horror remakes: the okay, the bad, and the terrible

[Trevor]

RETURN OF THE FAMILY MAN, a South African remake of THE STEPFATHER. A terrible film with the first shot showing a wide angle picture of a giant pizza 😳🐢

[claws]

Yeah, that house was really cool. The interior was actually a studio set, though.

My favorite character? Rosa, the housemaid. She made the movie worthwhile for me  

They had plans for a sequel called "When a Stranger Returns" with a new babysitter, but it was cancelled.

[M.10rda]

I like rap and I like Busta Rhymes as an emcee (though I didn't recall Ra Digga's co-features). I even like some hip hop from the past 20 years... John "Blu" Barnes (particularly w/ the producer Exile) has gotta' be a legitimate GOAT contender. And MF DOOM's last real album was only about 12 years ago, and obv he's continued to have a Tupac-like influence even from beyond the grave. (Rest in Superpower, DOOM.) I'll go look up Digga on RYM.......

I even like Busta as an actor. "Yo, SHAFT!!!" That HALLOWEEN was no one's finest hour, of course...

[zombie no.one]

yeah if it wasn't for mf doom I think I might've completely zoned out of hip hop back in around 03-04 when guys like 50 cent were everywhere and I could not stand that stuff. I never liked eminem either... I am aware of blu & exile but never checked their releases

[M.10rda]

Blu is one of those guys who works constantly and spreads himself a little thin but his output never drops below a reasonable level of quality, and his best stuff (mostly his self-produced stuff and his work w/ Exile) is  . I'd put his lyrics and his flow on "Bad News Barnes" against anybody else on any track full-stop.

[Ted C]

Maybe it's just because I saw it first, but I really like the 1990 remake of "Night of the Living Dead".

[M.10rda]

It's interesting, for sure... it makes changes that somewhat mute the impact of the original's ending, but hey, why make a remake that's identical to the original anyway?

[zombie no.one]

I am eternally confused with the timeline and sequel/prequel/remake/reboot status of any of the ‘…OF THE DEAD’ or ‘…OF THE LIVING DEAD’ movies. I’ve seen a few but no idea which ones. Only thing I’m fairly sure of is the first one of the bunch is in black and white…. :)

[RCMerchant]

^ The first 3- NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1969), DAWN OF THE DEAD (1979), and DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) are the 3 original George Romero films. The rest SUCK.
Well, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985) is not related to the Romero films except maybe in spirit- the one with punks vs zombies- I like that one! and # 3 of that series as well.

[zombie no.one]

ok so the '...LIVING DEAD' ones are not connected at all to the '...OF THE DEAD' ones?

[RCMerchant]

^None.

[RCMerchant]

I kinda liked the HILLS HAVE EYES remakes...I'm just sick and tired of remakes. I like NEW ideas! And I think there are a lot of new horror films of the last 20 years that are fantastic. YELLOWBRICKROAD (2010), CHINK (2013), BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE (2014)- all great original films. f**k all this lame remake s**t.

[zombie no.one]

not heard of those 3 but might have to check them out, as like you I am pretty disillusioned with the never-ending remake cycle

how about a movie where a killer is stalking the set of a remake in production?! (I have a vague feeling that is the plot of the as yet unreleased MUTILATOR 2? might be wrong...)