Monday Morning Quarterback Part II
By BOP Staff
April 19, 2011
Edwin Davies: I'm tempted to view Scream 4 as the nadir of the trend since a reboot of a satire seems to be pushing things too far. Are we going to get a reboot of Scary Movie next? However, we all know that there is a veritable ocean of lesser known horror properties out there for studios to plunder, otherwise we wouldn't have had remakes of The Stepfather and My Bloody Valentine. Personally, I'm looking forward to the gritty reimagining of The Stuff.
Shalimar Sahota: Most of the more popular horror films have already been ruined, so as Edwin says, it's more about the "lesser known horror properties." So you've got those 1980s horror franchises, such as House, The Howling, Ghoulies, Critters. Also a fourth Evil Dead film is often talked about, and recently Mr. Campbell did say (probably in jest), "We are remaking Evil Dead." There have been a few clever ideas, though, in regards to prequels, and I think it'll be interesting to see how The Thing prequel turns out as well as Ridley Scott's Prometheus, set in the Alien universe. I can see that Poltergeist is already up for a remake, so maybe it won't be long before studios go into total sacrilegious mode and remake the likes of Jaws, in 3D.
Pete Kilmer: There are plenty of movies to remake/reboot but I agree that we've hit that level where the majority of them are going to be C and D level films that will get remade.
Max Braden: To be honest, the first thought that popped into my head was "1950s radioactive monsters... oh! oh! Godzilla!" which is awful, but I am liking the recent monster/alien trend of District 9, Monsters, Skyline, Battle LA, and the upcoming Super 8. So the more I think seriously about it the more I think a non-cheesy (and non-popcorn Broderick version), more terrifying Godzilla would be worth doing, and now I'm bummed that probably nobody will touch it.
Jim Van Nest: Unless they wanted to go really old school and try rebooting Dracula or Frankenstein...again. I'm thinking Max's suggestion of the '50s monster movies might be the only thing left. I suppose someone could get the bright idea to remake something like Jaws...but I'm pretty sure that would not go over well.
David Mumpower: With regards to Max’s point about Godzilla, we’re going to see a quicker remake of The Three Musketeers, last attempted in 2001, than we would Godzilla, which was from 1998. The ideas I think we’re likely to see mined are The Stand, The Kingdom and Red Riding. Sequelitis drives the industry. What each of these potential horror titles possesses is the ability to spread the stories out over three or four films. That’s the end-all, be-all for the genre these days. Circling back to Scream 4, this is also why the attempt was made even though everyone involved inevitably accepted the entire production as a cash grab.
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