The Horror Thread II: The Return

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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Nice! I liked the original film very much.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited January 2020 Posts: 15,718
    @DarthDimi @Creasy47 @boldfinger @MajorDSmythe @Shardlake

    First (French) promo poster for Peninsula, the Train to Busan sequel:

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    This re-uses one of the concept artworks that the director released a year ago.

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    VFW is arriving on Digital Media on February 14, 2020, and on Blu Ray on March 31, 2020.

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    Color Out of Space is arriving on Blu Ray on February 25, 2020.


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    I guess I need to be in the mood for VFW, but then it´s gonna rock :-).
    I won´t have to be in any mood to want to see Nic Cage and alien fog :-).
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Well... I dunno. I love THE THING and I'm one of perhaps five people who also think its 2011 prequel is pretty good. I read the Campbell story a few years ago and I didn't know about an expanded novel. That said, I'm not sure I want a new version of THE THING. The way I see it, the best possible film based on that story was made in 1982. Can't imagine anyone beating Carpenter in his prime at this. Also, I don't want THE THING (1982) to be pushed aside by some remake. Carpenter was all but killed over that film. His reputation was smeared, his career was condemned and he was called a "pornographer of violence" by stupid, easily-offended conservatives who think their farts don't stink.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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  • edited January 2020 Posts: 9,847

    I am still waiting for the gritty horror filled reboot of Golden Girls...

    or the action gritty reboot of Matlock

    I could go on but the joke explains itself

    https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/universal-reportedly-planning-remake-jaws-spielberg-produce/?fbclid=IwAR1c0fEwICFz0oZ6u5xOvfWJaD83S3lNM3FYTCGDGzi6qZr3wg4kAi8zmLQ

    :( guess I am too late to pitch my idea
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited February 2020 Posts: 15,718
    @boldfinger @DarthDimi @MajorDSmythe @Creasy47

    First official poster and trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw, the 9th installment of the Saw franchise:



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  • This looks great! Just not too sure about the title..
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited February 2020 Posts: 15,718
    This looks great! Just not too sure about the title..

    Samuel L Jackson said his favorite m word in the trailer. I will not allow any criticism on this film. ;-)
  • It's a great selling point! I mean I'm already sold on it. :D
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    This looks great! Just not too sure about the title..

    Samuel L Jackson said his favorite m word in the trailer. I will not allow any criticism on this film. ;-)
    Hm, you´ve convinced me :-).

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Thanks for the trailer, @DaltonCraig007 ! :)
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited February 2020 Posts: 15,718
    The reboot of Texas Chainsaw Massacre is officially in the works. To be directed by Ryan & Andy Tohill (The Dig).

    https://collider.com/texas-chainsaw-massacre-reboot-directors/
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    The reboot of Texas Chainsaw Massacre is officially in the works. To be directed by Ryan & Andy Tohill (The Dig).

    https://collider.com/texas-chainsaw-massacre-reboot-directors/

    Please tell me that you are joking. What are they doing to that series?
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    The Hunt is back. After its cancelled October 2019 release, the film will now be coming on the big screen on March 13, 2020.



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    I cant weatch the trailer with sound on but it looks like it's just a rip on the most dangerous game... so uhm Yeah that 1924 short story quite scary and earth shaking


    Wait I just read that it is based on it... so uhm yeah again Hey anything written during Calvin Coolidge's Presidency is cool in my book (sorry for the obvious pun)
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3604806/larry-zerner-breaks-weeks-oral-arguments-friday-13th-case-may-june-decision-expected/

    I think we can pretty much declare the series dead at this point. A new film can't happen without Miller & Cunningham, and as one comment puts it, so much bad blood runs between them, it is unlikely they can set their hatred aside to make a new film.
    The part I don't understand, though, is if Miller owns the rights to the original 1980 story, then why is he needed for a new film. Adult Jason, and the hockey mask are nothing to do with Miller, and are arguably more iconic than anything in the first film.

