Poltergeist (2015)

[Doggett]

Poltergeist was one of the first horrors I ever saw and I love it. But as its a special effects driven pic, I think a modern remake wouldn't change much. Producers live throwing their CGI at stuff these days and this is the one franchise they can do it in and it could work. Plus, Sam Rockwell. But that Oirish accent sounds appalling.

I'm not for it, I'm just not against it like I was the Halloween remake.

[RCMerchant]

What he sed.

[Alex]

I wonder if anyone has ever thought about doing a horror film where outraged movie fans fed up of endless rubbish remakes start bumping off the people responsible?

[JoeTheDestroyer]

I wonder if anyone has ever thought about doing a horror film where outraged movie fans fed up of endless rubbish remakes start bumping off the people responsible?

Already been done.  It was a slasher called The Remake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Remake

[Alex]

I might have to track that one down, it looks kinda fun.

[crackers]

is it me or are all these new big horror films essentially the same movie now? looks wise, tone wise, sound wise, acting wise, special FX wise... everything, whether remakes or 'originals', they all seem identical

You are spot on.