Wes Craven's New Nightmare treats remakes, actually sequels I guess, in
a pretty smart pseudo-theoretical manner. By the reviews the new film
may regress to the weaknesses that New Nightmare considers.
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> On 29/04/2010 19:34, "Shaw, Dan"<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> 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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>> Daniel Shaw
>> Professor of Philosophy and Film
>> Lock Haven University (570) 484-2052
>> Managing Editor, Film and Philosophy
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