Page 1 of The horror remake nightmare continues

The Changeling, Near Dark are set to be remade, but there is also one landmark horror/thriller which is also set to be remade.

SPOILER:
THE BIRDS

What on earth are they thinking?

floyd

`Near Dark` is a great film and one of the few (if not the only) horror film I can think of that was directed by a woman - I would have thought it would be too recent to remake, but may push people in the direction of the original. As for the abomination that has been suggested, didn`t people learn anything from Van Sant`s `Psycho`? >:(

David Beckett

I bet a bird directed Ginger Snaps

It was John Fawcett! :p

David Beckett

Written by, I think, but not directed. Not sure about the sequels, though.

As far as The Birds is concerned, Im fairly sure that Hollywood has learned its lesson from the Van Sant disaster. I mean, what is the point of taking something like that shot for shot? No one could match perkins performance, so it was automatically a worse film, right from the get go.

Im sure that the pitch for this remake went something like `Y`Know what I watched yesterday? The birds. Y`Know what I noticed? There arent many birds in it. I think the CGI Monkeys I worked with on my last crappy movie could build a cloud of birds big enough to scare the crap out of any girl and slightly effeminate guy who is afraid of birds`. I really think its that simple. I mean weve seen it before. Old movies that have just had CGI shoehorned into them.

Oh, and, to be fair, although it didnt really add a lot to it, I really enjoyed the Dawn of The Dead and The Hills Have Eyes remakes.

The Changeling?!

But it`s only 26 years old!

What next, Poltergeist?!


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This item was edited on Friday, 6th October 2006, 12:13

Wasn`t Pet Semetary directed by a woman? That was pretty horrific.
Mary Lambert I believe her name was.

And I read somewhere Pet Semetary is to be remade with George Clooney

Well, on the plus side, if they do The Birds they probably couldn`t get a worse actress than Tippi Hedren. Of course, they could prove me wrong by putting Sarah Michelle Gellar in it.

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Wasn`t Pet Semetary directed by a woman? That was pretty horrific.

The little evil zombie baby was so hilarious, after his dad gets him with the hypodermic needle he goes "Oh no!" in the *cutest* voice! :D

The sister with spinal meningitis though... oh *f**** no! :(:(

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