You know what a moderately good idea would be?

Sep 14, 2008 09:58

For desperate, money grubbing movie executives/producer to make an accurate telling of classic horror tales, like Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. "Accurate" meaning right physical description, right era (no psuedo-modern slasher film version), right amount of physical/risque contact (no soft porno scenes between ( Read more... )

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D: bran_helsing September 14 2008, 19:41:05 UTC
But what kind of remake would sweeny todd be without the musical aspectttttt!

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Re: D: spirt_mage_234 September 14 2008, 22:32:52 UTC
Hey, that's just my opinion meine fruend, lol.

I was debating on getting the book yesterday, but, The Princess Bride won out, since the former was $11. :P

God I need money.

But hey. I forgot about the "Bram Stoker's Dracula" from 1992. Should rent it and watch it.

"Sleepy Hollow" was a quirky Burton style. I went, "since when was Icabod a NYPD?"

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arrrghirpirate September 15 2008, 00:20:26 UTC
frankenstein would be really hard to duplicate in the movies (hence why it hasn't really been done yet) because it's not really a shock-horror movie. the horror of frankenstein can't, imo at least, be expressed in under 3 hours.

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spirt_mage_234 September 15 2008, 11:04:30 UTC
Eh. To me, it doesn't even have to be about the horror. Just the appreciation.

It's funny (but at the same time sad) how people still think that Frankenstein is the name of the monster, and that Victor wasn't really a classic mad, psycho scientist.

(He's probably pretty good-looking considering how many people seem to like him in the book. lol)

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