Tag Archives: reboot

Freddy Krueger: How His Evil Evolved #9: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

This is an article on Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) as portrayed in Samuel Bayer’s 2010 reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street (read our retro review here). On that note, let me address the huge elephant in the room: This is not really a review of that movie, which is …

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When Remakes Are A Good Thing… And When They’re Just Wrong

One of the hottest debates amongst fans of cinema these days are whether or not remakes are a good thing. Sometimes, they are a good thing, and other times, they are completely unnecessary. A lot of movie fans feel that remakes are lazy money grabs or cut-and-paste jobs, while others …

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Please Stop Calling ‘It’ a Remake

Maybe this is splitting hairs on terms and phrases. I keep seeing people posting things like, “Well, the new It was better/worse than the original.” Let’s not forget the outright internet rage when it was announced they’d be “remaking” It for the big screen. Here’s the thing. The film is …

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Paying Tribute To Evil Dead (2013) – Retro Review

“You will die like the others before you! One by one, we will take you!” It’s been 4 years since director Fede Alvarez shocked horror fans with his reboot of the famous Evil Dead franchise. Now, PopHorror pays tribute to what is arguably one of the best horror remakes of …

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Review – THE THING (2011)

If it ain’t a remake/reboot disgracing your local theaters, then it’s studio execs second favorite cash cow: the prequel. Despite prequels claiming to tell the story before the story, they seem more like ways to remake a flick without the stigma of being a remake. At least that seems to …

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