Near Dark Remake ... Nears
Filed under: Horror, Remakes and Sequels
OK, the true-blue horror geeks can generally deal with it when you remake something like The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre, because everyone knows that flick, but when it comes to titles like, say, Near Dark -- we tend to get pretty protective.
(It's sorta like you and that one band you loved -- years before everyone else loved 'em.) Word out of all the
different horror sites (well, the three I trust, anyway) is that not only
will there be a new rendition of Kathryn Bigelow & Eric Red's brilliant cult classic Near Dark,
but a screenwriter has already been hired for the gig.The good news is that Matt Venne, the guy who just turned in his screenplay for White Noise 2, seems to have his head screwed on where Near Dark Redux is concerned. As quoted at Fango, Venne says "there are images in the original film and in Eric Red and Kathryn Bigelow’s screenplay that are absolutely beautiful. Completely dreamy and captivating. Pure poetry. It’s an incredible project, and I’m honored to be writing it."
Near Dark, for those who haven't had the pleasure, is a blisteringly cool Southern-fried vampire noir from 1987 that was written by Eric (The Hitcher) Red and directed by Kathryn (Point Break) Bigelow. Although the flick features strong performances from Adrian Pasdar as one unlucky lad and Tim Thomerson as his devoted pop, the three blood-soaked standouts had just gotten done working together in Aliens. As a devilishly evil trio of bloodsuckers, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, and Bill Paxton are just perfect together. And yes, Netflix has it.
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4-07-2006 @ 3:19PM
Peter said...
I'm with you on the protection point. For some reason, news like this always makes me think of Mouth from the Goonies:
"Yeah, but you know what? This one, this one right here. This was my dream, my wish. And it didn't come true. So I'm taking it back. I'm taking them all back. "
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4-07-2006 @ 5:35PM
The Jeremy said...
I think the only thing that doesn't work about the original *Near Dark* was the romance angle. It was flat. If they can punch that up or completely eliminate it while maintaining the quality of the original, then it will be a decent flick.
I found *The Forsaken* to be very similar, but with the buddy angle added to it.
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