The Hammer House Of Hotness

A sister photoset to The Galactically Hot Women of Star Trek TOS. Not as, um, successful in my mind, but that may depend on who first triggered your 'special purpose'. Anyway, there's plenty of weird hair, thick mascara and corsets. Enjoy!

Remake OTD: A Nightmare On Elm Street

THEREGISTER.CO.UK: Michael Bay to relive A Nightmare on Elm Street
Slasher classic franchise reglove reboot
By Lester Haines - Wednesday, January 30th 2008 14:12 GMT

Transformers director Michael Bay and his partners at the Platinum Dunes production company have been tasked by New Line Cinema to "relaunch" the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

Wes Craven’s 1984 slasher classic gave the world the iconic Freddy Krueger, who haunted a total of nine films and two TV series. According to Variety, the new outing will represent a "complete overhaul" of the Nightmare concept.

Bay and chums are also gearing up for a May start on resurrecting Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th in a new film to be helmed by Marcus Nispel. This is apparently up for a "complete overhaul" as well, and movie buffs will remember just what a complete overhaul did for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - remade in 2003 by New Line with Nispel calling the shots and Platinum Dunes lurking in the shadows.

And just to reinforce the feeling that Hollywood has completely lost the ability to come up with an original concept, Variety adds that Platinum Dunes is "prepping an exorcism thriller" for Rogue Pictures, plus a remake of Near Dark to be directed by music vid vet Samuel Bayer.

Oh yes, and the company's filling its spare time "developing a Universal remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds", in which Casino Royale director Martin Campbell will presumably ensure that slated star Naomi Watts will get plenty of unwanted avian attention. ®
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I haven't seen seen Transformers, but I did suffer Pearl Harbor a few years back. I recall thinking it was possibly the worst war flick of all time, and likely among the worst films of any genre, ever, but then I had quaffed a few ales.

Accordingly, I decided to give the film another chance a few weeks ago, while resolutely sober. As the title credits rolled, I cracked open a large bottle of tequila and downed half of it in one shot. Enough said.

Remake OTD: C.H.U.D.

DREAD CENTRAL UPDATE: Zombie to Redo C.H.U.D.!
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 4:25pm.

This just in! Spoke with Rob and he confirmed he WILL be helming the C.H.U.D. remake!

Now this would be just plain weird ... But kinda cool at the same time.

Billboard.com just posted an article about Rob Zombie’s upcoming projects, everything from a White Zombie box set to the special edition of Halloween, and made mention in passing that the rocker cum director is attached to a remake of C.H.U.D..

Whoa now, what? Why? I mean, the original is a classic in its own right and a remake sure wouldn’t hurt, but why would Zombie tackle it? Billboard didn’t get confirmation from Zombie if that is his next film or not, so we’ll put this one in the “rumors” box for now.

Keep checking back; we’ll give you more when we know it!

- Johnny Butane

Remake OTD: Child's Play

FIRST SHOWING.NET: Child's Play Remake in the Works
October 20, 2007 - by Alex Billington

While talking with David Kirschner this weekend, one of the producers of the upcoming John Cusack film Martian Child, he revealed that they are working on another Child's Play sequel, but it would instead be a remake of the first Child's Play. Don't jump the gun and complain about another remake just yet, you need to here all of the details - because this could be good. The film is only "in the works" at the moment with a story being put together but Kirschner claimed it would definitely be "more terrifying".

First things first, David Kirschner is the producer behind all five of the currently released Child's Play movies. He produced the first one and even the latest one, Seed of Chucky. Secondly, he also said that the same screenwriter who came up with the original Chucky story, Don Mancini, and who wrote all five of them is working on this one as well.

There is no director attached yet, as they're still working on the story, but some interesting discussion arose around what director might be chosen for this. Kirschner went on to explain that it would be very close to the original script, with some twists that the audience won't see coming. Sound like it could possibly be good yet?

Now just imagine a lot of the same things coming together with this that the first film had. Although Child's Play only has a 6.0/10 on IMDb, it is a cult classic in terms of horror movies and I know there a lot of big Chucky fans out there (including myself - that is, at least up to the third Child's Play). So just imagine - you have the same screenwriter and nearly the same script and you get someone like Darren Lynn Bousman, Rob Zombie, David Slade, Mikael Håfström, Christophe Gans, or even Takashi Miike to direct the remake. Now that would be awesome!

Something similar to this exact idea just happened - Rob Zombie's Halloween. Kirschner even mentioned it when one of the members of the press questioned whether a remake is a good idea at this time. Not everyone liked the Halloween remake, but I know people that did. And if you think of putting Child's Play in the hands of one of the new generation's up-and-coming horror directors, we could have a great film in the works.

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I couldn't even finish the first 'Child's Play'. I know horror films are supposed to be, you know, horrible, but it just came across to me as incredibly mean-spirited and repellant. A remake? None for me, thanks!

Remakes OTD: Fright Night, Near Dark

SHOCKTILLYOUDROP: Screen Gems De-Fangs Fright Night?
Source: Ryan Rotten - September 18, 2007

"You have to have FAITH for that to work...Misssster Vinccccent, remember?" spits vampire Jerry Dandrige in the face of a holy cross held by Peter Vincent in Tom Holland's Fright Night. And, for this rabid "Night" fan, faith is something I've held onto during these dark days of Hollywood remakes. Faith that the Fright Night property would go untouched. Un-"remade."

