Tag Archives: Remakes
It’s What I Did
Oldboy Review
It seems all I hear about this remake is negative reviews. I’m not sure what it is about Spike Lee’s rendition of Oldboy that people dislike so much, but I rather enjoyed it.
While Spike Lee managed to include some nods to the original 2003 film of the same name, he was still able to execute a story that seemed remarkably original. Any of the readers out there that have read my reviews before know by now that I have [...]
Bodily Fluids and Sponge Baths
Patrick: Evil Awakens Review
I’ve never seen the original Aussie flick, Patrick. Nevertheless, I decided to give this years remake a shot. Mark Hartley’s Patrick: Evil Awakens turned out to be a pretty enjoyable supernatural horror, definitely worth checking out.
Patrick is a story of a patient who has suffered a tragic accident and is currently being held at a hospital for further diagnosis and experimenting. With its confined quarters, creepy corridors, and patient-filled rooms, the Roget clinic is a perfect setting for [...]
Do Your Thing, Cuz
Texas Chainsaw 3D Guest Review
When I was young, one of my all time favorite things to do was watch horror movies. I remember getting the VHS tape of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, when I was around 10, and it quickly became a favorite. Cut ahead to today, I am 32 years old, and it is still one of my top three movies, as it is a near perfect classic in my eyes.
I’ve stood by as they made six other movies (two direct [...]
Feast on This, Mother F*cker!
Evil Dead Review
As soon as the word ‘remake’ is uttered, horror fans immediately get their angry faces on and start to protest. I can understand that mentality to a certain extent, but I always make sure to at least give the films a chance to speak for themselves before jumping on the hatred bandwagon. The funny thing is, most remakes I watch usually turn out pretty good. One of my favorites in this remake, reboot, and re-imagining trend is most certainly Fede [...]
You Should Feel Something!
Village of the Damned Review
You know, sometimes a movie gets a bad rep before it truly gets a chance to shine. I feel as if John Carpenter’s remake of “Village of the Damned” is one of those films.
The year was 1995 and the horror genre was in full swing. Wes Craven had released “Wes Craven’s: New Nightmare” the year before and Carpenter had even released “In The Mouth Of Madness.” Tobe Hooper had released “The Mangler”… you get the point. Now, I have [...]
I Wish we Were Like Everyone Else…
We Are What We Are Review
From the moment I heard about the remake of Jorge Michel Grau’s 2010 cannibal flick, “We Are What We Are,” I was excited to see what an American director [who turned out to be Jim Mickle] would do with the story. After watching it, however, I’m not sure if I’m all together pleased with the result.
The story itself remained fairly intact, although every single role seemed reversed — the father and mother from the original switched roles in this [...]
