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Okay so any movies you wanna see remade?
(even though it looks like we are slowly running out! )

You've got that right.. Hmmm, I'd like to see Killer Klowns From Outerspace remade and in 3D.

Driller Killer and Santa's Slay!! great potential but the movies sucked

Daylight Yet Unseen Wrote:Driller Killer and Santa's Slay!! great potential but the movies sucked

I simply cannot find Santa's Slay. I remember seeing it on television one time, but I didn't watch it because it was in the middle of the movie.

I'd kill to direct a remake of Poltergeist, They Live, or Fright Night (but i think all of those are taken)

Failing that...hmmm....Sleepaway Camp? I Spit on Your Grave? Slumber Party Massacre!

I could do this all night...

TravisLegge Wrote:I'd kill to direct a remake of Poltergeist, They Live, or Fright Night (but i think all of those are taken)

Failing that...hmmm....Sleepaway Camp? I Spit on Your Grave? Slumber Party Massacre!

I could do this all night...

Is They Live being remade already? I think the other two you mentioned are...

Apparently an I Spit on Your Grave remake is already in production. That's going to be a hard one for them to be able to capture the same feeling as the original.

Bojangles Wrote:Is They Live being remade already? I think the other two you mentioned are...

Apparently an I Spit on Your Grave remake is already in production. That's going to be a hard one for them to be able to capture the same feeling as the original.

They're in talks for THEY LIVE: http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/03/they-live-remake/

I had a pitch idea for the "I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE" remake, and I read in the trades that they were looking for pitches about a year ago, but as I am lacking an agent I couldn't get my foot in the door.

I was going to focus on re-working the attackers to be a little more believable and making the attack more brutal without descending into ridiculous-ness. I also had ideas to show Jenny dealing with the aftermath in a more gradual/less smooth fashion, and an epilogue that addressed what became of her. Really I had a ton of ideas....

Hopefully, the lucky guy who lands the screenwriting gig keeps similar things in mind. It could be a powerful film, or a steaming pile of dookie.

But yeah, I'd totally be down for a remake of Sleepaway Camp!

TravisLegge Wrote:They're in talks for THEY LIVE: http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/03/they-live-remake/

I had a pitch idea for the "I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE" remake, and I read in the trades that they were looking for pitches about a year ago, but as I am lacking an agent I couldn't get my foot in the door.

I was going to focus on re-working the attackers to be a little more believable and making the attack more brutal without descending into ridiculous-ness. I also had ideas to show Jenny dealing with the aftermath in a more gradual/less smooth fashion, and an epilogue that addressed what became of her. Really I had a ton of ideas....

Hopefully, the lucky guy who lands the screenwriting gig keeps similar things in mind. It could be a powerful film, or a steaming pile of dookie.

But yeah, I'd totally be down for a remake of Sleepaway Camp!

Sounds like you would have given it your all. I'd love to read some more of your ideas, and written content. I bet you would be awesome in a horror role-play.

Bojangles Wrote:Sounds like you would have given it your all. I'd love to read some more of your ideas, and written content. I bet you would be awesome in a horror role-play.

Thanks!

Not to overpimp myself, but I'm SO awesome in horror roleplaying i wrote a game

http://www.aegisstudios.net

that's where you can find all my stuff.

Thanks,
Travis

P.S. reports of my awesome may be, on occassion, overexaggerated by me. your only way of knowing for sure is to look for yourself.

P.P.S. Come on, you know you wanna...

PPPS...all your friends are doing it.

TravisLegge Wrote:Thanks!

Not to overpimp myself, but I'm SO awesome in horror roleplaying i wrote a game

http://www.aegisstudios.net

that's where you can find all my stuff.

Thanks,
Travis

P.S. reports of my awesome may be, on occassion, overexaggerated by me. your only way of knowing for sure is to look for yourself.

P.P.S. Come on, you know you wanna...

PPPS...all your friends are doing it.

