Fast-forward The 80s & 90s! — Derek Barton

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Thought I would have a little fun today and I would blog about the recent trend of horror film remakes. Usually I don’t like most remakes or even “prequels” which often are poor retelling of the same crappy story as before.  But since Hollywood will still make them, here is a small list of three films from the 80s and 90s that I would like to see. These three have yet to attract enough attention for a remake or reboot.

I’ll be honest with you, the inspiration for this post is due to a recent viewing of the first of three films:

ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990)

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STORY:   A species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to the U.S. in a coffin and starts to breed and kill.

 

While I do like Jeff Daniels, I felt this was an unusual choice for the lead actor. This film is very confused on whether it wanted to be a horror or a comedy film. There are great horror comedies like Shaun of the Dead or Dale & Tucker vs Evil but this film didn’t handle either element well. While the film didn’t resort to heavy CGI (which wasn’t as available as it is today), the special effects still didn’t age well. Really would love to see a great rendition of it, even though I, myself, am an arachnophobic.