Revenge of the Remakes

‘The House on Sorority Row’ and ‘Sorority Row’ Fulfill Different Horror Cravings [Revenge of the Remakes]

September 5, 2022 Matt Donato Editorials, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, Sorority Row, The House on Sorority Row

Mark Rosman‘s The House on Sorority Row (1982) and Stewart Hendler‘s Sorority Row (2009) feel shoved aside in their respective horror classes. Titles like Pieces, Black Christmas, and The Dorm That Dripped Blood get more frequent mentions when discussing pre-90s sorority or dormitory slashers. Remake debates rarely include Sorority Row in their reassessments of unfairly […]

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‘The Hills Have Eyes’ Took a Horror Classic and Made It Even Better [Revenge of the Remakes]

August 4, 2022 Matt Donato Editorials, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, The Hills Have Eyes, Wes Craven

Wes Craven‘s The Hills Have Eyes is a seminal “Sunny Scary” horror flick renowned for its cannibalistic hilltop clan, but it certainly presents as one of Craven’s earliest works. The sorely missed master of horror went on to hone his craft as a writer and director, tidying visions and coaxing stronger performances. Craven’s 1977 The […]

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‘Fright Night’: A Remake So Good It May Outshine the Original Classic [Revenge of the Remakes]

July 4, 2022 Matt Donato Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Editorials, Fright Night, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, Tom Holland

Tom Holland‘s Fright Night has cemented itself as a crucial pillar in ’80s vampire canon. There’s an embrace of bloodsucker mythologies in addition to cheeky commentaries about how vamps are perceived in the media (using the character of Peter Vincent). It’s a tale as old as Dracula between eternal lust and pointed fangs that sometimes […]

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How ‘Firestarter’ Fails to Clear Even a Low Bar for Stephen King Adaptations [Revenge of the Remakes]

May 24, 2022 Matt Donato Editorials, Firestarter, Keith Thomas, Mark L. Lester, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, Stephen King

There’s a thin, blurry line between remake and adaptation. Keith Thomas’ Firestarter is both an adaptation of Stephen King‘s incendiary novel and a remake of Mark L. Lester‘s 1984 adaptation with the same name. Any crossover depends on how screenwriters take creative liberties with King’s source or how strictly each title follows the horror author’s […]

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David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’ Continues to Make a Strong Pro-Remake Argument [Revenge of the Remakes]

April 28, 2022 Matt Donato David Cronenberg, Editorials, Jeff Goldblum, Kurt Neumann, Mel Brooks, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, The Fly, Vincent Price

David Cronenberg‘s The Fly (1986) upholds a storied tradition of 80s remakes reinventing classic horrors through emblematic practical effects. John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) and Chuck Russell’s The Blob (1988) both embrace the spectacle of SFX advancement to build a better goopy mass or parasitic entity. Kurt Neumann‘s 1958 iteration of The Fly, co-starring Vincent […]

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‘The Town That Dreaded Sundown’ Proves Originality Can Come from Recreations [Revenge of the Remakes]

February 23, 2022 Matt Donato Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Charles B. Pierce, Editorials, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, The Town that Dreaded Sundown

Through my “Revenge of the Remakes” odyssey — today’s marks lucky number 20 — there haven’t been many disparities in quality like that between Alfonso Gomez-Rejon‘s and Charles B. Pierce‘s The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Pierce’s 1976 original adapts 1946’s Texarkana Moonlight Murders as a 40’s crime thriller that’s hokey, tonally abysmal, and dull with […]

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‘House of Wax’ 2005 Turned a 1950s Horror Movie into a Slasher Spectacle [Revenge of the Remakes]

January 31, 2022 Matt Donato Editorials, Elisha Cuthbert, House of Wax, Jaume Collet-Serra, Movies, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Paris Hilton, Revenge of the Remakes, Vincent Price

Jaume Collet-Serra‘s 2005 House of Wax remake is a mashup of influences and intentions. It’s supposedly based on Andre DeToth‘s 1953 thriller of the same name, itself a remake of 1933’s Mystery of the Wax Museum — but you couldn’t tell based on watches alone. Collet-Serra admits in Fangoria Magazine that his House of Wax […]

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‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Kick-Started the Modern Franchise Remake With Relentless Inhumanity [Revenge of the Remakes]

December 3, 2021 Matt Donato Editorials, featured, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, topnews

Welcome to Revenge of the Remakes, where columnist Matt Donato takes us on a journey through the world of horror remakes. We all complain about Hollywood’s lack of originality whenever studios announce new remakes, reboots, and reimaginings, but the reality? Far more positive examples of refurbished classics and updated legacies exist than you’re willing to remember […]

August 3, 2021 Matt Donato Ali Larter, Dark Castle Entertainment, Editorials, Famke Janssen, featured, geoffrey rush, House on Haunted Hill, Jeffrey Combs, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, The House On Haunted Hill, topnews, Vincent Price, William Castle, William Malone

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