In discussions about slasher infamy, all roads lead to Haddonfield. The Halloween franchise has amassed a convoluted franchise canon since the late 1970s, filled with retcons and redos as recently as Halloween Ends — including Rob Zombie‘s universally divisive 2007 remake. Countless horror screenwriters, including Josh Stolberg (no stranger to “Revenge of the Remakes”), attempted to plot an angle that’d continue Michael Myers’ story after Halloween: Resurrection — but the tragic 2005 death of producer Moustapha Akkad left the franchise in his son Malek’s hands and veered into a new direction. It was only a matter of time before Halloween would become another 2000s remake statistic, with no shortage of filmmakers lining up to pitch their spin on Haddonfield’s boogeyman.
In terms of “remake justification,” finding standout filmmakers to inject their potent flavors into long-standing intellectual properties is the ultimate reason. Zombie’s carnie-sleaze style slathered in grime, gore, and...
In terms of “remake justification,” finding standout filmmakers to inject their potent flavors into long-standing intellectual properties is the ultimate reason. Zombie’s carnie-sleaze style slathered in grime, gore, and...
- 10/31/2022
- by Matt Donato
- bloody-disgusting.com
Browser the Library Cat still has nine lives to give, but one can’t say the same about a politician who wanted to give the popular feline the boot. Former White Settlement, Texas, councilman Elzie Clements, who lost a bid for reelection in a landslide on Nov. 8 after trying to remove Browser from the town’s library this summer, tried again to put an item on the agenda before his last council meeting on Dec. 13th, banning the grey tabby. “We told him, ‘No way — that’s not going to happen,” Mayor Ronald White tells People. “We couldn’t believe...
- 12/19/2016
- by kellibendertimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
In regards to the historical accuracy of Steve Spielberg’s Lincoln film, NPR’s Linda Wertheimer interviewed Ronald White, author of A. Lincoln: A Biography. White stated that the film is not a documentary and it should not be held to the same standards as one. As long as the filmmaker captures the [...]
Continue reading: The Historical Accuracy in films Argo, Lincoln, and their Ilk...
Continue reading: The Historical Accuracy in films Argo, Lincoln, and their Ilk...
- 3/28/2013
- by Sandy Hoffman
- Film-Book
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