Suspiria to be remade...

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Dimension Films has acquired remake rights to Italian frightmeister Dario Argento's 1977 horror classic "Suspiria," with writer Stephen Katz ("Shadow of the Vampire") attached to pen the screenplay....

 

Anyone else buy into this trash and want to post the whole article?

 

OK, what the fuck? Seriously. Suspiria is an awesome film, but the story and everything else is so-so. The only reason it became anything other than just another Gothic Italian horror was because of Dario Argento's direction (and though I've only seen a few of Argento's films, I'd say Suspiria is still his best) and Goblin's kick-ass score. If you take away both of those elements from the remake, what are you going to offer? It's not even like Suspiria is a well-known name or that anybody outside of the horror world ever cared about Argento anyway.

 

This remake shit is going too far. What's next... Inferno? Why don't they come up with their own end to the fucking trilogy. Or better yet, if they're going to waste my god damned time, why not just go ahead with Scream 4, Hellraiser: Hell if I Know How these Still Get Greenlit or Phantoms 2. Ugh.

[Guest Downhome]

I've never seen the original Suspiria, but I downloaded it recently. I'm going to watch it in my cousin's DVD player Thursday.

 

I also wish they would stop with so many remakes.

[JasonX 0]

Dimension Films has acquired remake rights to Italian frightmeister Dario Argento's 1977 horror classic "Suspiria," with writer Stephen Katz ("Shadow of the Vampire") attached to pen the screenplay....

 

Anyone else buy into this trash and want to post the whole article?

 

OK, what the fuck? Seriously. Suspiria is an awesome film, but the story and everything else is so-so. The only reason it became anything other than just another Gothic Italian horror was because of Dario Argento's direction (and though I've only seen a few of Argento's films, I'd say Suspiria is still his best) and Goblin's kick-ass score. If you take away both of those elements from the remake, what are you going to offer? It's not even like Suspiria is a well-known name or that anybody outside of the horror world ever cared about Argento anyway.

 

This remake shit is going too far. What's next... Inferno? Why don't they come up with their own end to the fucking trilogy. Or better yet, if they're going to waste my god damned time, why not just go ahead with Scream 4, Hellraiser: Hell if I Know How these Still Get Greenlit or Phantoms 2. Ugh.

New stab set for 'Suspiria'

Dimension, Katz take a stab at chiller

 

By DAVID ROONEY

 

NEW YORK -- Dimension Films has acquired remake rights to Italian frightmeister Dario Argento's 1977 horror classic "Suspiria," with writer Stephen Katz ("Shadow of the Vampire") attached to pen the screenplay.

Project was set up by producers Michael Nash and Amanda Klein via their Primal Pictures outfit.

 

Original chiller was produced by the director's brother, Claudio Argento, and starred Jessica Harper, Joan Bennett and Alida Valli in the story of an American student in a prestigious European ballet academy that fronts for a secret witches' coven.

 

Argento's international commercial breakthrough peaked with "Suspiria," which earned a cult following among genre fans for its dreamlike set pieces, garish colors, bravura camerawork and booming soundtrack by the director and Italian fright-rock band Goblin.

 

Dimension co-presidents Andrew Rona and Brad Weston will oversee the remake for the studio, with senior VP of production and development Michael Zoumas overseeing day to day. VP of business and legal affairs Michael Marshall negotiated on behalf of Dimension.

 

Katz, who was also a writer on HBO's 1998 mini "From the Earth to the Moon," is repped by Endeavor, as are the producers.

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Wouldn't it just be simpler to just go after Argento and offer to bankroll him doing the long awaited finale of the Three Mothers Trilogy?

[Guest El Satanico]

argh...mother god damn fuckers.

 

 

Ok I have nothing against remaking movies that weren't that great originally but could be good if handled right like Oceans 11.

 

However, remaking movies which are considered to be classics in their genres pisses me the hell off. There's nothing the remakes can do to improve upon the originals so why the fuck do they bother with a remake of a classic.

 

First Texas Chainsaw Massacre now Suspiria...what classic horror movie is next in line to be raped?

 

When will the remaking of classics stop? Will it take someone pitching an idea to remake Citizen Kane starring the newest hot teen star before Hollywoods says "Ok what the fuck this has gone too far".

[Guest Ravenbomb]

said the guy who has a poster for The Ring in his sig. Just saying.

 

I agree that this remake stuff has gone too far. Same with sequils. Why the hell would anybody think Spy Kids or Stuart Little 2 would be a good idea?

[Guest El Satanico]

said the guy who has a poster for The Ring in his sig. Just saying.

Well remaking Japanese movies is slightly different. Besides I also own and like the original so bah I say

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

So that would mean that it's possible in this case too, if that's what you believe.

 

Of course, I am of the belief that the new version of The Ring wasn't very enjoyable, and only further proves the theory of why you shouldn't remake movies that were good originally.

[Guest Lethargic]

Suspiria friggin sucks, it needs to be remade. Maybe the remake will be good and cover up the stench of the original.

[Guest NoCalMike]

I really enjoyed Suspiria, it sure is one hell of a trip and such a style clash with american horror films. The remake has about a 99% chance of sucking, HARD.........DON'T DO IT, PLEASE.

[Betty Houle 0]

SUSPIRIA is one of my all-time favorite movies and Argento is on my top 5 favorite directors list.

 

Remaking this movie is a CRIME.

[Guest El Satanico]

I like Suspiria and most of Argento's work.

