Friday 13th Remake

[The Grumpy Celt]

Paper PlanesI’m not certain what to make of this, but I will probably give it a chance. I actually like the original “Friday the 13th.” It has some nice moments. Most of the following movies are increasingly stupid. I also like both the original “Chainsaw Massacre” and even the remake of “Chainsaw Massacre.” I view them as very separate entities, like wildly different versions of some kind of classic play. So… I probably will see this flick.

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[Angel Tarragon]

As much as I dread remakes, this actually sounds promising.

 

[DonTadow]

Jason is the only horror movie I'd probably appreciate a remake of, considering that the story is so far off course or has ended so many times its time to have a retelling. Now, nightmare on elm street IS Robert Englund, a remake of that without him is blasphemy. Michael Myers remake was ok, but i felt that during the original movies they still had a bit more of his story if we go back to the end of 5 and even 6.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

...a remake of that without him is blasphemy.

A remake of "Nightmare" is underway and it will not star Robert Englund. The movie is in preproduction.

 

[Darkwolf71]

That is unfortunate.

 

[Felon]

Now, nightmare on elm street IS Robert Englund, a remake of that without him is blasphemy.

The voice was faked electronically, and he wore a metric ton of make-up, so much so that just about any skinny guy would be indistinguishable as him. But other than that, yeah he's da man.

As to Friday the 13th, the interviewees pretty handily demonstrated through their own words how a Friday remake is kind of pointless. Jason doesn't do torture or fancy kills. In today's theatre of Hostels and Saws and Hills Haves Eyes and other sadistic flicks, a simple machete in the head is rather bland.

 

[Darkwolf71]

The voice was faked electronically, and he wore a metric ton of make-up, so much so that just about any skinny guy would be indistinguishable as him. But other than that, yeah he's da man.

His voice was altered, not faked and th emake-up is part of the character... not sure what point you're trying to make. Freddie's personality, which is what made the films so fun, was all Robert. *shrug

It's like the remake of The Hitcher. Rutger Hauer defined the character and while Sean Bean is a fine actor, his version was not nearly as creepy as Hauer's original.