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My Bloody Valentine (2009)
With such a glut of slasher movies released in the early eighties in the wake of Friday the 13th’s unexpected success it seems that money-hungry studios and producers have an endless supply of material to work from.
Rob Zombie Crucifies Marketing Team
Wow. Rob Zombie has been promoting HALLOWEEN 2 more then making it, seemingly. Can be a good thing, can be a bad thing. But we’ve recently noticed that anytime genre fans don’t like something specific coming out of his camp, he renounces it.
Friday the 13th (2009)
The Friday the 13th remake was probably the most hyped horror movie of the year, with websites and magazines whetting fans’ appetites for the twelve months that led up to its recent release.
The Toolbox Reopens
2003’s The Toolbox Murders showed Tobe Hooper at the top of his form. He wrestled a semi-obscure piece of 70s filth to the ground and rebuilt it in his own image, with the aid of equally unhinged writers Adam Gierasch & Jace Anderson, unchaining arguably his best film since Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. The film [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Hope you are all spending mother’s day best and treating her right – remember, you only have one. First rumored last year but now confirmed – MOTHER’S DAY is next on the redux list. Oddly, they refer to it as a remake but from the plot, it’s clearly a sequel. Or should I say, requel!
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H2: Halloween 2 Gallery
Whatever side of the fence you sit on regarding Rob Zombie’s take on Michael Myers, H2: Halloween 2 is the most anticipated slasher of 2009 behind Platinum Dunes‘ Friday the 13th reboot. Some have praised the director’s new direction, whilst the hardcore fans have blasted him for perverting the character from John Carpenter’s original [...]
RETRO SLASHERS EXCLUSIVE: Elm Street Remake Script Review
Before we get down to why we’re here, let’s take a moment to discuss remakes in general. The prevailing knee-jerk sentiment among many fans is that remakes are the work of the devil. And why not; the simple fact is, most remakes tend to be inferior, if not outright destructive to the beloved film that [...]
THE EYES OF LAURA MARS – One Less Remake to Avoid?
Whilst Irvin Kershner’s 1978 thriller The Eyes of Laura Mars was hardly a masterpiece, it was yet another movie to be shredded through the Hollywood remake machine. Released shortly before the slasher classic Halloween, John Carpenter’s gripping screenplay was mercilessly rewritten by overzealous producers and the end result was less than impressive