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Voodoobillyman - 1-12-2007 at 11:33 AM

First off, Rob Zombie has almost finished casting for his reimagining of Halloween. Malcolm McDowell (clockwork orange) will be playing Dr. Loomis, and Taylor Mayne (sp?) the dude who played Sabretooth in the first X-Men movie will be playing Michael Myers. Danielle harris (the little girl who played jamie in parts 4 and 5) is playing a part as well. And of course Sherri Zombie will be playing Myers's mother. It also has William Forsythe (the sheriff from Devils rejects) and Danny Trejo (the big mexican dude in just about all cult films). The other big news is the reimagining of Friday the 13th. The only thing I know right now is it's being directed by the same guy that did the Texas Chainsaw remake. I know remakes are a touchy subject with some "purists" but I think if you watch them for what they are instead of what they are supposed to be they generally turn out good and I bet these two will be no exception to that formula. I can't wait, especially for Zombies Halloween version.

Jason the Magnificent - 1-12-2007 at 11:43 AM

It'll be good....His first flick was his first flick...but devils rejects was a masterpiece.

I kinda wish he was doing another orignal...but this will do.

Him and the guy that did dog soldiers/decent are the two guys to watch right now for good horror.

Discipline - 1-12-2007 at 03:24 PM

I hope this is good.

Anybody see the Black Christmas remake? Comments?

tireironsaint - 1-12-2007 at 03:46 PM

Honestly, two of the big "horror franchises" that I hate the most are Friday the 13th and Halloween. I really couldn't care less if they "desecrate" the originals with these remakes, I see the originals as the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" of their time. I know there are a few serious fans of those flicks on here and I mean no offense to you, but those movies have always bored the fuck out of me and I LOVE horror.

necrobutcher - 1-13-2007 at 12:55 AM

I'm a big horror fan so I have mixed feelings about this. First off, I will admit the key to the first Halloween was the music. I have even heard the did a test run of it without the music and it went over like a fart in church. Second, the atmosphere of it was pretty fucking tight. I always like the image of small town Americana with something evil in its presence that was kept quiet as to not disturb it until it came to a boiling point. From there, if anyone can pull it off, it is Zombie. I only like a handful of his music but he knows his horror. Be that as it may, I don't expect much but I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I liked House of 1,000 Corpses since it was an homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Lucio Fulci's shit to a lesser extent. Devil's Rejects felt more like an ultraviolent western than a horror film to me (still really fucking good though). Plus, if he works Bill Moseley in there, I'm sold.

Voodoobillyman - 1-13-2007 at 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by tireironsaint
Honestly, two of the big "horror franchises" that I hate the most are Friday the 13th and Halloween. I really couldn't care less if they "desecrate" the originals with these remakes, I see the originals as the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" of their time. I know there are a few serious fans of those flicks on here and I mean no offense to you, but those movies have always bored the fuck out of me and I LOVE horror.


So your not a fan of the ol 80's slasher sub-genre within horror? I can respect that, I am a HUGE fan of both these franchises, and although they aren't the best horror films in the world they rank high in my book.

Voodoobillyman - 1-13-2007 at 10:31 AM

The King, Romero, is making a fifth Zombie film entitled "Diary of the Dead" It is said to go back to his low budget roots and takes place on the eve of the dead returning to life. It focuses on some film students who are in the midst of making their own horror film when they hear about the dead returning to life they go to investigate and get footage. It's supposed to be filmed in a Blair Witch type style for parts where you see through the camera of one of the actors while they film. I cannot wait for this!!!!!!!!

tireironsaint - 1-13-2007 at 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by Voodoobillyman
The King, Romero, is making a fifth Zombie film entitled "Diary of the Dead" It is said to go back to his low budget roots and takes place on the eve of the dead returning to life. It focuses on some film students who are in the midst of making their own horror film when they hear about the dead returning to life they go to investigate and get footage. It's supposed to be filmed in a Blair Witch type style for parts where you see through the camera of one of the actors while they film. I cannot wait for this!!!!!!!!
Yeah, THIS is something I'm excited about! I've been hearing little bits and pieces about this thing and I can't fucking wait for it. I'm also really wanting to find a place where I can see Pan's Labyrinth, the new Guillermo Del Toro film. I've been reading about it in Rue Morgue for a while now and seeing things online. Has anybody who lives somewhere it's out now gotten to see it? I've heard GREAT things about it from the few people I've talked to who have seen it.

