While movie remakes are popular across genres (Anyone remember the 2018 remake of Garry Marshall's "Overboard"?), the horror genre is especially susceptible. The genre is unique insofar as its scares endure more than most. Where comedies and action movies, for instance, are inextricably linked to their time of release, a scary movie is a scary movie. With a fresh coat of paint, what was new three decades ago can seem fresh again.
A curious contemporary trend has emerged in which relatively recent titles are remade just a few years after their original releases. Released just 14 years after the first "Cabin Fever," the remake used the exact script as the original. Recently, horror filmmaker Anthony Diblasi released "Malum" in select theaters. "Malum," a remake of Diblasi's 2014 indie "Last Shift," isn't quite a shot-for-shot remake so much as it is a reimagining. With more money and more experience, Diblasi revisits his demonic fable in a new context.
A curious contemporary trend has emerged in which relatively recent titles are remade just a few years after their original releases. Released just 14 years after the first "Cabin Fever," the remake used the exact script as the original. Recently, horror filmmaker Anthony Diblasi released "Malum" in select theaters. "Malum," a remake of Diblasi's 2014 indie "Last Shift," isn't quite a shot-for-shot remake so much as it is a reimagining. With more money and more experience, Diblasi revisits his demonic fable in a new context.
- 4/16/2023
- by Chad Collins
- Slash Film
Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox have been the face of "Scream" since 1996, but this series has also done a great job when it comes to its supporting cast. One of the coolest things about entering a horror franchise is that, for better or worse, your character will be remembered. Folks like Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore), Cici Cooper (Sarah Michelle Gellar), and Hallie McDaniel (Elise Neal) are just as important to "Scream" as the main trio, in addition to those who end up revealing themselves as Ghostface. But it shouldn't come as a surprise that Hayden Panettiere's Kirby Reed in "Scream 4" has come out on the other side as one of the series' lasting favorites.
"Scream" would feel lost without a movie geek in the crowd, which made it all the more heartbreaking when Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) succumbed to Ghostface's wrath in "Scream 2." Where Kirby...
"Scream" would feel lost without a movie geek in the crowd, which made it all the more heartbreaking when Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) succumbed to Ghostface's wrath in "Scream 2." Where Kirby...
- 1/18/2023
- by Matthew Bilodeau
- Slash Film
Do you like scary movies? Good cause you’re in the right place! Today, we’re throwing it back to 1996 when Wes Craven’s teen horror-comedy Scream was one of the highest-grossing R-rated movies that year — and easily the biggest money maker for the horror genre at the time. So, of course, it had a sequel. And by a sequel, we mean four of them with another one on the way! Let’s focus on the first two sequels from this killer franchise.
Coming at the dawn of the new millennium, Scream 2 and Scream 3 starred Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox and looked to break the rules of a sequel and a trilogy, could do. But is Randy Meeks right? Do all sequels suck? Not exactly. But they definitely do in certain categories. So let’s settle this. Which of these inevitable sequels is the best? Is...
Coming at the dawn of the new millennium, Scream 2 and Scream 3 starred Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox and looked to break the rules of a sequel and a trilogy, could do. But is Randy Meeks right? Do all sequels suck? Not exactly. But they definitely do in certain categories. So let’s settle this. Which of these inevitable sequels is the best? Is...
- 12/24/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Created by writer/director Aaron B. Koontz and writer Cameron Burns, the horror-comedy Scare Package was released on AMC Networks’ horror streaming platform Shudder in the summer of 2020. Scare Package is an anthology film that tells a series of blood-splattered, satirical horror stories from various directors, which are being recounted by Chad Buckley (Jeremy King), the owner of a video rental store called Rad Chad’s Horror Emporium. This year, Koontz and Burns have assembled a new team of directors for a sequel to Scare Package, the horror-comedy anthology Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge, which features the return of Chad Buckley, a character who feels like a combination of Joe Bob Briggs and Randy Meeks.
In addition to the impressively over the top practical effects, part of what makes Scare Package and Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge so much fun are the ways in which the anthologies parody common horror tropes,...
In addition to the impressively over the top practical effects, part of what makes Scare Package and Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge so much fun are the ways in which the anthologies parody common horror tropes,...
- 12/20/2022
- by Michelle Swope
- bloody-disgusting.com
Wes Craven’s Scream is now available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD and in a newly remastered Blu-ray, packed with special features that examine the smash hit and its legacy. For its release, Bloody Disgusting chatted with actor Jamie Kennedy, who played fan-favorite film nerd Randy Meeks. While Randy survived the events of Scream, the character wasn’t […]...
- 10/20/2021
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Though we won’t be seeing Scream 5 until 2022, there’s a virtual event coming this weekend that fans will not want to miss. A bunch of the stars of 1996’s original movie are reuniting for a special one-off affair on Saturday to raise money for charity.
Participants include Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott), Skeet Ulrich (Billy Loomis), Rose McGowan (Tatum Riley), Matthew Lillard (Stu Macher), Jamie Kennedy (Randy Meeks), David Arquette (Dewey Riley) and writer Kevin Williamson. As per Variety, “the event will benefit the National Breast Cancer Coalition (Nbcc), “I Have a Dream” Foundation – Los Angeles, and the East Los Angeles Women’s Center.”
As if that isn’t cool enough, super fans will be excited to find out that the event comes with an opportunity to have a one-on-one meeting with the stars. As the official description puts it: “Have the ultimate Scream reunion experience and meet your...
Participants include Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott), Skeet Ulrich (Billy Loomis), Rose McGowan (Tatum Riley), Matthew Lillard (Stu Macher), Jamie Kennedy (Randy Meeks), David Arquette (Dewey Riley) and writer Kevin Williamson. As per Variety, “the event will benefit the National Breast Cancer Coalition (Nbcc), “I Have a Dream” Foundation – Los Angeles, and the East Los Angeles Women’s Center.”
As if that isn’t cool enough, super fans will be excited to find out that the event comes with an opportunity to have a one-on-one meeting with the stars. As the official description puts it: “Have the ultimate Scream reunion experience and meet your...
- 11/11/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
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