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On 29/04/2010 19:34, "Shaw, Dan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My question is about how many remakes are clearly better than the original
> films, however you want to cash out the comparative term. The only one that
> comes to mind is The Maltese Falcon, which shines well above its two
> predecessors (at least by critical reputation...but that was an earlier era).
> What about more recent remakes (say, in the last 30 years)? All these recent
> remakes of classic horror films seem bogus (I shudder to think of the
> Nightmare remake)...I do love the 1980's remake of The Thing, however..
>
> For good reading on this topic see Fear, Cultural Anxiety and Transformation,
> an anthology on remakes of horror, sci-fi and fantasy films edited by John
> Marmysz and Scott Lucas (Lexington Books, 2008)
>
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