It's Alive .....again

[trekgeezer]

Looks like  Larry Cohen has plans to resurrect that Davis baby in a remake of  his 1974 'classic'.

Check out the details at Dark Horizons.

[daveblackeye15]

Hmm I think this is a first the director going back and remaking his own film. At least he's not reinsurting new stuff into his old movie *COUGH COUGH LUCAS!COUGH!*(I'll bet you saw that one coming a mile away)

This could be interesting because of new sience technologies that can be used in this movie and I hope his use of CGI will actually be "interesting".Well, if he keeps the monster in the shadows at least he's not abandoning all the  classic tricks.

[The Burgomaster]

Hmmm . . . interesting that Cohen announced this just in time for the DVD release of the original trilogy.  Sounds like a publicity gimmic to me . . .

[Fearless Freep]

Hmm I think this is a first the director going back and remaking his own film.

Roger Corman did with with several of his:

"The Wasp Woman" (1960 and 1995)
"Clup Vampire"(1998) and "To Sleep With A Vampire"(1993)
"Humanoids From The Deep" (1980 and 1996)
You could probably make a case for "The Arena" and "Naked Warriors" being the same movie.

Not to mention how much footage from "Battle Beyond The Stars" was recycled into other movies (as well as Carnosaur and Carnousaur II)

Probably more...

[The Burgomaster]

"Hmm I think this is a first the director going back and remaking his own film."

In addition to Fearless Freep's list, you also have:

Hitchcock's remake of his own THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

George Sluizer's remake of his own THE VANISHING

Andy Milligan remade THE GHASTLY ONES as LEGACY OF BLOOD

John Woo sort of remade ONCE A THIEF into a toned down made for TV version (which I think he filmed in Canada)

Antonio Margheriti (aka Anthony M. Dawson) remade CASTLE OF BLOOD as WEB OF THE SPIDER

I'm sure there are many, many more . . .

[daveblackeye15]

mmm I guess he's not the first to remake his own film...

[Chris K.]

After hearing about how Larry Cohen has announced to remake his own classic horror flick IT'S ALIVE, I say more power to him. But, will it be better. What made the 1973 film so great was it's performances, especially that of John Ryan who played the father of the mutant baby monstrosity. Who will be cast in that role: Ben Affleck, Mel Gibson? God, I hope not! Maybe Jeff Bridges, possibly?

Not only that, but what made the original a classic is the story: yes, a mutant killer baby on the loose does seem quite far-fetched to say the least (and I don't think Larry Cohen would disagree with me either). But the story does hold it's own weight and is ingaging due to the prolematic time it was made in (1973, a time when pollution was a pretty big concern, which is what Cohen is slightly hinting at in the original film). The film works not just because of the acting or the pace, but it's the story and the social issue that it was poitning out in a non-blatant way. The big question is that if Cohen is going to set about and do the remake, what is the social commentary going to be. The 1970's pollution era is over and is too out-of-date to use in the remake (which is what dates the original film to an extent), and now we are in the year 2004 in which political debates and the War in Iraq are a major concern and will be for quite a while. Will these elements play a part in the remake, and if so will Cohen be able to pull it off?

We only sit back and wait.