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Ahhh….the horror remake, the one thing that stirs up genre fanatics like no other. Hollywood could pick an obscure horror title and decide to remake it and the fans of horror would shit themselves in a fury. Pick a bonafide horror cult classic like Evil Dead and the horror community will eat their first born son to make sure they hate it.
My personal views on remakes in general is that I typically don’t mind them so much even though I know Hollywood is trying a bit too hard with them. My view on horror re-makes is about the same. I typically don’t mind as long as the movie is solid and offers a good time. My counterpoint to all the horror fans who complain about their favorite movie being remade and that they should not be done is this…The Thing from John Carpenter. The Thing is considered one of the greatest horror films and it was a remake. So to all the horror whiners who hate horror remakes based on just the fact they are a remake…well go look at The Thing and shut up.
So what about our sacred cow of horror, Evil Dead? Did the filmmakers do a faithful adaptation for the current generation of movie goers while adding something a bit new or did they just roll out a movie for a cash grab? Well I think they did get some cash to grab from this but boy was it deserved. Continue reading Movie Review: The Evil Dead Remake
Since the announcement of the remake for EVIL DEAD people have been wondering when we would see — if ever — an EVIL DEAD 4 from Sam Raimi. Well, Here’s a bit of mouth-watering news for you guys. Sam Raimi has just dropped a nugget of horror gold during some press rounds in London for his upcoming OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL.
I would love to make Evil Dead 4. My brother and I plan to work on the script this summer.
It’s only two short sentences but my god do they carry a lot of weight. You had to know after producing the remake that it would get Raimi itching to revisit that world himself and bring us the long awaited EVIL DEAD 4. Obviously, this doesn’t necessarily mean it’s happening and it could still be a LONG while before we hear anything on this in the future but it’s certainly enough to get excited about.
Lace up your boots. Horrible things are on the horizon!