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Remake Announced - Sherman to Direct

posted 19 years ago by Glennascaul
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Director Gary Sherman plans to remake his classic, shifting the setting to Chicago and altering some of the characters.

Full story over at Fango - http://fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=6067

[–] Bulletproof81 18 years ago

Oh FFS is there nothing the americans will leave alone?

If you are going to remake it, remake it in london or it isn't a remake!

[–] disknerd 18 years ago

Okay... I hate when they remake good movies, but I have to say this one could work, as Gary Sherman will be remaking his own film. And this isn't Americans meddling. Gary Sherman himself is an American, from Chicago. That's why he would be putting it in Chicago. I'm looking forward to it. Unless he screws it up.

[–] spicy_demon 18 years ago

It'll be rubbish - all the current american remakes of classic horror films have been dreadful except for Dawn Of The Dead which was a lot better then the slow-moving and mildly pretentious original!

[–] Radalan 17 years ago

Over half of the original horror films were rubbish too.

[–] willson_x 17 years ago

you lot know nothing

[–] omega_21 16 years ago

pretentious ? you gotta be kidding... one of my favourite movie, and for the remake, is it a remake ? no i see nothing except the supermarket environment as a point of convergence. And it wasn't horror, but another stupid action/violence american movie. No interest at all, noted 2/10 on imdb.

[–] Dr_Anton_Phibes 16 years ago

I agree!

Why those yanks leave english/french/italian/chinese/japanese/etc/etc/etc movies THE BLOODY HELL ALONE!

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DARN remakes!

[–] kwlowagain 18 years ago

More info from Sherman himself. Dread Central's Evil Andy got to talk to Gary Sherman at Fantasia Fest.

http://www.dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=225

[–] spicy_demon 18 years ago

still doesn't want to make me see a remake buddy!

Are you secretely there publicity guy or something? lol

[–] devil_of_kimone 18 years ago

seems a bit stupid to be remaking this at the moment, what with "creep" and a supposed film of Clive Barkers "The Midnight Meat Train"

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[–] jh004h6434 18 years ago

the english film creep is very similar to this

[–] bbwibb02 18 years ago

Agreed.

[–] garp-26 17 years ago

Saw Death Line about thirty five years ago when it was on a double bill with the bizarre Mark Lester/Britt Ekland feature Night Hair Child. I've never seen it since but everytime I watch the tube scenes in An American Werewolf... I'm constantly reminded of it. One thing I've never discovered is how come Sherman, a young American came to make his debut film in the UK - was he already based over here in some capacity? Was it partly US financed?

Supernatural perhaps, baloney perhaps not

[–] samanthaseaotter 17 years ago

Okay, first of all, I am an American and I come from Chicago. Second of all, I hate remakes, all remakes, they all suck.

So don't go assuming all Americans want to remake or see remakes. I adore UK films and prefer them set in the UK the way they were originally designed. Same thing with sitcoms. Reality shows are all crap on BOTH sides of the pond, so I don't care about them.

This is due to be broadcast on TCM on Friday night. It's weird enough to intrigue me.

Samantha
"Nobody's perfect."

[–] mlknchz 17 years ago

"C.H.U.D." was pretty much ALREADY a remake of this film

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087015/

[–] lastmidnite2 17 years ago

the news should please all the unimaginative rejects who want to see a remake of every film ever made over 10 years old.

[–] whitesheik 17 years ago

Well, considering this thread started two years ago, I think the remake talk was horse manure - just Mr. Sherman trying to keep his name out there.

[–] zombielord-1 16 years ago

C.H.U.D was nothing like this film, but I like C.H.U.D Don't like BUD though. Creep sucked.

[–] PrincessBoy 16 years ago

"Creep" was quite similar to (though not as good as) "Death Line", though that was a coincidence, and it wasn't meant to be a remake. An intentional remake would, however, add nothing to the value of the original "Death Line" film

[–] ethermusic1981 12 years ago

Creep did not suck.

[–] Gambit771 11 years ago

"She doesn’t need a bunch of guys to come save her. In fact, in the end she basically saves their asses."

Sounds like every generic horror film released since 1974. As I'm getting tired of the final girl cliché I'm glad he hasn't remade it, yet at least, as it'll be a by the books horror and will likely be the version that's remembered.