A Remake of Manos?

[The Grumpy Celt]

“Manos” Hands of Fate is a horrific movie of unsurpassed awfulness.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060666/

It was named specifically in three declarations by the U.N. as something never to be shown to any prisoners under any circumstances.

Oh, alright, I made up that last part. But it is a singularly bad movie made palatable only for receiving the Mystery Science Theater 300 treatment.

Spike Jones and Charlie Kaufman are working on a new project.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383028/

The only flick Hal Warren ever made was “Manos,” and he died in 1985. And he’s given a story credit here. Spike Jones directed “Being John Malkovich.” Charlie Kaufman wrote both “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Being John Malkovich.”

So Jones is going to direct a movie written by Kaufman based apparently on a story by Hal Warren.

What if they are remaking “Manos” in some form?

 

[Viking Bastard]

That would rock on so many levels.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

That would rock on so many levels.

I simply find myself wondering. As horrible as the movie was, it had at its heart a decent concept, something similar to Psycho or Last House on the Last. And Spike and Charlie are good at what they do.

 

[demiurge1138]

Actually, Hal Warren did write another movie that never got made, called "Satan Rides a Bike", presumably a mix of the motorcycle gang and devil-worship genres. So it's possible, but not by much, that Spike and Charlie are filming it.

But a Manos remake would rock so hard.

Demiurge out.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Considering the fate of many that worked on the original film, I don't know that I'd care to be associated with it

 

[sniffles]

They'll never be able to beat the charm of "Manos" as handled by the MST3K guys.

When I saw the MST movie, there was one point at which Mike had to operate a grappling device, and when the camera focused on the control panel it said 'Manos' under the controls he was using. I laughed my a$$ off.

No one else in the theater got it.

 

[Crothian]

What scares me is that remakes are often worse then the original!!

 

[demiurge1138]

What scares me is that remakes are often worse then the original!!

In this case, I'm not sure if that's physically possible.

Demiurge out.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Interesting tidbit: The Island was also a remake of a film that was featured on MST3K...

Manos was recently featured in Entertainment Weekly (who article about how it is the worst movie ever). I would laugh until I turned blue if they did remake it... and promtly run to the theatre to see if they can do anything to make that horrid, horrid film better.

 

[Viking Bastard]

In this case, I'm not sure if that's physically possible.

Ah, but see, it will go full circle. It will go into negative badness, creating greatness.