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I’m not the biggest fan of the Nightmare on Elm Street series of movies. So, when New Line released the news they were going to remake the original film, I really didn’t think much about it. However, now that the news that Jackie Earle Haley is going to take over as the nightmare boogeyman Freddy [...]

It looks like the remakes are going to keep on coming. This one might be a good thing though. Back in 1990 a for-television movie was made based on the Stephen King besteller, It. I didn’t think it did the book justice. I remember staying up all night, afraid to close my eyes, because of [...]

Here’s a little bit of news that just might be ok amidst the rumors of studios wanting to remake classics into new original movies. This isn’t really a remake, but something that I have been waiting for ever since I was 12 years old. Conan might possibly be coming to TV. While it is not [...]

I recently got a chance to watch the remake of Friday the 13th and think I liked it. Friday the 13th is, of course, one the all-time classics as far as the horror genre of movies is concerned. The story is timeless and the main character, the ultimate “boogeyman” Jason Voorhees, is synonymous with nightmares [...]

There are some things that you just shouldn’t fool with. The Hollywood Reporter has a disturbing notice that a remake of the 1990 classic Schwarzenegger film Total Recall is slated to be remade. Why? According to the report, Neal H. Moritz under his Original Films banner are in final negotiations to develop and produce for [...]

Is this really a good idea? I remember seeing Poltergeist as a kid and thought it was just amazingly freaky. I wasn’t exactly scared, but I lost a lot of sleep for a few months. And I didn’t look at TV the same away for a few years either. (Honestly, a snowy screen still freaks [...]