should there be a remake?
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angry_white_male1985 — 17 years ago(July 02, 2008 03:02 PM)
Even if current trends didn't show most modern remakes to be garbage, there is simply nobody in modern films that could possibly replace Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee. As nice as it might be to see a revisioning of a classic horror film like this, you could not do it because no actors could come even slightly close to the film's originals thus the film would be beep
That being said, I would like it if this movie would be rereleased with digital remastering much like what was done for the original Star Wars Trilogy. -
bladewrecker — 17 years ago(October 05, 2008 07:35 AM)
I am surprised there is not a commentary, certainly Christopher Lee is still alive and i am sure he would provide an excellent insight in to the making of the film.
A lot of the Hammer movies have been re-released with commentary so why not this one..? -
jeffyoung1 — 16 years ago(August 31, 2009 08:44 PM)
You can remake anything, including HORROR EXPRESS, but a remake will be a stale imitation of the original.
The quirky cast of characters, the European horror 'feel' of the movie, the charming low budge, the Hammereque-like production feeleverything, will be missing from a remake.
More, there won't be: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas, Silvia Tortosa, even the other major supporting characters played by the Russian detective who becomes the monster, and then the Pujardov mad monk character who becomes the last host for the parastic alien who is an energy form.
TRIVIA: THE HIDDEN (1987) employed a similar theme of an intelligent, but completely non-humanoid alien who must inhabit human bodies to survive, and then takes over the human host and operates its like a puppet.
YOU'RE RIGHT MADAME. I DON'T CARE AS MUCH AS I SHOULD.- Dr. Saxton (Christopher Lee), Horror Express (1973)
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thecursor2002 — 16 years ago(November 10, 2009 07:03 PM)
Oh that's easy:
Karloff and Rathbone as the bickering doctors (Karloff has the Lee part on lock merely by height alone)
Lugosi is the Mad Monk, period.
With Atwill rounding out the cast, perhaps in the detective role? -
bladewrecker — 16 years ago(December 12, 2009 03:23 PM)
somehow i doubt todays actors could match the great "double act" of Lee and Cushing.
It shows that they obviously had great fun making this movie, and really had a great rapport and life long friendship.That few today could match -
JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies — 15 years ago(November 09, 2010 07:19 AM)
I love the original, but I do not mind remakes in principle, and I've loved many remakes, so I'd be excited about one. I also think a remake would lead to many people checking out the original film who wouldn't otherwise bother with it.
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cartoonfan29 — 14 years ago(August 24, 2011 02:20 PM)
If they remade this movie I would love to break every bone in there crippled body this is one of those movies they should not touch. That and the fact that the movie has christoper lee in it one of the verry few horror movie legends that are still living and it would be disrespectfull to remake this movie.
