As the
remake of
Ringu opens in
Japan, a rash of remakes of Asian horror movies seems to be winding its way through Hollywood. Not only has Hideo Nakata's latest movie,
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (Dark Water), been optioned, the inevitable remake of
Ringu 2 will occur, and the Hong Kong
The Sixth Sense-esque
The Eye has also been picked up for the Hollywood process.
While it's nothing new to
remake classic
Japanese movies, this latest wave brings a lot of new questions. Is it near-impossible for the US to create horror movies that aren't
increasingly self-
referential? How long is it before we get remakes of
Audition,
Battle Royale, and
Suicide Club? And will we eventually end up with a horror movie in the style of
Fa talai jone, a Thailand Western influenced by
Hollywood Westerns which were influenced by
Japanese Samurai movies?
posted by Katemonkey
on Nov 5, 2002 -
26 comments
Don't watch this. Dreamworks is starting up the hype machine for their remake of the Japanese horror film
Ringu (aka The Ring), and it looks like they're taking the A.I. route with it. The movie centers on a mysterious videotape that causes those who watch it to die seven days later.
Websites are popping up all over the place that seem to connect to the 'mystery'. The first link up top goes to a flash teaser of the actual video from the film, but if you're brave, you can
watch the whole thing at iFilm. I'm curious if this will indeed turn out to be an online game like
the Evan Chan mystery from A.I., or just some better-than-average Web marketing for what looks to be a damn creepy movie.
posted by toddshot
on Jul 31, 2002 -
29 comments
