Posts Tagged ‘remake-of-cult-film’

Fly, The (1986)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Goldblum, Jeff | Davis, Geena | Getz, John | Boushel, Joy | Carlson, Leslie | Chuvalo, George | Copeman, Michael | Lazare, Carol | Hewitt, Shawn
Directors: Cronenberg, David
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Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man. This Science-Gone-Mad film is the source of the quotable quote “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”

Hills Have Eyes, The (2006)

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stanford, Aaron | Quinlan, Kathleen | Shaw, Vinessa | de Ravin, Emilie | Byrd, Dan | Bower, Tom | Drago, Billy | Joy, Robert | Levine, Ted | Askew, Desmond | Buzzington, Ezra | Smith, Michael Bailey | Ortiz, Laura | Nicotero, Gregory | Camilleri Preziosi, Maisie
Directors: Aja, Alexandre
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Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty…or so they thought? When the Carter’s car breaks down at the old site, they’re stranded…or are they? As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren’t pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.

Breathless (1983)

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gere, Richard | Metrano, Art | Ryan, John P. | Tepper, William | Dunn, Robert | Goodrow, Garry | Persky, Lisa Jane | Hong, James | Kalinowski, Waldemar | Leustig, Jack | Lourié, Eugène | Olden, Georg | Pinero, Miguel | Sanders, Henry G.
Directors: McBride, Jim
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Jesse has to get out of Las Vegas quickly, and steals a car to drive to L.A. On the way he shoots a police man. When he makes it to L.A. he stays with Monica, a girl he has only known for a few days. As the film progresses, the police get closer to him, and the crimes escalate.

Grudge, The (2004)

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Japan | USA
Actors: Gellar, Sarah Michelle | Behr, Jason | Mapother, William | DuVall, Clea | Strickland, KaDee | Zabriskie, Grace | Pullman, Bill | Blasi, Rosa | Raimi, Ted | Ishibashi, Ryo | Maki, Yoko | Ozeki, Yuya | Fuji, Takako | Matsuyama, Takashi | Matsunaga, Hiroshi
Directors: Takashi Shimizu
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Karen Davis is a woman residing in Japan with her boyfriend, who is studying there. Temporarily assigned to be caretaker for a woman with severe sleeping disorder, Karen goes to the patient’s house. What she finds is something she would never expect. The house is plagued by the presence of murderous ghosts, the result of a curse. The curse is born from someone dying in a powerful rage. Now, Karen finds herself being tormented by that curse, as it eventually starts claiming it’s victims.

Grudge 2, The (2006)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gellar, Sarah Michelle | Tamblyn, Amber | Chen, Edison | Kebbel, Arielle | Beals, Jennifer | Palmer, Teresa | Uno, Misako | Roemer, Sarah | Knight, Matthew | Fuji, Takako | Tanaka, Ohga | Cassidy, Joanna | Cousins, Christopher | Jarrett, Paul | Dewan, Jenna
Directors: Takashi Shimizu
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Set within two years after the first film and between two countries. Karen’s sister, Audrey, been affected by the supernatural curse, and trying to find the origin of it in order to find a way to free herself. But what has this quest got to do with the families who are living in Chicago, a photojournalist from Hong Kong,and the three schoolgirls from Tokyo’s International High School?

Hitcher, The (2007)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Action | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Howell, C. Thomas | Hauer, Rutger | Leigh, Jennifer Jason | DeMunn, Jeffrey | Jackson, John M. | Bush, Billy Green | Thibeau, Jack | Shimerman, Armin | Davis, Gene | Van Ness, Jon | Darrow, Henry | Epper, Tony | Spratley, Tom | Campbell, Colin
Directors: Harmon, Robert
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A road trip takes a deadly turn when a young couple are tormented by a pyschotic hitchhiker who forces them to face their fears head-on.

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Wahlberg, Mark | Roth, Tim | Bonham Carter, Helena | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Giamatti, Paul | Warren, Estella | Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki | Warner, David | Kristofferson, Kris | Avari, Erick | Elliott, Lucas | Parke, Evan | Shadix, Glenn | Shen, Freda Foh | Ellis, Chris
Directors: Burton, Tim
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It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a “routine” reconnaissance mission. But an aburupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari (Helena Bonham-Carter) and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade (Tim Roth) and his most trusted warrior Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan). Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet’s Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind’s past - and the key to its future.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Biel, Jessica | Vogel, Mike | Balfour, Eric | Bryniarski, Andrew | Leerhsen, Erica | German, Lauren | Evans, Terrence | Marich, Marietta | Kafka, Heather | Lamkin, Kathy | Leland, Brad | Meek, Mamie
Directors: Nispel, Marcus
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A group of college kids, on their way back from scoring drugs in Mexico, run into a hitchhiker who has just survived a horrific massacre from the night before. They try to help the girl, but in the process end up falling prey to her mysterious fear. It happens to be wielding a chainsaw…

Godzilla (1998)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Broderick, Matthew | Reno, Jean | Pitillo, Maria | Azaria, Hank | Dunn, Kevin | Lerner, Michael | Shearer, Harry | Field, Arabella | Lewis, Vicki | Savant, Doug | Danare, Malcolm | Goldman, Lorry | Aubert, Christian | Bergeron, Philippe | Bruynbroek, Frank
Directors: Emmerich, Roland
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Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing eastward through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko Tatopolous is called in to investigate the matter, and he quickly arrives at the conclusion that a giant, irradiated lizard has been created by the explosions. Godzilla then makes its way north, landing at Manhattan to begin wreaking havoc in the big city. Even with the combined forces of the U.S. military to fight the monster, will it be enough to save the people of New York?

Red Dragon (2002)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Hopkins, Anthony | Norton, Edward | Fiennes, Ralph | Keitel, Harvey | Watson, Emily | Parker, Mary-Louise | Hoffman, Philip Seymour | Heald, Anthony | Leung, Ken | Faison, Frankie | Jones, Tyler Patrick | Schifrin, Lalo | Wheater, Tim | Rubinstein, John | Doty, David
Directors: Ratner, Brett
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FBI Agent Will Graham has been called out of early retirement to catch a serial killer, known by authorities as “The Tooth Fairy”. He asks for the help of his arch-nemesis, Dr. Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter, so that he can be able to catch “The Tooth Fairy” and bring him to justice. The only problem is that “The Tooth Fairy” is getting inside information about Graham and his family from none other than Dr. Lecter.