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Maybe. 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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