one ... Read More

House on Elm Lake (Movie Review)

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As if Elm Street was not bad enough, now not even lakeside homes are safe any more, as Wildeye Releasing’s House on Elm Lake hits VOD on Tuesday, April 10, 2018.  It was primarily Written by Shannon Holiday (Darker Shades of Elise 2017, Bride of Scarecrow 2018), with ... Read More

Death Wish (Movie Review)

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The modern remake of the classic Charles Bronson led film Death Wish releases on Friday, March 2, 2018 thanks to MGM/Paramount Pictures, stars Bruce Willis (Die Hard series, Pulp Fiction 1994) in the lead role and, surprisingly, Horror director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever 2002, Hostel ... Read More