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Published on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 4:05pm |
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FRIGHT NIGHT Remake Gets Staked!
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Though Screen Gems' planned remake of FRIGHT NIGHT was to have as much to do with Tom Holland's original as "quality" has to do with "J.S. Cardone", it is nonetheless a tremendous relief to know that one of the best horror films of the '80s will not be footnoted by a Clint Culpepper PG-13 special. If only the same could be said of THE STEPFATHER.
As ShockTilYouDrop's Ryan Rotten reminds us, the Screen Gems redo of FRIGHT NIGHT more closely resembled Tobe Hooper's THE FUNHOUSE in concept (which raised the question, "Why not just remake THE FUNHOUSE?"). Now that Holland's classic is safe, it appears that Culpepper and Co. have targeted another '80s horror fave - one that, thankfully, wasn't any good in the first place. To learn more, check out Rotten's story.
And for future reference: do not fuck with Peter Vincent.
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Reader Talkback
good by ironic_name | Jan 6th, 2009 03:07:43 PM | good by IAmMrMonkey! | Jan 6th, 2009 03:08:36 PM | by ironic_name | Jan 6th, 2009 03:08:43 PM | Oh by IAmMrMonkey! | Jan 6th, 2009 03:10:24 PM | Damn right by Donkey_Lasher | Jan 6th, 2009 03:13:50 PM | AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICING! by JustyHakubi | Jan 6th, 2009 03:16:42 PM | Thank fuck Fright Night was
spared by ChittyChittyGangBang | Jan 6th, 2009 03:18:07 PM | great news by chokinonrhodes | Jan 6th, 2009 03:19:16 PM | senior animator of reboot by logicalnoise01 | Jan 6th, 2009 03:19:46 PM | Okay maybe that last part
wasn't original by ChittyChittyGangBang | Jan 6th, 2009 03:20:04 PM | First Rosemary's Baby gets
canned now this by Samuel Fulmer | Jan 6th, 2009 03:25:03 PM | remake of soylent green being
remade 2 weeks into shooting by ironic_name | Jan 6th, 2009 03:27:58 PM | oh my god thank you THANK
YOU by JeanLuc Dickhard | Jan 6th, 2009 03:29:36 PM | You're so cool, Brewster! by The Reluctant Austinite | Jan 6th, 2009 03:30:54 PM | Chris Sarandon kicked ass in
the original! by Silverglade | Jan 6th, 2009 03:31:47 PM | brian thompson gotta eat bugs! by ironic_name | Jan 6th, 2009 03:33:25 PM | I would have watched it by A-COD | Jan 6th, 2009 03:33:50 PM | Well... by HapaPapa72 | Jan 6th, 2009 03:40:07 PM | Why not make Fight Night by ChittyChittyGangBang | Jan 6th, 2009 03:50:36 PM | Ya gotta have faith.... by GrandMuffTarkin | Jan 6th, 2009 04:01:34 PM | Thank God! Why on Earth would
you remake Fright Night in the
Fir by HerbWestAustin | Jan 6th, 2009 04:02:47 PM | Enough Remakes by GeorgieBoy | Jan 6th, 2009 04:03:08 PM | as someone.... by dvdhound79 | Jan 6th, 2009 04:08:49 PM | I love this movie please stay
the fuck away from it
Hollyweird by Broseph | Jan 6th, 2009 04:11:18 PM | Greenlight for the remake of
the remake yet? by kabong | Jan 6th, 2009 04:16:26 PM | Hey studio hacks by MaxDembo1 | Jan 6th, 2009 04:20:53 PM | I understood maybe every third
sentence in this article. by brokentusk | Jan 6th, 2009 04:21:06 PM | Good to hear by TVguy4566 | Jan 6th, 2009 04:34:50 PM | Herman's Head was dope by Broseph | Jan 6th, 2009 04:38:04 PM | I Didn't Understand Why They
Tried by DeeJay | Jan 6th, 2009 04:38:50 PM | FINALLY! FUCKING JUSTICE IN
HOLLYWOOD!!! by spud mcspud | Jan 6th, 2009 04:39:25 PM | So, recap: glad it's not going
ahead by spud mcspud | Jan 6th, 2009 04:44:22 PM | DeeJay by spud mcspud | Jan 6th, 2009 04:47:18 PM | Dumb, dumb idea... by Sparhawk38 | Jan 6th, 2009 04:59:48 PM | Boo by Quint | Jan 6th, 2009 05:18:16 PM | And thus, order was restored
to Geekdom. by RobinP | Jan 6th, 2009 05:20:30 PM | Boo indeed by HEADGEEK | Jan 6th, 2009 05:46:43 PM | Never saw Fright Night, LOVE
