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Post by spooner5020 on Aug 28, 2018 16:54:58 GMT
For example House of Wax 2005. I know this has been classified as a “loose remake” because it barely has any connection except for the fact that the killer turns his victims into wax sculptures and that there’s a bit of an homage to the original by having the killer named Vincent. Also the studio behind it was Dark Castle Entertainment Who were known at the time to make remakes of 50’s horror movies.
I own a bunch of remakes and sometimes it says on the back of the cover “based on the screenplay” or “based on characters” so they give credit to the original movies. So why don’t some remakes do this as well? And how does a movie actually become an official remake of an older movie without the director saying “it’s just inspired by blank movie”?
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Post by politicidal on Aug 30, 2018 16:19:52 GMT
Whatever the lawyers recommend I guess.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 30, 2018 17:15:27 GMT
For example House of Wax 2005. I know this has been classified as a “loose remake” because it barely has any connection except for the fact that the killer turns his victims into wax sculptures and that there’s a bit of an homage to the original by having the killer named Vincent. Also the studio behind it was Dark Castle Entertainment Who were known at the time to make remakes of 50’s horror movies. I own a bunch of remakes and sometimes it says on the back of the cover “based on the screenplay” or “based on characters” so they give credit to the original movies. So why don’t some remakes do this as well? And how does a movie actually become an official remake of an older movie without the director saying “it’s just inspired by blank movie”?
Is there such a thing as an OFFICIAL remake? Isn't the distinction between "remake", "loose remake", "based on" and "inspired by" completely UNofficial - something that people and maybe critics talk about, but without any practical consequences?
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