Why do they keep churning out these crappy horror movies?

[Ash]

I just got back from seeing Sin City. Okay movie btw. Anyway there were previews for House of Wax, Amittyville Horror remake, and Ring 2. I could do nothing but roll my eyes through all of them. Seriously why do they keep churning out this crap?

[John Gargo]

I thought the Amityville remake didn't look TOO bad, and hey... it gave us that new boxset, so that's something to be thankful for! :)

[IGotsNewShoes]

For the same reason they made shitty Sin City into a movie, people wanted it.

[bwana the clown]

Seriously why do they keep churning out this crap?

Becau$e people are $till paying to $ee it.

[adric]

yea, house of wax looked lame, but amityville looked good (i didnt care much for the original) and supposedly it has a very gruesome opening and ending so im looking foward.

[badnewsbrown]

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[Criswell]

Whilst I do roll my eyes as well, this is nothing new.

Look at how many versions of Phantom or DR Jeckyll were amde before 1950.

[dwatts]

Because - - - - it has always been this way. The majority of horror films that have been made are crap...... oh, and people go to see a film because it's a "Horror", even when they're directed by a moron, or star an idiot.

[allmessedup]

Some periods are worse than others, though. I think this is a pretty bad time for movies in general...everything seems to be a remake or adaptation. I know it's always the rule that most stuff will be mediocre, but it seemed like in recent decades at least most movies were ORIGINAL crap.

I think a big reason is the changes in home video...now they can make a ton of money selling DVDs to consumers, and can probably make back whatever they lose at the box office. So it's like a case of them not being punished when they make a piece of crap, since they wind up making enough for it to be worth them doing it again.

[dwatts]

I think these are damn GOOD times. Open Water, Love Object, and how many terrific Asian films? MAybe bad times for mainstream Hollywood, but really, I don't care too much about what they're thinking/doing.

[bigdaddyhorse]

For the same reason they made shitty Sin City into a movie, people wanted it.

I have to disagree with you on that. I don't think there was a big cry outside of people who had read the graphic novels for a Sin City movie.
Those who have read are very happy to see that this movie was anything but crap, and easily the best comic adaptation ever. Also if this turns out to be successful, it will be a blessing to movies in general by showing studios that they don't have to strip a story down and make a piece of pg-13 crap to make money. Unfortunately it's too late for Judge Dredd and The Mask, but this gives a lot of hope to the upcoming Preacher film.

[Silent Noize]

Todays so called new Horror flicks are just like NU-METAL music they both suck bad. :evil:
Agreed.

[patmcgahern]

I actually think the new remakes look pretty interesting.... I really want to see them....
Although paris hilton is in house of wax and that only speaks of travesty.
Although it would be fun to watch her melt...

It would not be funny to watch her melt in this remake

[maskull]

I actually think the new remakes look pretty interesting.... I really want to see them....
Although paris hilton is in house of wax and that only speaks of travesty.
but Elisha Cuthbert's in HOW as well. chances are I'll see it even though i don't really give a damn about the actual movie. I won't pay to see it though.

I wasn't excited about Amityville either but now I've seen a few trailers and I think I want to see it. maybe even in theatres. I saw the original years ago and didn't care for it, but my tastes have changed since then.

I'd like it if they'd cut back on the re-makes and come up with some orignal ideas in Hollywood, but that's not going to happen until they stop making money. even the people on this board who complain about the remakes are guilty of going to see some of them and thus ensuring the continuation of the trend.

and I agree with dwatts. this isn't a bad time for movies. It may be a bad time for Hollywood movies, but there are plenty of great movies still being made.

[VideoViolence]

Usually, most times, the best stuff is in the indie/underground scene. Generally, major studios usually have their head so far up their asses, you're surprised they stop to take a breath.

[Bobbywoodhogan]

Ok House of Wax I'm not interested in and Ring Two looks crap I've been saying that for ages but Amytiville Horror Remake looks Fucking awesome.

[tobaccoman]

Yeah, this trend is kinda gettin' on my nerves a bit, but I don't really care all that much what Hollywood is doing as long as Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are still teaming up. I haven't seen the original Dark Water yet so I'm probably going to wait and see that before even giving the remake a shot, unless of course I hear that by some freak coincidence that the remake is quite a bit better.

[soxfan666]

i can't wait for amytiville. I was never a huge fan of the original and for some reason i think this will be a great movie. House of Wax looks stupid. I am looking forward to sin city also, but i had never heard of the comics until this movie came out.

[Criswell]

I must say i'm getting very tired of the slavish and seemingly automatic ree-makes of the Japanese horror films like The Ring and The Grude. Seems like they come out 2 weeks later...........

Also these Jap films are not that great to begin with either.....

[Myron Breck]

It's not just a lame time for horror films, with remakes coming out of the woodwork: take THE ITALIAN JOB, SHALL WE DANCE, LADYKILLERS, or ALFIE, for instance. Fresh, new ideas are hard to come by these days with all of the re-imagining going on in Hollywood. There's going to have to be a big surge in independents soon...

[Peter Vincent]

Ring 2's trailer was attached to Sin City??? The movie's been out for over 2 weeks!

[bigdaddyhorse]

I don't think that was Ring 2, just something that looked just like it. I wasn't paying much attention to the trailers, although I probably will check out House Of Wax (just keep saying, "it's not really Paris, it's not really Paris") since I've liked all the Dark Castle offerings besides Gothika. Amytiville does look kinda cool as well, and I've decided to support R-rated horror, at least ones not directed by Uwe!

[tobaccoman]

It was probably the Dark Water trailer. I saw that trailer before Ring Two.

[The Joker]

My personal theory is that the amount of mindless idiotic stupid attention-deficit disorder afflicted people greatly outweigh those of us who can think beyond a plot that boasts such ground-breaking actors as Hilary Duff (sarcasm).

Bottom line, there are way more people in the general public who, if they do watch horror, only know the watered down horror that mainstream hollywood spits out. You'd have to agree that the greater percentage wouldn't know anything about european horror, or any horror that isn't at "a theater near you". Unfortunately, the idiots I speak of are the ones buying the tickets, either them or their parents. The studios respond to money....checkmate.

[maskull]

or maybe they have lives and don't have the time to search out those unknown/rare movies that people like us consider to be great. or maybe they are just idiots. :-)

[Myron Breck]

My vote goes to the latter. ;)

[maybrick]

People have been remaking movies since the dawn of filmmaking. The only thing that's surprising is that we've had so few remakes in the past 20-30 years. It used to be far more common. I think we, as the audience, have just become spoiled.

[bigdaddyhorse]

It was probably the Dark Water trailer. I saw that trailer before Ring Two.

Nope, it was Skeleton Key before Sin City.
I actually went back to the theater and saw it again cuz I liked it so much (and it's just as good the second time, and thrid, and fourth! I love torrents!). Then I got to thinking of the last movie I went and saw twice at a first run theater (I've gone back to many at the cheap seats $1.50 place, those don't count). I think the last one I went to twice for full price was Terminator 1!

[Agent Z]

The only thing that's surprising is that we've had so few remakes in the past 20-30 years. It used to be far more common. I think we, as the audience, have just become spoiled.

Do you have proof of this? Have you actually crunched the numbers? I haven't. I am not disputing it one way or the other. My gut feeling is that the amount of remakes has increased over the past decade, especially with the recent trend to greenlight remakes for asian horror films before the originals even get R1 releases here in the states.

It would be interesting to go decade by decade and actually take count of all the true remakes to see where the current trend holds up along the timeline.

[Mok]

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