Evil Dead
Enemy of the Gospel
I'm all for remaking 99% of movies out there. There are certain classics that shouldn't be remade for various reasons............other than that, any story can use a modernization to appeal to a new generation. If you like the original better......fine, watch it and let the kids watch the remake.
For some reason people were up in arms about Halloween being remade. Halloween was a great slasher flick.......the prototype.......then the movie was shat upon by 54 stupid sequels that had nothing to do with the original plot......Myers is a crazy guy on a killing spree. They got all supernatural and shit with it. As much as I like/respect Halloween..........Zombie's remake is actually a better film. It has more plot detail.
The Hills Have Eyes - good re-telling. Stayed pretty much true to the vision of the original. I'd say it's better not because of plot.....just presentation based on the much larger budget than the original.
The Evil Dead - I'm 100% all for it. Raimi has already said the Ash character will not be in the film so what are you worried about? If you don't remember the original film.....it was about a GROUP of college kids vacationing in the mountains and accidentally releasing the evil spirits of the dead. That plot can be re-made over and over again and churn out a good film. Are you going to be disappointed there are no stop motion or claymation effects? The Evil Dead updated and without Ash is still a good movie waiting to happen.
TCM - shouldn't have been remade. The charm and affect of the original was directly based upon it's low budget grittiness. There's no way that could have been recaptured even if they hadn't changed the entire f-cking script.
A Nightmare on Elm Street and Re-Animator - Neither should ever be remade. Both films center around the personalities of the lead characters.....Fred Krueger and Dr. West. Their personalities are supplied by the actors, they made the characters their own. Neither could be duplicated and neither movie could work without these characters unless the scripts were completely changed.....which defeats the purpose of a "remake". If you're going to make a completely different movie.......give it a completely different name. That leads me to...
Dawn of the Dead - f-cking retarded. This could have worked, modernized.......if they had stuck to the script of the original. This movie worked well as a film and not just a gore flick soly because of it's intelligent commentary on the social structure of America.......something completely left out of the remake and replaced by guns and explosions. As a stand alone movie the remake wouldn't have been too bad if given a different name since it bares no resemblence at all to the original film.
Hellraiser - I want a remake. As great as this movie is, I want to see it with a larger budget, better actors. Either leave Pinhead out completely and cast a new "lead cenobite" or have Bradley put the make-up on again.
Friday the 13th - A bigger budget with better actors could only make this film better. There are no stars to the film......it's more or less a whodunit. The star of the film is the camp itself........as long as it takes place at Camp Crystal Lake, change all actors and even characters......none of them are intregal.
The Omen/Amityville Horror - why oh why? The stories were not updated and they stuck pretty much to the originals. What was the point? Was there really a need to replace the legendary actor Gregory Peck with the guy who played Cotton Weary? Should have just re-released the originals in the theater.
Battle Royale - would be sweet to see an american version.....but if one does occur it will bare no resemblence to the original. The violence will be watered down and the ages of the kids will be increased by 3-4 years taking away the impact and psychological development of the characters. Hollywood is too big of a p-ssy to remake this properly.