This royally pisses me off.
Last House remake
<font color="#007FFF" size="1">[ March 09, 2006 12:51 AM: Message edited by: avantodd ]</font>
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This royally pisses me off.
Last House remake
<font color="#007FFF" size="1">[ March 09, 2006 12:51 AM: Message edited by: avantodd ]</font>
I'm with you. First off, you cant make that film like they did in the 70's. And if they cant make it like that, it will not have the same impact!
Plus the film stock they used helped to make it more real. No Last House remake!
-Chris
I say go ahead and let them waste money. It just brings attention to the original.
Good point there.
-Chris
Yep, not to forget the blockbuster windfalls of other genre remakes...
PSYCHO
TCM
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
THE BLOB
CARRIE
etc. etc...
I'll do it. I've got a weekend free in August, as long as I'm home by 6pm. Got some shelves to put up for my Nan.
LOL
As bad as an idea as it is, I would kill for a shot to be in it!
-Chris
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't think so. I've met a lot of kids that have never seen the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and base their opinion completely on the remake. They just dismiss the original as "that old movie".Quote:
Originally posted by Krugsgirl:
I say go ahead and let them waste money. It just brings attention to the original.
I don't think the audience for a modern remake written by somebody from the development team of Freddy vs. Jason would care about a film like the original Last House. Nor would they understand it. Last House is about very real and important issues. It makes a statement that reflects the time it was made but the sentiment expressed is timeless. The only statement any remake could make is greed, pure and simple. In other words, they're spitting in my face, in yours, and in David's. If you consider film to be any sort of vehicle for art and social commentary, as I do, this can only be taken as bad news.
Fuck them.
I do agree with about 90% of what you are saying. But I do think a remake would hip ppl to the older flick. I know many wont get it, but there are some that will. And then maybe after seeing that and looking it up online, they will find about other gems like House at the End of the Park and Hitch Hike!
-Chris
Well, it's good that you can be optimistic about it. I just think any audience that this new film will attract will have a completely different sensibility. I absolutely don't understand the reasoning behind the remake trend. Why don't they just strike new prints of the original and send it out for another theatrical run?
I think that it is a stupid idea. David Hess is a living legend in my book. No one could replace him as Krug-
<font color="#007FFF" size="1">[ July 18, 2005 01:19 PM: Message edited by: Krugsgirl ]</font>
The original was made in a different age, and can't be duplicated today. You can't kidnap, rape & murder children without a good reason anymore, dammit!
How about THIS brilliant idea? It'll be direct-to-video trash, if it even gets to the production level! A good case of a classic who's time has come and GONE, never to be recreated.
Hey everyone,
From what my sources tell me, Wes isn't going to be involved. Sean got someone other than Wes to write a new script based on the old one and that's the extent of it to date. He presumably has a distrb. contract with New Line Cinema and he's going ahead. Oh! Well! Sure I'll work for him, but I'm feared my price would be more than the budget and the only role I'd play would be the father. Personally I don't think he can make patch on 'Last House's' ass without using some of the original cast, but Sean is Sean and that's all about the money. So that's the story!!! Any more up dates and I'll post.
David
You'd better not let them use your music.
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*shakes fist at youuuuuuuu*
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Yeah, what was that Project Greenlight III finalist Wes decided to make, after saying Feast was crap? Or has he moved-onto something even more recent?
EDIT - I'll have to rewatch my PGL DVD's to find-out the runner-up scripts titles. For awhile, IMDb said Ben Affleck was helping to really create the Hanz Gubenstein time-travel script, and Wes Craven was directing the third script. But there's no mention of it on IMDb anymore... [img]confused.gif[/img]
<font color="#007FFF" size="1">[ August 04, 2005 10:20 AM: Message edited by: reved ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">My thoughts exactly.Quote:
Originally posted by haremkeeper:
I think that it is a stupid idea. David Hess is a living legend in my book. No one could replace him as Krug-
<font color="#007FFF"><font size="1">[ July 18, 2005 01:19 PM: Message edited by: Krugsgirl ]</font></font>
This honestly sounds like the dumbest Idea ever.
I agree with David, if there was some of the original cast involved it would have some merrit.
Last House is a classic, A remake would never have the same impact.
Hollywood... [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]Quote:
From Dread Central:
Not much has been said (other than a whole lotta hate spewing from various horror message boards) about that Last House on the Left remake we were the first to tell you about here.
Today, however, the lovely Axelle Carolyn posted her chat with Wes Craven while bopping around the set of The Hills Have Eyes - another Wes remake being led by High Tension's Alexandre Aja. When asked about another House, Craven had this to say...
"[Original producer] Sean Cunningham called me up and said, 'What about it?' So who knows? I'd find somebody [else] to direct it; I don't feel comfortable about repeating films that I've done, but it's interesting having a young director come in and do something different. Alexandre Aja really took an interesting direction on the remake of THE HILLS HAVE EYES; I believe it's going to be really good. I'd also supervise the script for LAST HOUSE, but at a certain point it's best to step back and let the director make his movie."
In our last report, New Line was involved in House with a script in hand by Mark Haslett. According to Bloody-Disgusting, New Line has since dropped the project leaving it to another production shingle to pick up. For more on Axelle's interview with Craven, click here.
- Ryan Rotten