Category Archives: Remakes
Seven Killer Songs
In Irish folklore, the banshee is an apparition whose mournful, wailing song signals someone’s recent death. In most versions of the myth, the banshee’s song is so piercing and strong that it can cut through solid objects and drive those who hear it insane. It’s a shame that this intriguing myth isn’t used more often [...]
Seven Horror Films That Need a Sequel or Reboot
Conventional wisdom dictates that if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing twice. Applying this to movies, it’s true that many sequels are awesome (Aliens, Friday the 13th Part 2). But did we really need that last Final Destination? Did Rob Zombie really need make a sequel to a remake of a classic film that [...]
Evilontwolegs 2009 Movie Awards
as i sat down to start writing my best/worst lists for 2009, it quickly became apparent that this was a more complicated task than i first imagined. many of the noteworthy horror films of 2009 were interesting for reasons beyond simple polar categorization into ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ so, in addition to the typical [...]
Stuff I’ve Been Watching (chainsaw edition)
home sick alone this weekend with my two schnauzers, i had a lot of time to watch horrors films — some good and some bad. as it turns out, sick or not, i usually watch a lot of horror films during the average week, so i thought i’d turn my obsessive viewing habits into [...]
Elm Street Remake Trailer
the new a nightmare on elm street remake trailer is out, and it’s surprisingly good. i wasn’t particularly interested in this remake until this trailer, but now they’ve got my attention. i’d say they’ve definitely chosen the right guy to put on robert englund’s glove, as this freddy is definitely creepy. we’ll [...]
The Toolbox Murders (1978) and The Toolbox Murders (2003)
While we all know what types of films the adjective “exploitation” refers to, I’ve often wondered exactly who or what is the object of the exploitation in question? Is it the audience, the film or, perhaps, a particular subject matter? These answers are not mutually exclusive, since in truth the answer is likely all three. [...]
Where Have all the Real Horror Films Gone?
Corey and I spent a weekend in NYC at Fangoria’s Weekend of Horror, and I’m still processing all the strange sights and sounds. We were witness to a horror-themed fashion show hosted by the one-and-only Gwar; we met a demented DVD salesman named Twisted Chris; I was nearly impaled by the over-sized spikes on the [...]
My Bloody Valentine 3D DVD and Dogs
fangoria reports that the details of the my bloody valentine 3d dvd have been released. in addition to a commentary track with the director and co-writer and several featurettes, all versions (standard, special edition and blu-ray) will all feature the film in both 2d and 3d versions and include four sets of glasses. [...]
Best of 2008 Update: Quarantine and Eden Lake
my best of 2008 list was, understandably, comprised of only films from 2008 that i’d actually seen. i see a lot of horror films, but currently my netflix queue has almost 450 films in it, so i don’t get to everything as quickly as i’d like. i did, however, run out this week [...]
Friday the 13th (2009)
jon and i wrote the following short opinions this past weekend after seeing friday the 13th (2009) without consulting each other. i’m glad to see that, at least when it comes to jason voorhees, we seem to be on exactly the same page. (don’t forget to email us your thoughts on the new film, [...]
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