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Post by politicidal on Aug 1, 2018 17:14:46 GMT
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 1, 2018 18:06:21 GMT
Kind of lame, but it does somehow make some sense to do a zombie movie on the pre-Romero concept of a zombie.
I just wish it wasn't a remake, but my guess is that they like the titLe but the characters will be differet, and more modern and generic, a la the House of Wax remake. If they do a more on-the-nose remake they should definitely keep the time period.
If it is something along the lines of what Wes Craven was trying to do with The Serpent and the Rainbow, it would have a chance at actually being pretty cool.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 1:03:14 GMT
See if they can make it less boring this time.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 2, 2018 14:34:24 GMT
See if they can make it less boring this time. It may not be great, but I find every moment that Lugosi is on screen to be captivating. He's just a such a magnetic screen presence. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 0:18:58 GMT
See if they can make it less boring this time. It may not be great, but I find every moment that Lugosi is on screen to be captivating. He's just a such a magnetic screen presence. That said, I do need to get around to a rewatch at some point. |
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Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Aug 3, 2018 3:33:59 GMT
Kind of lame, but it does somehow make some sense to do a zombie movie on the pre-Romero concept of a zombie. I just wish it wasn't a remake, but my guess is that they like the titLe but the characters will be differet, and more modern and generic, a la the House of Wax remake. If they do a more on-the-nose remake they should definitely keep the time period. If it is something along the lines of what Wes Craven was trying to do with The Serpent and the Rainbow, it would have a chance at actually being pretty cool. It's going to be hard to get from under the 'Romero Zombie' and have success. With 'Walking Dead' and audiences want to see specific the flesh eating ghoul stopped by severing the head or destroying the brain these days. To sell tickets I mean. The Voodoo Zombie will be hard to cut it these days. People want the 'Romero Zombie'. Video games and everything. It can be done and done well I just don't it will attract a big audience these days. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 3, 2018 3:59:30 GMT
Kind of lame, but it does somehow make some sense to do a zombie movie on the pre-Romero concept of a zombie. I just wish it wasn't a remake, but my guess is that they like the titLe but the characters will be differet, and more modern and generic, a la the House of Wax remake. If they do a more on-the-nose remake they should definitely keep the time period. If it is something along the lines of what Wes Craven was trying to do with The Serpent and the Rainbow, it would have a chance at actually being pretty cool. It's going to be hard to get from under the 'Romero Zombie' and have success. With 'Walking Dead' and audiences want to see specific the flesh eating ghoul stopped by severing the head or destroying the brain these days. To sell tickets I mean. The Voodoo Zombie will be hard to cut it these days. People want the 'Romero Zombie'. Video games and everything. It can be done and done well I just don't it will attract a big audience these days. It may be a harder sell, but the Blumhouse model allows them to take that chance a bit more easily. It will definitely be cheap to make. Also, I think the Romero zombie is at a saturation point. Every cheap movie is a shitty zombie movie these days. I think there's a chance that an audience might actually go for a different spin on it.. which oddly and ironically is a remake of a movie that was about the original spin on the zombie. And people love when you make the 'realistic' or 'grounded' version of a common trope. That's its own cliche now. Again, I think The Serpent and the Rainbow is the model here. That movie would have done a lot better nowadays, I think. |
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Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Aug 3, 2018 4:17:10 GMT
It's going to be hard to get from under the 'Romero Zombie' and have success. With 'Walking Dead' and audiences want to see specific the flesh eating ghoul stopped by severing the head or destroying the brain these days. To sell tickets I mean. The Voodoo Zombie will be hard to cut it these days. People want the 'Romero Zombie'. Video games and everything. It can be done and done well I just don't it will attract a big audience these days. It may be a harder sell, but the Blumhouse model allows them to take that chance a bit more easily. It will definitely be cheap to make. Also, I think the Romero zombie is at a saturation point. Every cheap movie is a shitty zombie movie these days. I think there's a chance that an audience might actually go for a different spin on it.. which oddly and ironically is a remake of a movie that was about the original spin on the zombie. And people love when you make the 'realistic' or 'grounded' version of a common trope. That's its own cliche now. Again, I think The Serpent and the Rainbow is the model here. That movie would have done a lot better nowadays, I think. It will reach a certain audience. The money these days is 'Walking Dead' stuff. And money is the big thing. 'Serpent and the Rainbow' came out same time more or less where Romero's 'Day of the Dead' came out. Romero had a hard time getting that off the ground. Finding money and dealing with ratings and not getting it put in cinemas critics hated it. Fast forward 20 years later and he was being begged to make another zombie film'. It's what people want. I think the money people want Romero Zombies. If I had the money to invest that is what I would do. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 3, 2018 14:44:09 GMT
I get what you're saying, but I don't know that the modern zombie thing is the current thing anymore. I think a lot of people are sick of it at this point. We are at least 15 years or so into the newer zombie craze now, and since there are hundreds of shitty zombie movies every year that are all more or less the same thing, I think the minor risk of reinventing it someway might actually be the smart move. Now, it's unfortunate that the new approach is a remake, but I do think that some along those lines could at least provide some intrigue to the many people who have zomhor fatigue. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Aug 3, 2018 15:53:37 GMT
While I kinda blanch at the idea of a White Zombie remake (and what a strange choice to consider remaking—not that I don’t like it, it just seems an unusual choice for a modern company to do), I’d much prefer seeing that kind of thing over seeing a Romero-esque zombie movie. I hate those with a fervent, fervent passion.
Everson loved White Zombie, by the way, praising its poetic stylization:
It is, indeed, one of the few ‘30s horror pictures to come close to the visual poetry and moodiness of Dracula and The Mummy.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Aug 3, 2018 17:48:55 GMT
I predict distracting SJW elements in this.
Plague of the Zombies IMO was the transition movie for the zombie into vampire ghoul. The makeup in that one is very much in keeping with the modern zombie--all that is missing is the flesh eating.
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Post by petrolino on Aug 5, 2018 14:39:39 GMT
I feel they'll have a hard time tackling Victor Halperin's atmospheric classic though Louisiana is a good place to shoot and Blumhouse may look to retain the original's independent spirit. Bela Lugosi and Madge Bellamy are untouchable and I expect it remains this way. 'White Zombie' inspired some of my favourite European horror filmmakers active in the 1960s / 1970s; Dario Argento also borrowed a visual clue from the sequel 'Revolt Of The Zombies' (1936). Will wait and see. Thanks for the news.
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Post by HorrorMetal on Aug 5, 2018 19:44:15 GMT
That's actually one of the very very few movies I wouldn't mind getting remade, even though I love the original.
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