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Originally posted by Evil Bread

Do the crap remakes just make the originals better? Or taint them? The Jaws sequels have not tainted the original, yet the likes of Halloween seem to have. Obviously remakes and sequels are different but you take my meaning hopefully.

I think crap remakes do taint original films for mainstream movie watchers. Most people into horror either like or dislike the original and so a crap or good remake would not alter their opinion on the original, where as a someone who hasn't seen the original and watches some crappy remake isn't going to go out of their way to watch what it was based on, as they would presume it to be crap also.

Sequals do appear to more dilute the the original than taint it in a way. For example Nightmare on Elmstreet, when it first came out it was scarey and was about some sick child molester who got burnt alive and then managed to come back to take it out kids in a pretty nasty way. If you talk to people nowadays Freddy is no longer a monster but a pretty cool killer who always comes out with some witty remark before offing some loser kid that no-one would really like anyway, not really the stuff of nightmares.
Also if you go back and watch Nightmare on Elmstreet it can not watch in the same way as when it was realeased. By todays standards it is pretty tame with very little graphic gore, which as you stated earlier, the shock value seems to be the thing that counts. Don't get me wrong I like gorefests but a good film is more important than how much gore you can fit in 90 minutes.

Remakes can be good and even at times bring something new to the table although more than often they don't. It seems like more movies are getting made by fanboys who want to express their love for their favorite movie by remaking it. A lot of it can be attributed to the amount of movies released.

Movies released in 1960 - 13
Movies released in 1970 - 30
Movies released in 1980 - 133
Movies released in 1990 - 190
Movies released in 2000 - 502
Movies released in 2005 - 579

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Originally posted by The STE
there's a movie coming out, coming out this year in fact, that will no doubt save the horror genre. It will carry this genre on its back, kicking and screaming, from slump of mediocrity that it's found its self in for the past few years (few notable exceptions notwithstanding). That movie?

Snakes on a Plane

I hope they continue the sequels like

Snakes on a Train and Snakes in Seaworld etc.

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Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
I hope they continue the sequels like

Snakes on a Train and Snakes in Seaworld etc.

But there are snakes in Seaworld...

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Originally posted by Despare
But there are snakes in Seaworld...

lmao did I say seaworld?

I meant Snakes in Outer Space. Yeah, that's what I meant... :D

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Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
lmao did I say seaworld?

I meant Snakes in Outer Space. Yeah, that's what I meant... :D

You know, once you do Snakes in Outer Space, there's only one road left to travel down...

Can you say Snakes in Da Hood? Oh Yeah!

"Snakes on a Plane" was just the beginning. Don't forget "Snakebabies: Snakegeniuses 2" and "Snakes Reloaded" and "SnakePlanet" also. When you get into snakes, there's a lot of territory to explore, we felt there were other stories we could tell, and we felt that the audiences had a lot of questions that they wanted to see answered, and that means a looooot of popcorn if you snake my meaning.

Snakegeniuses 2?!? I can't wait!

Don't forget Snakes on Other Snakes.