06.30.09 OH BOY, ANOTHER CRAPPY HORROR REMAKE
(”I want a sandwich this big.”)
Guillermo Del Toro is so busy collecting paychecks from ten different projects that I can hardly keep track. According to IMDB, he currently has eight projects in development, seven that he produced currently in post production, plus writing and directing two Hobbit movies, not to mention that vampire book he co-wrote for some reason. He’s so busy that now he’s handing off projects to his ‘proteges,’ like this remake of Don’t be Afraid of the Dark, which is good because I’m sure the public absolutely couldn’t wait for this gem.
Guy Pearce is in final negotiations and Bailee Madison is set to star with Katie Holmes in “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” Miramax’s supernatural thriller being directed by Guillermo del Toro protege Troy Nixey. “Dark” is based on a 1973 ABC telefilm about a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with demonic creatures. Del Toro and Matthew Robbins wrote the script. [THR]
Yep, a TV movie about a haunted house. Does anyone remember that or care besides Guillermo Del Toro? It doesn’t matter, he liked it and now he gets to remake it. Welcome to the era of cinematic karaoke.
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OH BOY, ANOTHER CRAPPY HORROR REMAKE
a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with demonic creatures.
This is either a horror movie or season 81 of MTV’s ‘Real World’.
So they live in a Pike house?
Vinnie was set for his breakout role as the demonic voice that screams “GET OUT” constantly. Sadly, Del Toro didn’t want to go in the stoned-surfer-from-Jersey direction.
and it all happens… IN A HOBBIT HOLE… dun dun dun
Excuse me, sir, I’m from California. Which may have something to do with sounding like a stoned surfer.
Mark it zero… doesn’t it say in the about section that Mr. Mancini is from Central California or is that a lie just like the part about him winning the lollipop for sitting still at the barber?
This would fare much better as a conservative-pandering horror film where it turns out that the girlfriend’s name is Steve and the daughter has to save them both from an eternity in hell.
Hahahaha, Vinnie is from Jersey.
Can we get a remake of T
Ghyslain Raza is the Michael Jackson of Cinematic Karaoke.
Oddly enough, Guillermo Del Toro is the Ghyslain Raza of movie directors…
Man, the Midnight Society will approve anything.
“Don’t be afraid of the dark” is the new slogan for Atlanta’s board of tourism.
Fockin’ oiPhone..
Can we geta remake of The Entity starring Megan Fox and I’ll be the evil spirit that rapes her? Y’know what? Nevermind. I’ll just get busy working on my own home version instead.
Hey, I hear what I want to hear.
At the end of that movie Doesnt Barbara Hershey kill the demon by fucking it to death? Yeah, Megan and I were made for those roles.
Guy Pearce’s cheekbones are courtesy of Guillermo Del Toro.
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