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FRIGHT NIGHT Remake Gets Staked!

Beaks here...

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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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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