As for your other comment directed my way, Voodoo, no, I can't stand the 80's slashers. I might feel differently if they hadn't made 30 sequels to each of them, but that just ran the shit right into the ground. If each of those movies had stopped after the original movie I think they might be a pair of flicks I could watch and say that it wasn't the greatest, but it's a couple of watchable stories. Since they drug the whole thing on and on for decades though, I can't watch anything associated with those franchises without thinking of them as part of that whole mess. Kinda like the Star Wars thing to me, the original trilogy was a huge thing for me when I was a kid. When they came back and made those horrible new movies and then butchered the originals it felt like that part of my childhood was ripped away from me. I want nothing to do with even the original versions of the first three, they leave a bad taste in my mouth now. I obviously never had the same attachment to Friday the 13th or Halloween, but I can look at the ideas behind them and realize that they are worthwhile storylines, they've just been drug so far through the mud that I'm not even slightly interested. Some people lump The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in there with those two franchises, but for some reason the sequels to that don't bother me nearly as much. Don't get me wrong, those sequels got worse and worse each time, but that original movie was such a pure classic in it's own class that I don't think the sequels can reach it to put a smudge on it's reputation. At least, not with me.

necrobutcher - 1-14-2007 at 06:54 PM

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Originally posted by tireironsaint
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Originally posted by Voodoobillyman
The King, Romero, is making a fifth Zombie film entitled "Diary of the Dead" It is said to go back to his low budget roots and takes place on the eve of the dead returning to life. It focuses on some film students who are in the midst of making their own horror film when they hear about the dead returning to life they go to investigate and get footage. It's supposed to be filmed in a Blair Witch type style for parts where you see through the camera of one of the actors while they film. I cannot wait for this!!!!!!!!
Yeah, THIS is something I'm excited about! I've been hearing little bits and pieces about this thing and I can't fucking wait for it. I'm also really wanting to find a place where I can see Pan's Labyrinth, the new Guillermo Del Toro film. I've been reading about it in Rue Morgue for a while now and seeing things online. Has anybody who lives somewhere it's out now gotten to see it? I've heard GREAT things about it from the few people I've talked to who have seen it.

As for your other comment directed my way, Voodoo, no, I can't stand the 80's slashers. I might feel differently if they hadn't made 30 sequels to each of them, but that just ran the shit right into the ground. If each of those movies had stopped after the original movie I think they might be a pair of flicks I could watch and say that it wasn't the greatest, but it's a couple of watchable stories. Since they drug the whole thing on and on for decades though, I can't watch anything associated with those franchises without thinking of them as part of that whole mess. Kinda like the Star Wars thing to me, the original trilogy was a huge thing for me when I was a kid. When they came back and made those horrible new movies and then butchered the originals it felt like that part of my childhood was ripped away from me. I want nothing to do with even the original versions of the first three, they leave a bad taste in my mouth now. I obviously never had the same attachment to Friday the 13th or Halloween, but I can look at the ideas behind them and realize that they are worthwhile storylines, they've just been drug so far through the mud that I'm not even slightly interested. Some people lump The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in there with those two franchises, but for some reason the sequels to that don't bother me nearly as much. Don't get me wrong, those sequels got worse and worse each time, but that original movie was such a pure classic in it's own class that I don't think the sequels can reach it to put a smudge on it's reputation. At least, not with me.


The only TCM shit I hated was the Next Generation. Why the fuck they decided to make Leatherface a crossdresser is beyond me. The remake of the original wasn't too bad, mainly thanks to R. Lee Ermey being a scary son of a bitch in it. Though making Leatherface a sympathetic character and showing him without his mask was kind of lame. Has anyone seen the new prequel they put out?