 

However, I can understand those who don't like his movies. He has admitted that he's weak at character development and that his plots often fall apart.

[Betty Houle 0]

said the guy who has a poster for The Ring in his sig.

Speaking of sigs, I love the picture in yours!

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Suspiria friggin sucks, it needs to be remade. Maybe the remake will be good and cover up the stench of the original.

But Leth, whether or not you like Dario Argento's direction, that's what endears the film to its fans. The story itself is fairly standard. What could a remake possibly do better? The characters/story could be developed better, yes, but without Argento and Goblin, it'll just be another '60s-'70s Gothic horror. I guess the fact that it's no longer the '60s or '70s would make that unique in today's horror market, but other than fans of the genre (many of whom are up in arms over this news), who would watch a horror film based entirely on atmosphere and characters instead of cheap scares?

[Guest Lethargic]

But Leth, whether or not you like Dario Argento's direction, that's what endears the film to its fans. The story itself is fairly standard. What could a remake possibly do better?

Everything.

[PsychoDriver 0]

Great, Which Teen Idol/Rap Star they going to have "star" in it?

Why do they feel the need to ruin everything? Seems no one has any original ideas anymore.. it's all remake this and sequel that.

[Guest HellSpawn]

One question about Argento movies... (I dont want to start a new thread for this)

 

What do you think about Two Evil Eyes?

[Guest evenflowDDT]

But Leth, whether or not you like Dario Argento's direction, that's what endears the film to its fans.  The story itself is fairly standard.  What could a remake possibly do better?

Everything.

I'm serious though. I can see, and would welcome expanding upon the story and characters (that I'll admit is a grave problem the original has) - but new direction and new score, as I mentioned earlier, would ruin the film's appeal (to those of us whom it appeals to). Besides, the film relies very heavily on its Gothic atmosphere, which no studio could recreate today. Well, they probably could, but they won't waste their time.

 

I don't mind that you don't like the film (remember our differences on the W9 boards about The Dead Hate the Living? ), I just don't understand how anyone could support a remake of a film with little "name value" that requires so many specific elements to work.

 

As for Two Evil Eyes, I haven't seen it yet. Is the DVD out yet? I know it's coming this month, but can't remember if it's late or early April.

[Guest Lethargic]

I don't mind that you don't like the film (remember our differences on the W9 boards about The Dead Hate the Living? ), I just don't understand how anyone could support a remake of a film with little "name value" that requires so many specific elements to work.

I don't support it, I just don't hate it.

[Guest El Satanico]

One question about Argento movies...

 

What do you think about Two Evil Eyes?

Argento's part was good...Romero's part wasn't so good.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

I don't mind that you don't like the film (remember our differences on the W9 boards about The Dead Hate the Living? ), I just don't understand how anyone could support a remake of a film with little "name value" that requires so many specific elements to work.

I don't support it, I just don't hate it.

Oh, OK. Nevermind.

 

As for Two Evil Eyes, I still don't really get what the movie's about. Is it just that each director did one story? Do the stories intertwine or connect in any way?

[Guest El Satanico]

As for Two Evil Eyes, I still don't really get what the movie's about. Is it just that each director did one story? Do the stories intertwine or connect in any way?

Dario Argento and George Romero each did a hour long film based on a Edgar Allen Poe story. Other than being based on stories by Poe the movies aren't connected to each other.

[Guest Lethargic]

On the name value thing.... I guess that's why I'm not against remaking it. The same reason I'm not against remaking The Ring or Open Your Eyes into Vanilla Sky or other movies that the majority of people don't know are remakes. Suspiria isn't a mainstream horror movie. It's not an all time classic loved by everybody. It's not like remaking Psycho or Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And to me if you gotta remake something, that's what you should remake. Don't remake something that is already extremely popular that you could never outdo. If you remake something like Suspria, a lot of people won't even know it's remake just like a lot of people don't know the movies mentioned above are remakes. But if you remake Psycho, everybody goes into that with pre-judgements and it's doomed before the first storyboard is drawn. Remaking something lesser known gives it a much better chance of being succesful.

 

I've never understood the concept of remaking popular good movies. Why not remake bad movies? Bad movies that had good ideas but didn't pan out. When I watched Beware Children at Play, I loved the concept of the movie. I thought the story and even a lot of the writing was very good. But the movie itself was TERRIBLE. You throw a halfass good director in there, with some halfass actor, a couple of more rewrites and a budget over 5 dollars and you could have an all-time horror classic instead of a Troma movie. Or a movie like God Told Me To. That could be a movie on par with something like Seven if it was remade by some talented people, instead it's a good bad movie. But instead they always want to remake stuff that already worked and is already popular that we've already seen.

[Guest C.H.U.D.]

I agree, I'm not against all remakes, just ones that aren't neccessary, because the original film still holds well. I'd love to see a remake of War of the Worlds.

[Guest HellSpawn]

Abot Two evil eyes...

 

The DVD is out here in Mexico, so I guess you can pick it up there.

 

I think I'll get it in a few weeks. I remember one or two Argento movies, and I hope this one is good enough.

[Guest El Satanico]

Well Argento's Black Cat movie from Two Evil Eyes is quite different than his popular early movies as far as style, but it's still good.

[JasonX 0]

Abot Two evil eyes...

 

The DVD is out here in Mexico, so I guess you can pick it up there.

 

I think I'll get it in a few weeks. I remember one or two Argento movies, and I hope this one is good enough.

Actually the US release of Two Evil Eyes won't be out until the end of the month......