Screw that.

ShockTillYouDrop.com discovered Sony's Screen Gems is sifting through Hollywood's supply of writers for a Fright Night redo. But this one, from the sounds of it, is "in name only." A sundry of sources tell us executive producer Scott Strauss who may or may not still be attached and who recently shepherded Breach, starring Ryan Phillippe, and executive produced Robert Englund's Killer Pad, wants to take Fright Night in a different direction. One involving an amusement park in some way.

Our immediate thought is "They're remaking Tobe Hooper's Funhouse and calling it Fright Night." We haven't heard a peep yet regarding how Gems is coming along with the pitch process, but we'll keep you in the loop!


BLOODY-DISGUSTING: Near Dark Remake News
Monday, September 17, 2007

Bloody-Disgusting has been scooped that Samuel Bayer will in fact helm Rogue Pictures' Near Dark remake for Platinum Dunes. Bayer directed music videos for The Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, Green Day, Garbage and many others. Matt Venne wrote the screenplay that follows a young man who reluctantly joins a travelling "family" of evil vampires, when the girl he'd tried to seduce is part of that group. This will be the next film from Platinum Dunes, which is headed by Brad Fuller and Andrew Form.

Remakes OTD: The Stepfather, Prom Night

VARIETY: McCormick to direct 'Stepfather'
Screen Gems to remake horror film - By TATIANA SIEGEL
Posted: Mon., Sep. 10, 2007, 8:00pm PT

Nelson McCormick has signed on to direct Screen Gems' remake of "The Stepfather."

Story centers on a teenage boy who discovers his new stepfather is a serial killer who has murdered multiple families. Script by Joe Cardone takes a modern spin on the 1987 thriller of the same name that starred Terry O'Quinn.

Greg Mooradian and Mark Morgan of Maverick Films are producing "Stepfather."

McCormick recently wrapped production of Screen Gems' "Prom Night," which stars Brittany Snow, Idris Elba and Johnathon Schaech and opens April 11.

Remake OTD: Troll

BLOODYDISGUSTING.COM: 'Troll' Being Remade, With a Monster Budget?
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Here is how commited I am to you guys... this is the hardest thing I ever typed in my life considering I just had an eye exam and all I see are blurry keys - but this news was just too good to pass up. We heard rumblings recently that a remake to the '86 horror film Troll was being remake, with a substantial budget. Of course the first thing we did was laugh, laugh some more and then joke about the piss scene in the sequel. Well guess what... it wasn't a joke. We discovered this evening that a remake to John Carl Buechler's film is in fact being remade. No details have been revealed about the film other than this synopsis: The film is about a young boy enters a parallel world of wizards and magic where he befriends a good witch. Soon the boy learns that he must save the world from an evil Troll/Wizard that has the ability to hide his essence within the bodies of others. Watch for more as soon as we find out.

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More money for the 'Troll' remake? I guess that means they'll buy a better brand of spinach, as opposed to the going to the dented can store like they did last time.

Donnie Darko Director's New Project

VARIETY: Cameron Diaz to star in 'The Box'
Richard Kelly to direct horror film
By MICHAEL FLEMING
Posted: Thurs., Jun. 28, 2007, 1:24pm PT

Media Rights Capital has set Cameron Diaz to star in "The Box," a horror film to be directed by "Donnie Darko" helmer Richard Kelly.

Kelly wrote the script based on Richard Matheson short story "Button, Button." Production will begin in the fall on the pic, which will aim for a PG-13 rating. Diaz will play a young woman given a mysterious box by a stranger. She's told that certain things will happen depending on which buttons she presses.

Media Rights Capital is committed to bankrolling the entire $30 million-plus budget, as it did with "Babel" and will with Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno."

Kelly and Sean McKittrick will produce and Ted Hamm will be executive producer.

Media Rights Capital won't begin the process of pursuing distribution until the fall, though it is unclear when those deals will be made.

MRC, which pays star salaries along with partial copyright ownership that gives talent a DVD windfall, has shown a knack for making distribution deals at the most advantageous time. That's the model it used with Universal on "Bruno," which sold during the height of "Borat" mania and secured a $42.5 million commitment to license rights in North America and certain other territories.

The recent $20 million opening of "1408" made the star-driven, high-concept supernatural thriller "The Box" feel like a viable financial proposition.

"The storyline has all the commerciality of 'The Ring,' but with Richard and Cameron, this film can rise to the level of 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Others,' " said Modi Wiczyk, the former Endeavor agent who founded and runs MRC with Asif Satchu.

"My hope is to make a film that is incredibly suspenseful and broadly commercial, while still retaining my artistic sensibility," Kelly said.

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Huh. What happened to "Southland Tales"? I haven't heard anything about it in quite a while. The last I heard, it was going to come out this fall, but it's been pretty quiet. I've also heard that it wasn't very good, and the silence is a little ominous. But I'm still really curious to see it!

I think "The Box" was also done as a post-Serling "Twilight Zone" episode. Still, Matheson's a good place to start for a movie...