remaking HELLRAISER

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by noctuary

Hyperbole, thy name is antipax.

Niiiiiiice:D

[noctuary]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Niiiiiiice:D

*bows*







filler

[colubrid660]

Here is what the man himself had to say about the anticipated Hellraiser remake:

Originally Posted by Clive Barker

"They’re going to remake Hellraiser One with a lot more money and they’ve invited me to write it – the invitation came from Bob Weinstein – which I am going to do, on the basis that if I don’t do it, it will be done in some way that I probably won’t like!
"It’s only that one that I really, really, really care about in terms of its remake value - and it’ll be kind of fun to have the extra money to do the effects and all that cool stuff...
"I’m excited about it - actually it’ll be kinda cool to revisit it once and see if there are things we can do to it which will make it significantly better... I am very happy at the idea of having some more money for the cool stuff – I don’t know how much more money, but it’s got to be more than the $900,000 that we had the first time!"

[fortunato]

where'd you find that?

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by fortunato

where'd you find that?

A Clive Barker website. I am sure it was from a magazine interview (Probably "Fangoria"), but it didn't say.

I think its good news though.

[siorai]

As great as it is to hear that Barker will be writing it, why bother? The original is great. Why not put that money to better use and make a.. *gasp* new movie? Oh yeah... Sorry. I forgot. Hollywood sucks ass... :mad:

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by siorai

As great as it is to hear that Barker will be writing it, why bother? The original is great. Why not put that money to better use and make a.. *gasp* new movie? Oh yeah... Sorry. I forgot. Hollywood sucks ass... :mad:

There was a thread about this earlier.... Part of me wants to believe that the horror industry is less concerned with money as it is with keeping REAL horror alive in the a decade dominated by torture porn, and this is why there has been a recent resurgence in horror remakes. Of course, it could be just about squeezing as much money from franchises as possible.

Of course, where is the Hellraiser series supposed to go after Hellworld? Is that where directors hoping to make a new (non-sucky) Hellraiser film have to go from? I think remakes are a good way to renew interest in these franchises so that more, potentially better-quality additions can be made. Look what a clean slate did for the Batman fanchise; a direct sequel to the last one would have been horrendous, so filmmakers resurrected it. So I guess my point is that there is a slim chance this remake will be bad, which is good news for fans of the original 3 films.

[siorai]

Originally Posted by colubrid660

There was a thread about this earlier.... Part of me wants to believe that the horror industry is less concerned with money as it is with keeping REAL horror alive in the a decade dominated by torture porn, and this is why there has been a recent resurgence in horror remakes. Of course, it could be just about squeezing as much money from franchises as possible.

Of course, where is the Hellraiser series supposed to go after Hellworld? Is that where directors hoping to make a new (non-sucky) Hellraiser film have to go from? I think remakes are a good way to renew interest in these franchises so that more, potentially better-quality additions can be made. Look what a clean slate did for the Batman fanchise; a direct sequel to the last one would have been horrendous, so filmmakers resurrected it. So I guess my point is that there is a slim chance this remake will be bad, which is good news for fans of the original 3 films.

If the horror industry wasn't concerned about money would we be seeing Saw 4 (and god forbid even 5 later this year), Hostel 2, Final Destination 4, or countless remakes of Japanese horror films? Sorry to burst your bubble, but the horror industry is just as money hungry as any other genre of the industry. Remakes are just a way to suck even more money out of a franchise. There's no altruistic motive behind it. It's all about money. Of course the film companies don't want to risk money so they go for the easy cash. Michael, Freddy, and Jason all raked in the money in bucketloads in the past. Hence why they're all being remade now.

Personally I think the Batman remake is an anomoly. Not only is it an amazing move forward for the franchise, but it's also the best comic hero adaptation to date. It is definitely not the norm as far as I'm concerned.

As for Hellraiser, I've only watched up to whatever the fourth one was called. Hellraiser 3 made me want to puke it was that bad. It was so completely against the Hellraiser/Cenobite mythos it was just painful to watch. I specifically remember seeing it in the theater and less than an hour later I couldn't remember how it ended. A sure sugn of a great movie if I've ever heard of one. ;) I have hazy recollections of 4, but I feel it's better to just leave them like that. I love the whole Hellraiser mythos, but the movies should have stopped with 2.

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by siorai

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the horror industry is just as money hungry as any other genre of the industry. Remakes are just a way to suck even more money out of a franchise. There's no altruistic motive behind it. It's all about money.

I had no bubble to burst. Of course I know its money-hungry. Its still Hollywood, is it not?

Personally I think the Batman remake is an anomoly. Not only is it an amazing move forward for the franchise, but it's also the best comic hero adaptation to date. It is definitely not the norm as far as I'm concerned.

No, its certainly not the norm, but it was a source of some hope for me that franchises gone sour can be resurrected. As for best comic hero adaptation, Batman Begins is pretty good, but its no Spider-man 2.

I love the whole Hellraiser mythos, but the movies should have stopped with 2.

Yeah, Hellbound isn't that bad, Barker still had a hand in making it. Ebert really hates this movie though, and makes a good case for why. I agree that no more should have been made, but when producers see dollar signs, nothing can stop them.

[jugchord]

I read this is happening in a magazine is this confirmed?!?