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They have already remade the "Big 4" of horror and now are moving on to some of the cult classics it seems. Despite the article mentioning using practical effects like the original its hard to be confident. The original was scary and had a great story and cast.
Myself as well. The dark gritty atmosphere, creepy music and ability to feel for the main character responsible for the rampage was very well done. They might go for the violence and gore factor like many remakes do in place of suspense.
Very few edge of your seat "oh no what is around the corner in the next room" horror these days.
If Pumpkinhead is entirely CGI, he won't be scary.
I would bet on it though.
Getting movie makers these days to quit using so much CGI is like expecting people to quit heroin cold turkey.
A great comparison is between John Carpenter's "The Thing" and that atrocity that came out in 2011 (prequel). The use of animatronics and real life blood and gore makeup made things SO much scarier and creepier than the CGI monsters in the reboot.
Remakes get rehates. Most often without any good knowledge of the quality of the remake.
Some remakes, like The Hills Have Eyes, are amazing. The cast had a great dynamic and you really bought into the concept of lurkers in the hills.
I gave The Thing (2011) a chance. I really wanted to. But they misled us. They said it wasn't a remake, and they said it wasn't a prequel. It was both. It was set in the Norwegian camp. They said they weren't going to rely (or rely heavily) on CGI. They not only did utilize it, they used to horribly cover up a botched creature design with the "Tetris Effect" (if you've seen the movie, you know what I'm talking about).
The cast just didn't sell it, either. Nothing wrong with them, but they were just there. There was no equivalent of Kurt Russell, Keith David, Tom Waites or Wilford Brimley.
As a fan of John Carpenter's The Thing ever since I watched it on cable in '83, I feel not a twinge of hate in saying that the remake couldn't wipe the arse of the original, even when they gratuitously connected the ending of their movie to the beginning of Carpenter's, which remains a standout model of exquisite atmospheric SF-horror.
"Horror" and "vegetable garden" makes me think of Motel Hell.
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