To Remake or Not To Remake

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers From the mind of Tom Holland (no, not that one) came the story of Charley Brewster and the vampire next door. It seems that when choosing to remake this film, Craig Gillespie believed that not enough death took place. So, here’s my opinion on who told the story better …

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Interesting fact alert! The idea for the original Robocop film was conceived while one of the writers was working on the set of Blade Runner. How cool is that? However, with any good concept someone somewhere has to decide that they feel they could do it better – or …

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Now, I have a little confession to make. The 1939 version of The Cat and the Canary is not the original film. It is actually based on a 1927 silent film, which in turn is based on a play from 1922 of the same name by John Willard. However, …

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I’ve talked previously about not messing with the afterlife when I covered the Ouija films but actually putting yourself in a position to visit the other side is a complete different extreme to a simple board carved with letters. Today we follow two groups of med students on their …

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Based on the novel of the same name by Graham Greene, I bring you the story of the dark side of the much loved seaside resort of Brighton and the tale of Pinkie. However, the question is – who told the story better? The Problem with Kibber                 Also …

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Based on the book Jack Returns Home, I bring you another battle of the revenge story. This time it’s English versus American, brother avenging brother and it’s time to find out who did it better. Different Setting                 Typical of remakes, where the film is set seems to depend …

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Lock your car, or it’ll be gone in sixty seconds. I watched the Nicholas Cage version of Gone in Sixty Seconds so many times before I realised it was a remake. Now let me introduce you to my favourite car, thanks to this film (not that I will ever …

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I completely understand the idea of travelling to Egypt and investigating the tombs of long dead pharaohs but resurrecting one? Even if it’s by accident? Well, I guess Forrest Gump said it best; ‘Stupid is as stupid does.’ It would of course be misleading of me if I did …

WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers Since starting this blog, there has been one question that has been bugging me and this review forms part of that issue. If there are two films made that are based on a book, is one of them a remake of the other? Red Dragon and Manhunter are based on …

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Originally titled Day of the Woman in 1978, I Spit on your Grave was widely criticised for its take on gang rape and violence. So much so that it was branded as a video nasty when it was released in the UK, which is something I will go into …