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Indeed, they are, Major. X and Pearl are his latest creations, and so far they have impressed the hell out of many a horror fan.
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The way they've been promoting the copious amount of gore has me instantly turned off and clearly demonstrates it's not aiming to be the sort of installment I want to see. Then again, I haven't been terribly impressed with the series in a long time so I guess that's no surprise. I'll still see it when I get the chance though.
I think that was kind of the point, though. It was riffing on legacy sequels that do just that. Hell, just look at Maverick. It's basically the same as the first film, structurally. Talking about the genre as a whole has always been Scream's thing.
Although, it still makes sense. Legacy sequels come in with an almost slavish sense of respect to the original, then their respective sequels come along and up-the-ante in terms of violence and gore (see, Halloween Kills) and essentially undo the work. So maybe there's still themes there for them to explore.
But anyway...
And seeing the mask looking so weathered, is giving me Halloween / Halloween Kills / Halloween Ends vibes.
I wasn't the biggest fan of 5 myself and actually really did enjoy 4, so I would have been perfectly happy if the series had ended there. But I know the opposite is true for many fans in that they didn't care for 4 and did enjoy 5. I'm willing to give the next one a shot. With the Manhattan setting and Halloween-esque time-ravaged mask it looks like they might be starting to homage other horror series in more overt ways. Which could be a good thing. At this point, it wouldn't be the worst direction for them to take Scream over-the-top.
It's frustrating, really, especially since Halloween whipped out 3 films in 4 years, two of which were seriously blocked by the pandemic. Even Hellraiser seems to be on the right track again, as is Scream. Meanwhile, newcomers such as Ti West's X series and Terrifier come out cheap to very positive reviews at a fast rate. Yet the houses of Jason and Freddy have been in virtual lockdown since 2010. It can't have anything to do with a lack of interest or talent. So what is it, then? Rights issues? Too many suits trespassing on the creative side of things? Budgetary complications? Surely, these films aren't too difficult to make since their target audiences are relatively easy to please, and with vastly fewer means than the next Star Wars or Bond. A bonafide F13 is like a pizza: the ingredients are well-known, readily available, and easy to use. Add a few olives on the top, and it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. So what's the matter? No cheese? The oven isn't working? Chef left too soon? Tell us already why we haven't gotten another F13 in nearly a decade-and-half. Same with ANOES. Even Netflix is beating them to it with its Fear Street series. Promiscuous teens near Crystal Lake, buckets of blood, and a big bloke with a machete: the script will write itself. Bloody hell, guys. I'm hungry for another F13, if only to give zombie Siskel the finger! 😎
While I tend to agree, something like James Bond proves it can go on if done well enough. But yeah, I’m cool with Nightmare staying RIP. Englund is insurmountable. Not saying there can’t be good new ones, but it’d be very tricky. Hated the first attempt without him, though that had many issues other than the main actor too.
Yes, Bond proved an exception to that idea, though OHMSS was notoriously dismissed, even with John Barry and everyone else working on overdrive to sell the new Bond. They ultimately had to get a very popular TV spy into the role and go a very different direction with things in Live and Let Die...which could work for Nightmare, just totally revamping everything. But it would be a challenge. I never saw the Jackie Earle Haley attempt since the bad reviews dissuaded me, but I imagine it's everything you'd fear a Nightmare film would be without Craven and Englund. Without those two, I think you really do have to reinvent the wheel where Nightmare's concerned.
Actually, Haley did very well. The film simply made the mistake of being a remake of a film most fans had already seen countless times. They could have chosen the path of Halloween 2018: a requel. In any case, I thought that Haley was an asset and I wish we could have seen more of his Freddy.
I disagree that Freddy cannot have a future without Robert Englund. Sure he can. He is the ultimate supernatural boogeyman and new generations of fans--teens today--are not clinging to the image of Englund the way we are. A new Freddy is perfectly possible, one that we might like even. Of the three big ones, I want more Freddy the most myself. The right actor can bring us a new Freddy who isn't a copy of Englund. I still think that Freddy has the highest scare potential of the big three, though that is just a personal comment, of course. 😉
There's definitely a lot more room for creativity with Freddy with the ability to go into dream worlds and with the right director on board anything's possible. I never would have thought an Ash-less Evil Dead could work until Fede Álvarez proved me wrong.
I wish he could make the next Freddy flick. I'd be up for that.
Well there was the lawsuit, but that has now been settled (if splitting the rights between two warring individuals can be called 'settled'.
Off the top of my head, I don't even remember what studio owns Jason. First it was Paramount. They soled the rights to New Line after Jason Takes Manhattan's failure. New Line was the home of Jason for Jason Goes To Hell, Jason X and Freddy vs Jason. Platinum Dunes then picked the rights up for Friday The 13th (2009). Then the rights shifted back to Paramount, this had something to with a bidding war for a Christopher Nolan film. Paramount held the rights for 7 years or so, and failed to act on it. Following this, they then reverted back to New Line.
That's about as confusing as trying to follow the real Fabergé egg around in OP. ;-) But yes, politics as usual. If any splitting-down-the-middle has to happen, let Jason himself do it. :-D
I'd love for any horror franchise to fall into his hands, but for the moment I'm pretty majorly stoked he's going to be doing the next Alien film.
On Friday the 13th, Cunningham "announced" there's a new one scheduled for next year and It producer Roy Lee suggested the same. The movie may not come out next year*, but I feel confident things are in the works.
*Then again, 2023 has a Friday the 13th in October. What better time, right?