Apparently Roth is interested in remaking "Funhouse"...

Quoted from Eli Roth I’m talking with Universal about that one... THE FUNHOUSE is a movie where the first half is brilliant—they set up these great characters—and then they pay off none of them. You have Marco the Magician sawing his daughter in half, the brothers who run the carnival and the funhouse setting. And then it’s all about this weird mutant thing. It should be about the kids getting killed in horrible ways, put in different contraptions in the funhouse and the final girl being strapped into the ride and sent into the tunnels to be confronted by terrifying tableaux of her dead friends. A smart remake could be so much fun. Kill the kids in fabulous ways and continually reuse the bodies by making them freaks in the freak museum, sew their eyes shut, waxworks.

I love how he talks like this premise has never been done before.  It sounds like an R-rated version of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

My business partner worked on the original Hooper Funhouse. Is it based on that one?

I am so completely against remakes it infuriates me whenever these things come up. Eli better stop this, besides his last horror film, I'm pretty sure, was the horrible piece of crap Hostel II  

Quoted from Grandma Bear My business partner worked on the original Hooper Funhouse. Is it based on that one?

Yup.  That's the one he's referring to when he's talking.

I like the original... and god dammit, I like Eli Roth. He's the Micheal Bay of horror. He's all about visuals and I appreciate that. Looking forward to this.

~Zack~

Quoted from Zack I like Eli Roth. He's the Micheal Bay of horror.

That's a compliment?!

I am also extremely against remakes. I've heard plenty of directors, Roth included, talk about how it doesn't matter if a film's a remake so long as it's a good film. Nowadays, that's true in theory and not in practice. However two of my favorite horror movies, The Fly and The Thing, are remakes. I enjoy them not only as films in and of themselves but as significant improvements of mediocre films. The original Funhouse is a film with a relatively strong concept and an incredibly poor execution. It's really one of the most boring horror movies I've ever seen. So in this case, I think a remake is warranted. I do think Roth's material is generally hit and miss but I don't think he has the same shortcomings as your average remake director. Those guys are just way too content with recycling mediocrity. Roth at least tries to be progressive. That's why everyone, even the haters, remember Hostel and Cabin Fever and why the rest are typically forgotten. Anyway. I guess you could say I'm interested.

Still, I refuse to see it in theaters. I've come to accept remakes as inevitable (given up, so to speak) and really don't diminish the quality of the originals. There's just no way I'm going to support them financially.

Quoted from dresseme That's a compliment?!

I also like Micheal Bay.

~Zack~

Quoted from dresseme That's a compliment?!

Haha. Word. I've always wished I could enjoy movies the way you can, Zack, and I'm not being sarcastic.

It's cool, James. I'm incredibly easy to entertain. I love brainless popcorn flicks(hence my unnatural love for the "F13" series), however I also love a movie that makes you think. Truth be told... I can find something to like in just about anything I watch. Except spoof movies.

~Zack~

Remakes are subjective to me anymore... If it's a movie I care a lot about, sure... I'm not gonna wanna see it remade and assed up. However, go back and watch the Nightmare on Elm street series, all of them. Watch Friday the 13th, all of them... Even if the remake sucked donkey nuts, it was still better than the entire series - save for part 3.

So, yeah... anymore... Whatever. Remake something if you "think" you can do a better job. Just be prepared to take the crit and bashing if you fail to do so. That's where I'm at.

Why would a remake diminish the joy found in an original?

Hollywood is business morphed with creativity - so, there's bound to be a certain tension.

Andrew

Even if a remake is bad, the best thing it can do is call attention to the original piece.  For example, I sincerely disliked Nolan's "Insomnia" with Pacino and Williams, but it got me to seek out the original, which is MUCH better.

Quoted from Dressel Even if a remake is bad, the best thing it can do is call attention to the original piece.  For example, I sincerely disliked Nolan's "Insomnia" with Pacino and Williams, but it got me to seek out the original, which is MUCH better.

Completely agree. If anything, remakes - if poor - compound the quality of the original.

Andrew

Has anyone seen Logan's Run remake?