    Incidentily, yesterday marked 11 years since the last film! Let that sink in for a moment.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    @MajorDSmythe But to just make a film with Jason and hockey mask, would mean his backstory would have to be changed and could they even set it at a summer camp? As his mother and the summer camp belong to the original script. Also wouldn't they not have rights to the name anymore? Wasn't the name originated in the first film when Pamela mentions it?

    For the very creators the franchise to then kill it with these legal decisions would be quite disappointing and quite historic I'd say? If it is to really fall apart after this.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Good points, actually. I suppose that's why Miller would be needed on side. Maybe they could get away with avoiding his backstory if they make it a sequel. Things like is name and the camp setting (unless the new film isn't set in a camp*) could be a problem.

    * I recall one story draft of the film we nearly had, set in a functional water park. With one particularly nasty kill taking place on the water slide.

    Are summer camps still a big thing in the US?
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited February 2020 Posts: 5,970
    @MajorDSmythe I mean I suppose you don't have to mention his backstory but is that not something Miller would want included if he was to be involved. As for the summer camp, I think it would just be a shame to not get another proper Friday the 13th film. A real bloodbath 80's slasher that could maybe even follow a more sophisticated approach to try and make it feel more real to some degree.

    I'd be interested to see something like that, but with all this legal stuff, it just already taints whatever they decide to make. You could compare it to the SPECTRE stuff in some way, could some of our quarms with Spectre have been avoided if they just didn't get the rights yet haha :D

    On a side note, I'm actually really excited for this new Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I don't really care if they make them cause if I don't like what I see I can just not watch haha, and then if they do make a really good one then great! And I think there's always chance of that happening with any property, well unless the Leprechaun franchise haha, especially with Fede Alvarez onboard as a producer and some new talent behind the camera and penning, there's one of hell of a chance this could be the film we've been waiting for, well I've been waiting for anyway haha :D
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Re the summer camp, I think that's what they were going for with the aborted film, a bloodbath, albeit a water park on the old Crystal Lake site.

    At least they got SP out. Image if McClory was still alive and maintained the rights, and EON were trying to fight back, dragging the film into court.

    I really don't know where they are going with TCM. These past two decades has been a mess for the series.

    I haven't watched the two latest Leprechaun films, but what little I have seen, the Leprechaun at least look like the Warwick Davis Leprechaun in Returns.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    It's regrettable but I do think that someone at some point, somewhere, will pick it up. Like with Halloween, they know they can bring stuff back. And if the Bonds have taught us anything, it's that patience pays of, no matter how much we have to suffer and for how long. ;-)
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited February 2020 Posts: 13,978
    But Halloween was never at the centre of a messy court case. For someone else to pick the series' rights up, that would require both Miller and Cunningham to walk away. I can't see that happening. If possible, both men would return from the dead just to not let the other win. This is going to take a considerable miracle for the series to stage a comeback.

    This whole mess is driven by money, which is one thing neither can earn from the IP (no films, comics, games, action figures) while this is on going. If it weren't so depressing, I would laugh at the irony.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Just watched
    - COLOR OUT OF SPACE, which was entertaining and good;
    - BLACK CHRISTMAS 2019, which kept me in perennial WTF mode and made me regret the time wasted during the big "reveal". Unbelievable. Bob Clark's original deserves better.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    @DarthDimi @boldfinger @MajorDSmythe @Shardlake

    Peninsula, the Train to Busan sequel, is racking up international distribution deals. The film is expected to release around the globe this summer. The producers are looking at a potential world premier at the Cannes film festival this May.

    Although it is already being billed in some places as a “sequel to Train To Busan”, the director says, “Peninsula is not a sequel to Train To Busan because it’s not a continuation of the story, but it happens in the same universe.”

    https://www.screendaily.com/news/train-to-busan-follow-up-peninsula-scores-raft-of-sales-exclusive/5147347.article
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