So What Remake is Next?

[Boo Radley]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

They could do the same with the original as far as i'm concerned.

BURN THE WITCH!!!

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Boo Radley

Great Scott!... I just watched it and feel like my life has been sullied by this abomination. Makes Gus Van Sant' Psycho remake look like a masterpiece. Awful beyond my vocabulary. This isn't even a turd, this is a dribble of yellow infected mucus sliding out of the ass crack of that bloody terrible Laverne Cox.

All prints of this should be tracked down and put on top of bonfires.

I'll have to wait until the DVD release before I get to see it

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

They could do the same with the original as far as i'm concerned.

The original is not a good film by any stretch of the imagination. The acting is abysmal, the pacing is all over the place, the effects are awful, the plot is virtually non-existent and most of the jokes fall flat

BUT...

it captures a moment in time. The same criticisms could be made of any number of science fiction films from the 50's - the kind of films that Rocky pays homage to. It's a film geek film, made by film geeks for film geeks. The cinematic references appeal to those who get them, while others are scratching their heads.

'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' could only have been made in the 1970's, when glitz and glamour ruled the (music) world. Don't forget that homosexuality had been made legal (if you were over 21 and on the privacy of your own home) less than 10 years earlier in 1967, and the Stonewall riots were even more recent, in 1969. For a lot of young (and not so young) gay and transgender people, Rocky was the best (and only) was of expressing yourself

On celluloid, Rocky Horror is a mess, but on the live stage, it comes into it's own. That is the best place to experience it

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

On celluloid, Rocky Horror is a mess, but on the live stage, it comes into it's own. That is the best place to experience it

It's certainly no cinematic masterpiece, but The Rocky Horror Picture Show is, in my opinion, hugely enjoyable. It definitely helps if you are in on the joke and no Richard O'Brien intended it to send up the overly serious dialogue and unintentional humour in science fiction films from the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

Like you say, as The Rocky Horror Show with an audience wearing any combination of lab coats, stockings, suspenders, garter belts, Basques, boob tube and hot pants, French maids outfits, ill fitting suits and bald caps, many carrying water pistols, confetti, torches etc., it takes some beating for an evening's entertainment!

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Justin101

This whole Suspiria remake thing is getting old, but this very quick interview with Tilda Swinton (who will be playing Madame Blanc) is actually quite interesting. Perhaps it'll be OK?

Tilda Swinton's about to start shooting Suspiria film - but it 'isn't a remake'

Jessica Harper to return for the Suspiria remake! - Horror Movie News | Arrow in the Head

Playing a new character named Anke, who wasn't in the original film

[Rik]

Lot of hatred for this already online. I'll give it a shot no doubt, but without the music and cinematography of the original, I can't see it being any good

[Susan Foreman]

Fifth blood: 'Rambo' reboot is on the way, but without Stallone

[Susan Foreman]

Oh dear!

[gag]

Why ? Groaaaaaan
when so many people haven't even seen original yet .
Or in some cases not even been released in certain country .


UHM | NEWS | Korea's zombie movie Train to Busan is getting a remake

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by gag

Why ? Groaaaaaan
when so many people haven't even seen original yet .
Or in some cases not even been released in certain country .


UHM | NEWS | Korea's zombie movie Train to Busan is getting a remake

At least the remake can't water it down as there's no blood and guts to water down.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by gag

Why ? Groaaaaaan
when so many people haven't even seen original yet .
Or in some cases not even been released in certain country .


UHM | NEWS | Korea's zombie movie Train to Busan is getting a remake

As you alluded to, I would rather studios put more effort into making films from around the world widely seen and well-publicised than look to remake them before they are a year old.