Oct 29 2008Laugier Dreams of Remaking 'Hellraiser'
French director Pascal Laugier is in final negotiations to write and direct the Hellraiser remake that no one is too thrilled about besides the people doing it and probably one Halloween store that bought a bunch of surplus Pinhead masks that never sold. From THR:
Pascal Laugier, whose horror film "Martyrs" stirred controversy in his native France, is in final negotiations to write and direct Dimension's re-imagining of "Hellraiser," one of horrormeister Clive Barker's best-known creations."This is a dream project for me," Laugier said. "I know Clive Barker's work very well, and I would never betray what he has done. Fans are expecting a definitive 'Hellraiser,' and I don't want to take that away from them."
It's nice to hear his heart is in the right place, but nope, fans are not expecting a definitive Hellraiser. Fans are expecting an unimaginatively rehashed, slightly-glossier Hellraiser. We already have the definitive Hellraise: it's Hellraiser. That will always be the definitive Hellraiser.
I don't know anyone really wants another horror remake, Pascal, but if you're really set on remaking Hellraiser, I think if you're able to make the new one the "definitive tolerable remake of Hellraiser that doesn't make it feel as if pins are being forced into your head," that will be good enough.
Reader Comments
1. BadCopNoDonut - October 29, 2008 1:50 PM
Sigh....
I guess I should have seen that coming. Well that's it, there are no movies I ever enjoyed that haven't been diminished by a toothless remake. I guess it's back to suicide for me.
2. PEWPEWPEW... WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? - October 29, 2008 1:50 PM
well put !!! they seem to want to make bad remakes of good movies, I be his pins would be CG and the blood too... poor Idea very poor Idea
3. Elmo - October 29, 2008 1:51 PM
hey, a chinese baby head
4. whistle - October 29, 2008 1:56 PM
I don't know how well this can go.
How about just taking the original negative and re-mastering. Some of the optical effects are pretty dated looking.
That is all Hellraiser needs to be improved upon. The performances, makeup, sets, everything was pretty much perfect.
5. Gail - October 29, 2008 2:14 PM
Just because there were holes in the original plot that you could drive a truck through doesn't mean it could be improved, especially in these days of everything being pretty much unimaginative, derivative torture porn.
6. Bickus Dickus - October 29, 2008 2:38 PM
for fucksakes, can't Hollywood come up with anything remotely new?
Jesus, are they that intellectually devoid that they're remaking movis from the 1990's now?
At least change the name or something, show some type of creativity.
I always thought Hellraiser sucked anyway, so this remake should be super-sucky.
I've also heard that there are negotiations under way to remake the following:
The Thing
Nightmare on Elm Street
Last House on the Left
7. Jesus - October 29, 2008 3:36 PM
@6
The Thing was a remake of a 50's film, so would this be a remake of a remake?
8. Patrick Bateman - October 30, 2008 7:09 PM
I'm 100% down with this. The original wasn't that great (flame me now) but the story is still intriguing. The Halloween remake we should have done without.
And unfortunately with the exception of the occasional Sixth Sense and Donnie Darko, yes, Hollywood is completely out of ideas, has been for a while now. Hence every comic book ever made is being adapted for the big screen.