Halloween devolved in the middle with the Cult of Thorn storyline and even a crazy Internet plot in Halloween: Resurrection.
The A Nightmare on Elm Streetremake in 2010 gave Freddy Krueger a personality transplant that had him more of a serious killer than a deadly jokester. The Child's Play franchise suffered from taking a massive lean on dark comedy roots, which paid off for some fans, but not so much for others.
Rehabilitating a reputation can be difficult, and especially so for horror movies. Anaconda's Remake Can Help Revive Creature Features (For Good) With news of Anaconda being up for resurrection from Sony and screenwriter Evan Daugherty ( Snow White and the Huntsman), there's a chance that creature feature horror could see a major comeback. Related: Crawl Saved The Creature Feature Genre From Sharknadoįortunately for fans of creature features, Jaume Collet-Serra and Alexandre Aja re-established sharks and alligators as the truly terrifying predators they are with sharp, serious flicks The Shallows (2016) and Crawl (2019), leaving the mark from Sharknado far behind. Even so, if the slasher genre can re-invent itself with Halloween, any sub-genre that has taken some wild, twisting roads can do the same. Anaconda, which is just about as ridiculous as it sounds. One particular highlight was a crossover film, simply titled Lake Placid vs. Further, it sparked a trend of creature feature movies, such as Lake Placid, that continued into the early 2000s and sparked a franchise before the sub-genre took a turn toward completely ridiculous with SyFy issuing viral hits like Sharknado and future movies in both franchises. While some horror fans aren't thrilled with the news of more remakes, news of Anacondagetting the remake treatment has been intriguing, as it poses a unique opportunity to continue the trend of quality creature features that began in recent years with The Shallows and Crawl.Īnaconda, which was first released in 1997 from director Luis Llosa, established itself as a fun, easily-digestible horror movie with a strong cast that included Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Ice Cube.
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