Checking it out now. If you want to check out a past role-play we did on here you can head on over to the games section and look at the TalkHorror Act role-play. It was based on Battle Royale.

Man, Battle Royale was astonishing! I'll have to peruse that!

TravisLegge Wrote:Man, Battle Royale was astonishing! I'll have to peruse that!

Yep. I love Battle Royale, and the people that watched it with me really enjoyed it as well. I was amazed and how well the RP was played out.

I'd like to see a remake of Night Of The Scarecrow.

Topic #2: RP was not as structured as you're likely used to, though it was indubitantly (sic, I just know it ._.) fun . We're definitely due for another one here if you'd like to start anything!

Topic #1:

Puppet Master - It had the potential to be a gothic horror classic... unfortunately, I think it had much too little suspense as well as much too little character development to be a success >.< . My remake would have an even darker "supernatural mystery" feel to it whilst keeping the violence, and definitely keeping the stop-motion effects (PM would NOT be the same without 'em IMO!)

The Funhouse - I recall this one being much darker and more surreal when I saw bits and pieces of it as a child... I'd put in more of the atmosphere (Alive, alive, alive...) plus more plot/suspense in general, take out a lot of "cheeze"

Neon Maniacs - Another one with lotsa potential, at least for something cool and cheezy. I actually got to about 50 pages in a darker and more violent remake I was writing (mostly for kicks)

Alone in the Dark ('80s version) - Good premise, a bit too lightweight...

Hell Night - Another that's a bit too lightweight for it's premise, I'd keep the more unique elements but add more slasher/monster staples (For one things, have all 4 children somehow survive instead of just the males, and give them a larger group to kill)

House - Keep pretty much everything from the original, but amp it up and add more; more monsters, more neighbors, more flashbacks, horror and humor.

Spookies - Add together the best parts of both the original "Twisted Souls" and Spookies, keep the monsters and more but make it more a haunted house deal with a deeper plot (Peter and Meegan are actually searching for Billy, but Duke and his cohorts are looking for their party) instead of just a zany stalk-and-kill

Bojangles Wrote:Yep. I love Battle Royale, and the people that watched it with me really enjoyed it as well. I was amazed and how well the RP was played out.

I was amazed the RP did so well myself.

Santa's Slay - I want this to be a more hardcore horror movie rather than a shitty, stupid comedy horror.

Westworld - Though, technically sci-fi, I think they can do a lot of updating in terms of computer animation and robot action. It won't be as good as the original, it still would be pretty good.

Street Trash - Honestly, I think this could use an update... if done right.

C.H.U.D. - Imagine the CHUDs only %50 better and more brutal.

A remake of House would be the Bees Knees. So would House II

Ad CHUD would be a darling!

Basket Case anyone?

God yes, CHUD; IMO that movie needed a lot more monsters, a lot more of a "rising action" and a lot more of a developed plot. I think the monsters were brilliant, but everything going on around 'em was just plain underdone.

Basket Case? I don't know, as low-budget as it was it did have an absurd charm to it that would be hard to genuinely replicate... I think maybe if it was taken another direction and played straighter (At least a bit) it could be successful... ...Personally, I think I'd make a great Duane for the modern age X)

Mr. Briggs Inc. Wrote:God yes, CHUD; IMO that movie needed a lot more monsters, a lot more of a "rising action" and a lot more of a developed plot. I think the monsters were brilliant, but everything going on around 'em was just plain underdone.

Basket Case? I don't know, as low-budget as it was it did have an absurd charm to it that would be hard to genuinely replicate... I think maybe if it was taken another direction and played straighter (At least a bit) it could be successful... ...Personally, I think I'd make a great Duane for the modern age X)

Go fetch us a budget and we will get right on it. Basket Case: 2011!

TravisLegge Wrote:Go fetch us a budget and we will get right on it. Basket Case: 2011!

Sweet! Can I have a part in this, too?