Sony Kills 'Fright Night' Remake, Instead Wants 'Hell Night'
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I just want to get this out there right at the start: whoever is responsible for putting the kibosh on plans for a remake of the 1985 horror Fright Night has my eternal thanks. Shock Till You Drop is reporting that Sony's Screen Gems has halted development on the project and word is that the real reason for Sony's decision was that they were unable to come up with a satisfactory script. The film's original director, Todd Holland, had been involved with the project, but in a previous interview with STYD, Holland had confirmed that the script "...apparently has gone through 3 unusable drafts..."Screen Gems has been in the horror-remake business for a while. Some of their other attempts included remakes of Prom Night, and the English-language remake of REC, better known as Quarantine. Fright Night might be safe for now, but fans of 80's horror still have plenty to worry about; rumor has it that Sony is still remaking the horror flick Hell Night, about a group of college kids getting knocked off in a variety of gruesome ways at an old mansion.
Now hold on to you hats, kids, because it gets worse from here: Sony has already announced that Hell Night would be a PG-13 film. When pressed for a reason as to why Gems was looking to clean up the original flick, Screen Gems president was quoted as saying, "If you are going to make a movie for a bunch of kids, you have to make it PG-13. You try not to make a movie for an audience that is older than your protagonist." Unfortunately, that argument isn't going to change my opinion about 'gore-free' horror any time soon, how about yours?
So is it just me, or is the goodwill of horror fans slowly running out for these kinds of remakes? Sound off below...
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1-08-2009 @ 8:26PM
BLS said...
Hell Night scared the heck out of me when I was in elementary school. Then I saw it again as an adult. Wow. To think I had nightmares about that for years!
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1-08-2009 @ 10:48PM
Dan said...
At least they're not re-making Fright Night....one of my favorite horror flicks ever.
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1-09-2009 @ 12:52PM
Chelsea said...
To make Hell Night PG-13 is idiocy.
The people I went to high school with were turned off by a PG-13 horror movie. The only people they end up appealing to (if anyone) are those who are still 13. An R rating usually guarantees a good scream, or at least a boob. Besides, some teenagers still like the thrill of seeing a movie that they aren't supposed to see yet.
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1-09-2009 @ 3:03PM
Jennifer said...
To make any alleged horror movie PG-13 is just simply full on retarded. The whole point of seeing a 'horror' movie is to have you at least a bit frightened. It is ridiculous to think that you can be scared by a movie that has been essentially made for preteens and teens. These movies are generally boring and not scary in the least bit. My 13 yr old niece doesn't even like them and she LOVES horror movies. Hell, even my 7 yr old daughter thinks they're boring too. Then again she is a HUGE Jason fan too.
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1-11-2009 @ 7:10AM
captainah said...
if you are in the movie making business and you are going to do a remake,especially a horror movie ,leave the original script in tact and add a bit of modern day flare and effects to it.a remake of a horror flick from the 80's today can be so much more frightening because of the effects we have today compared to then. the director can add his/her own flair to it but making a horror picture pg-13? that is blasphemy,shame on anyone who does that to a horror movie and even more so a remake of an 80's classic. do it right or dont do it at all.
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