06-24-2011, 04:46 AM
Remakes are fine if the people, mostly the director/writer, behind them know what they are doing. If they have a profound love for the original and set out to bring something new to the table, the remake will be fine. These remakes need to be the director's own vision. I commend Zombie for literally reinterpreting Halloween, but he didn't interpret it in a favorable manner. Remakes such as Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street didn't so much as bring something new but rather banked off of the mindless teenage torture that's all the rage nowadays. Sure, 80's slashers are guilty of the same thing but each of them were different and tried something new in their own respects.
"The conquest of fear lies in the moment of its acceptance. And understanding what scares us most is that which is most familiar, most common place"
- Chris Carter
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- Chris Carter
Please check out my blog: The Paradise of Horror


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