Comments on: Hellraiser and Near Dark Remakes Get Directors? http://www.filmjunk.com/2007/10/04/hellraiser-and-near-dark-remakes-get-directors/ Blog and Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: derek http://www.filmjunk.com/2007/10/04/hellraiser-and-near-dark-remakes-get-directors/comment-page-1/#comment-453560 derek Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:01:52 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=5138#comment-453560 when i first saw that they were making a remake on hellraiser i was very happy because i saw and loved the original but there were a few things that could have been done better and with the help of modern magic i beleive that it could become a much more scary and realistic movie i mean look at the halloween remake. then as far as the remake of near dark goes i loved the original but again thought that some things were kinda cheezy and again with the help of modern magic those things can be corrected...as far as acting liked everything but the kid,adrian pasdar and the girlfreind BUT NO ONE COULD DO AS GOOD A JOB AS BILL PAXTON!!! when i first saw that they were making a remake on hellraiser i was very happy because i saw and loved the original but there were a few things that could have been done better and with the help of modern magic i beleive that it could become a much more scary and realistic movie i mean look at the halloween remake.

then as far as the remake of near dark goes i loved the original but again thought that some things were kinda cheezy and again with the help of modern magic those things can be corrected…as far as acting liked everything but the kid,adrian pasdar and the girlfreind BUT NO ONE COULD DO AS GOOD A JOB AS BILL PAXTON!!!

]]> By: Marina http://www.filmjunk.com/2007/10/04/hellraiser-and-near-dark-remakes-get-directors/comment-page-1/#comment-210522 Marina Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:58:30 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=5138#comment-210522 What's interesting about the "Hellraiser" announcement is that this project is being spearheaded by Barker who I once heard say he wished he could have had a bigger budget to make "Hellraiser" the first time around. Maybe Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury are the guys to do it. I haven't seen "À l’intérieur" but by all accounts it's pretty good. May have to give it a visit. What’s interesting about the “Hellraiser” announcement is that this project is being spearheaded by Barker who I once heard say he wished he could have had a bigger budget to make “Hellraiser” the first time around.

Maybe Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury are the guys to do it. I haven’t seen “À l’intérieur” but by all accounts it’s pretty good. May have to give it a visit.

]]> By: Rian http://www.filmjunk.com/2007/10/04/hellraiser-and-near-dark-remakes-get-directors/comment-page-1/#comment-210488 Rian Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:43:56 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=5138#comment-210488 My immediate reaction about a Hellraiser remake is that it shouldn't be made since people still love the original. However, Clive Barker's involvement, having written the screenplay for the remake, eases my mind a little. Also, some of the effects could definitely use and update. As far as Near Dark is concerned, this is the kind of movie that I think actually deserves a remake. It's not terribly popular, and a lot of people don't even know about it. What better way to introduce it to an audience than to remake it? I've always thought that movies should only really be remade if they're bad or not successful, because what's the point of remaking a movie that's already good? This is not to say that Near Dark is horrible, because I still enjoy it whenever I see it, but mostly because of Bill Paxton's over-the-top performance. My immediate reaction about a Hellraiser remake is that it shouldn’t be made since people still love the original. However, Clive Barker’s involvement, having written the screenplay for the remake, eases my mind a little. Also, some of the effects could definitely use and update.

As far as Near Dark is concerned, this is the kind of movie that I think actually deserves a remake. It’s not terribly popular, and a lot of people don’t even know about it. What better way to introduce it to an audience than to remake it? I’ve always thought that movies should only really be remade if they’re bad or not successful, because what’s the point of remaking a movie that’s already good? This is not to say that Near Dark is horrible, because I still enjoy it whenever I see it, but mostly because of Bill Paxton’s over-the-top performance.

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