Near Dark though by Stormwatcher | Jan 6th, 2009 05:46:55 PM | Spud... by DeeJay | Jan 6th, 2009 05:50:13 PM | Heres an idea for Hollywood... by pdennett316 | Jan 6th, 2009 05:52:12 PM | Oh fuckin hell Harry..... by pdennett316 | Jan 6th, 2009 05:53:18 PM | Good news. by Darkman | Jan 6th, 2009 05:54:03 PM | You're Soooooo Coool Knowles! by lovecraftian | Jan 6th, 2009 06:09:03 PM | Heh... by lovecraftian | Jan 6th, 2009 06:12:17 PM | Yes, Quint, "Hell Night" is
the tits! by The Reluctant Austinite | Jan 6th, 2009 06:15:34 PM | Yes, Brewster is still cool. by Roketopunch | Jan 6th, 2009 06:19:39 PM | This could be good but!!!! by ThaJackaL | Jan 6th, 2009 06:59:24 PM | With all these horror
remakes... by worldofwarcraft | Jan 6th, 2009 07:08:49 PM | goahead for greenlight for the
remake of the remake yet? by ironic_name | Jan 6th, 2009 07:34:18 PM | Hey another movie screaming to
be remade by SomaShine | Jan 6th, 2009 07:35:28 PM | I loved the first one so
much(and to a smaller extent
the 2nd) by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan
ks | Jan 6th, 2009 07:41:26 PM | Oh Brewster, you're so cool! by mojoman69 | Jan 6th, 2009 08:05:21 PM | Why dont they remake House? by mojoman69 | Jan 6th, 2009 08:06:45 PM | 30 DAYS 0F NIGHT by frank cotton | Jan 6th, 2009 08:26:17 PM | Fright Night RULES!!! by Violator90 | Jan 6th, 2009 09:32:00 PM | Would have like to seen Sean
Connery as Peter Vincent. by Mike_D | Jan 6th, 2009 09:39:34 PM | No Roddy McDowell remakes
EVER! by deadboy1313 | Jan 6th, 2009 09:47:15 PM | Well the Friday the 13th story
disappeared by D.Vader | Jan 6th, 2009 09:49:39 PM | John Locke by Eats_sandwich_gets_laid. | Jan 6th, 2009 10:09:51 PM | Gotta agree w/deadboy... by Master Bruce | Jan 6th, 2009 10:45:05 PM | Thank Allah for a reprieve by Xiphos_2 | Jan 6th, 2009 11:51:00 PM | J.S. CARDONE GOTTA EAT!!!!! by Bob Cryptonight | Jan 6th, 2009 11:54:34 PM | Watchmen remake by Outlaw | Jan 7th, 2009 01:31:25 AM | Fright Night: One of the best
80's Horror films. by Stalkeye | Jan 7th, 2009 02:41:21 AM | cool..... by The Amazing G | Jan 7th, 2009 03:26:43 AM | How many of them we need? by quintana007 | Jan 7th, 2009 06:36:22 AM | Thank you GOD by Purgatori | Jan 7th, 2009 09:01:55 AM | At the risk of being labeled a
script nazi... by Darth Macchio | Jan 7th, 2009 09:55:07 AM | Hell, they already remade
this... by Blue_Demon | Jan 7th, 2009 10:08:42 AM | "moster" = "monster" by Blue_Demon | Jan 7th, 2009 10:10:08 AM | Darth Macchio - Amy lesbian?!? by spud mcspud | Jan 7th, 2009 10:47:57 AM | Ahh..hehe...well, not worse
per se, but typically.. by Darth Macchio | Jan 7th, 2009 11:02:43 AM | Also note the great original
score by Fiedel... by Darth Macchio | Jan 7th, 2009 11:14:00 AM | Blue_Demon is right! This was
remade! by Lang The Cat | Jan 7th, 2009 01:34:29 PM | Remake The Exorcist ! And
Jaws! And Scarface ! by ScottinDC | Jan 7th, 2009 02:04:43 PM | Lang the Cat... by Blue_Demon | Jan 7th, 2009 03:32:04 PM | second "it's" = "its" by Blue_Demon | Jan 7th, 2009 03:34:59 PM | Fright Night! Who's it gonna
be tonight? by pokadoo | Jan 7th, 2009 03:38:03 PM | What ever happened to evil? by Broseph | Jan 7th, 2009 04:20:14 PM | Darth Macchio by Feral Aristocrat | Jan 7th, 2009 06:51:48 PM | The Fright Night Song is by Miss 45 | Jan 7th, 2009 08:59:36 PM | Miss 45's Ipod may deserve its
own talkback by Feral Aristocrat | Jan 7th, 2009 10:09:46 PM | by thegreatwhatzit | Jan 8th, 2009 03:10:15 AM | What's the point of a HELL
NIGHT remake? by thegreatwhatzit | Jan 8th, 2009 03:21:13 AM | Correctomundo!!! by Darth Macchio | Jan 8th, 2009 09:53:55 AM | Feral Aristocrat by Miss 45 | Jan 8th, 2009 12:10:00 PM | Oh and.... by Miss 45 | Jan 8th, 2009 12:10:50 PM |
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