Slaughter High - We need a remake!
We need a remake of this classic!!!
shareUmmmmm no we dont, just like we dont need remakes of any other good slasher films...cuz they all end up SUCKING!
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No we don't. The original is a shining example of the 80's video boom, and a remake will just be another generic slasher like the 'April Fool's Day' remake, or worse the 'Prom Night' remake.
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This film doesn't need a remake; it's fine the way it is.
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No, NO, NOOOO!!!
I wish remakes would die and go to hell.
I never quite understood why they remake somewhat generic slashers like The House on Sorority Row and stuff like that when the stories are really hackneyed and nothing special at all. It would be just as easy to write another story that is equally as trite and make that into a movie.
Obviously, a lot of it is because of name recognition - but I'm really not sure that there are a whole ton of people that went and saw Sorority Row because they loved the original so much.
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No More Remakes!
shareDisagree. Most remakes suck now because there's very little talent left in Hollywood and it wouldn't have the b-movie appeal of the original.
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Why? So they can eff it up like almost every other 80s horror movie's remake? Speaking of which, my bro told me they are remaking NOES again! :sigh: I'm sorry, but anyone other than Robert Englund playing Freddy is just wrong lol.
shareI was thinking it would be interesting to see a remake of this film without all the comedy. Just a serious, straightforward horror film. But then I realized many horror films fit that description. Terror Train is one example. It has a very similar plot and is serious even though it was made 6 years earlier. In other words, although I do enjoy this film it has a pretty standard slasher plot that many films may as well be considered remakes. I'd still watch a remake if we got one but we don't necessarily need one.
shareMaybe. It's hard to remember that there are LEGITIMATELY excellent remakes, some even better than the original (and sometimes to the point where people never knew there WAS an original, talking about you, Scarface '83, 12 Monkeys '95, and Ocean's Eleven '01). And something like Slaughter High COULD work, if handled by people who actually GIVE an iota. Plus, it could make the original more well-known and be given that cult following that I think it deserves. But capturing the essence of the source material while providing something fresh and new CAN be extremely tricky. It's a guilty pleasure favorite of mine, despite all its flaws and that ending. Marty, let's face it, was the REAL hero of the movie (if not counting the ending nor the janitor/caretaker, but I digress), and his tormentors the villains. When a film so cracked out provides a lot of ideas, it can be hard to expand on them and recognize what new things they can add to it.
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