Remaking Classic Horror Films

[Drtooth]

If audiences stopped falling for these remakes every single time

Audiences don't usually fall for them. by the way... I stated it on the Yellow Submarine thread that most remakes are perceived as stupid by the general public... again, i state the 1990's remake of Psycho as my basis. That went well...

Sure, there are times when we have The Nutty Professor and stuff like that when they're sorta popular and have a sequel...

As far as horror movies go, remake or not, dudes LOVE taking their girlfriends to horror movies for an obvious male chauvinistic type deal (they'll scream and huddle onto them)... and frankly, a lot of the horror remakes as of late have been remakes of throwaway horror films... ones that are remakes of popular horror films, remember the Omen remake 3 years ago, usually tend to do moderately okay for a while and then tank. I'm guessing it's because the throwaways aren't popular and mainstream enough to get the same backlash.

As for these films, fans ARE sharply divided. One half wants to have an open mind and see it, the other half feels it's unnecessary...

 

[Libba Yuki]

Saw the trailer for the remake of The Wolfman today and actually my thought was, "Finally! Horror films are getting back to what they're supposed to be!"

Seriously I've found that in recent years the horror genre no longer exists. It's now the GOREor genre. Rather then presenting a creepy tale with an actual PLOT they just make it as gory as possible and call that terror.

This new Wolfman actually looks good with a real story behind it.

Totally agree with you, I feel just the same way.

Wolfman does look fantastic, I can't wait to see that and Dorian Gray (need to see the originals of both too).