10-07-2009, 01:03 AM
On a related note, and I know that I've mentioned it a few times already, but Hellraiser is also being remade. That is also very dated, but still an exceptional film for its time given that it was a small budget picture, and extremely original in its own right. If the director from the French horror film Martyrs hadn't been hand picked to handle that remake, I'd be as appalled as I was when I heard about the Elm Street remake. What's also cool about that project is that it is supposed to be more true to the short story by Clive Barker for which the movie is based, The Hellbound Heart, which is quite a bit different from how the original movie turned out. That, to me, is at least an honest reason to remake a film, so I don't have a problem with it.