Next Horror Remake: I Spit On Your Grave Plus another Amityville. Yawn. Source: Moviehole
Surely we're getting near the bottom of the pile now. But the quest to re-jig any horror film with lasting name recognition continues, and Anchor Bay are currently filming I Spit on Your Grave in Shreveport, LA, with a Hallowe'en 2010 release date in mind.
For those who've so far missed it, Meir Zachi's I Spit on Your Grave was one of the key films in the BBFC and Daily Mail "video nasties" moral panic of the early 80s. It's about a girl who's gang-raped (for about half the movie) and left for dead, but survives to exact creatively graphic revenge on everyone involved.
Not violent enough, according to new director Steven Monroe, who will be "upping the length and brutality of the tortures and kills, as they were quite short in the original." Nice.
Elsewhere, according to Bloody Disgusting, there's a new Amityville Horror brewing at the Weinsteins' Dimension Films. Not a sequel. Another remake, a mere five years after the Platinum Dunes debacle (MGM's official sequel, The Amityville Tapes, has been back-burnered amid the studio's recent troubles). Nurse, the screens!
"Sudden Impact" was a virtual remake of "I Spit On Your Grave" with Sondra Locke playing the raped woman castrating her rapists with a bullet in the crotch. The original "I Spit On Your Grave" is a nasty, cheapo flick that loses its shock value after about five minutes and becomes repetitive and boring. Don't know why they'd bother remaking something as worthless as that. ... Read More
People with few brain cells will always pay to see whatever crap is thrown at them.I think Eddie Murphy should star in every remake.That should keep them happy! ... Read More
I've actually enjoyed some of the recent horror re-makes - Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday 13th, Amityville Horror... but why do they need re-making again only a few years later? What exactly is the point of that? ... Read More
No point blaming the studios for remaking these films, they are a business and care fuck all for originality...as long as the dumb members of the public keep flocking to see 'em, the studios will keep makin' them!!! ... Read More
"upping the length and brutality of the tortures and kills, as they were quite short in the original". This man sounds not only like a pathetic, money-grabbing hack with no original voice of his own, but quite a sick man.
i'm not totally against the idea of remakes. Cronenberg's 'The Fly' vomits corrosive acid on the original, Marty's 'Cape Fear' is pretty good, 'Ocean's 11' is obviously better than the original. I think PJ's 'King Kong' was overrated but I respect the guy for comi... Read More
Hollywood, let some fresh creative blood have the opportunity to produce new, original work, instead of retreading (often poorly) over material that was better done the first time round. There is so much talent being overlooked by risk-averse, cowardly studio suits, less interested in the art of cinema, and more concerned with a safe easy buck. Boring, boring, boring!
Paranormal Activity bent the rules, and demonstrated a demand for fresh entertainment. ... Read More
I'm a bit surprised about this one - despite the disturbing popularity of Gorno, sexual violence tends to be played down in those movies, in favour of the less controversial, generally nasty, psychotic violence. Rape is quite hard to market as a plot-line. I reckon this re-make will be far less shocking than the original - the focus will switch much more to the revenge than the offence. In summary expect this one to be less rapey, more castrationy ... Read More
