WHAT THE FUCK

this movie doesn't need to be remade.

Fucking hell!!! I've giving up on hollywood many times before but now they are just beating the dead horse!!!

I'm Tired of the remakes, they need a brain!!! Hollywood need a brain!! and please no more remakes and stupid movies like "disaster movie" or something like that...or at less they have to give a chance to foreing movies (Why we have to see Quarantine when there is a absolut perfect movie [REC] from Spain, or Km 31 from Mexico)

We don't need stupid remakes anymore!!! and no more stupid movies...please someone have to make a change...

I hope they do something new and better....

Not only am I seeing a slew of remakes going into production, but why so many horror ones?

seet fucking christ this is getting rediculous.

They'll never even come close to finding a cast that had the perfect chemistry the original cast had, which helped make that film so great.

This is the worst idea I have ever heard.

Why so many horror remakes? Because horror is considered a hack genre that anyone can mess around in. Everything's up for grabs, even classics like Psycho, Halloween, and now Poltergeist.

It's just not that great of a premise, and I'm sure they'll find that out when the movie flops.

Okay I understood the Texas Chainsaw, Friday The 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street remakes. Considering they were movies that now look very dated with cheesy special effects and gags. Which isn't such a bad thing, yet Poltergeist was a perfect horror film! It makes me wonder why Hooper and Spielberg would let this happen. I'm not saying this film is Alien, but it's almost in the same ballpark.

Poltergeist and The Birds remakes are sure to be doomed films. I felt the same way with the recent "Invasion". Why does Hollywood seem think these remakes are such a great idea when there so many unsuccessful ones rather than the ones that work. It reminds me of the whole Asian horror remake craze after The Ring. Some creative studios are grabbing some more interesting film ideas from novels like "The Road". This is how the great films are discovered since they don't seem to have the great screen writers that they used to have working in Hollywood.

@ liz

i totally agree that horror seems to not get the respect it deserves. in the midst of all these remakes it hadn't occured to me until now that a majority are in fact horror films. the horror genre can be soooooo hard to tackle, because one false move (bad actor/dialogue/effects etc) and it can easily become something to laugh at rather than something to fear.

comedy is a really tough thing to tackle as well, and i'm not saying the other genre's aren't tough, but comedy & horror generally get passed over as fun movies and not serious films.

it's sad that the horror film in america has become a cheap thrill rollercoaster-ish fare, more interested in making us jump/scream every 20 minutes, rather than taking us through a truly risky concept. i think that's why our numerous asian horror remakes have failed so miserably, because in reworking the scripts the real risks seem to get lost. all in all there are fewer american horror films each year that really capture what terror is. (imo)

@ christopher marc

'the road' is an excellent example of a truly scary idea being brought to film. so far it seems like they're going to be successful with that one.

fuck it all. I don't even want to read about this crap.

The sad part is that, regardless of what many people say or think, there are a great number of them that can't stay away from it - pop culture slaves that just need to see what they do. It's your own fault for buying in and buying the tickets to all this junk. Just stop.

Wow.. I can't even... wow. I really hate Hollywood. Jesus Christ. Do something original and stop fucking up classic movies and our childhood memories.

Great. This means that more actors are going to die.

It's all just part of the Poltergeist curse fellas.

@Cap

always on the same page, that was my first thought..lol

I'm going to speak for myself here and say.. "This is the only film that truly scares me". The curse will Live On! WATCH GHOSTHUNTERS!

wait... if there IS going to be a Poltergeist remake... Heather's character needs to be mentioned... HECK! maybe even be the poltergeist! Id support that!

I'm sorry, but Boogeyman is one of the most overlooked and underrated horror movies of recent times. A terribly misunderstood film, a rare original script, and an obvious shakespearian influence.

Now maybe a Poltergeist remake is wrong, I don't know, but these guys aren't the worst choices to write it.

NOOOOOOOO!


whats up with people wanting to remake all the great horror movies these days!
jeezz....they only fuck it up for what? 20 million $$ at the box office??

disappointed!Again!

Jesus Christ, why so many remakes? Can Hollywood no longer generate enough good original ideas? And why is it horror films are so often targeted for remakes, it's as if its somehow allowed due to being horror. Claudia (above ^) made some good points, remakes, money-grabbing cheap films (Disaster Movie) and shot for shot remakes of foreign films are disgusting (can't people read subtitles?). Yet another part of me died today because of this news.

this makes me sad

Sickening news. This movie still creeps me out I don't want to see
some half assed remake or any remake for that matter.

Worse news of the month. Man, what are they thinking?
Horrible idea.

sick of remakes. especially horror remakes. old school cheesy effects are why i re-visit my favs! nightmare on elm street, friday the 13th, texas chainsaw, even poltergeist.

there's something about these movies that remakes can't capture. is hollywood that hard up for ideas that they have to remake every single popular movie ant TV show from the 70s and 80s?

Damn! It was PG? It's one of the scariest movies I remember from my childhood. I mean who doesn't hate maggots?

MORE REMAKES!!!! WOOHOO, is it too early to be thinking about a remake of The Dark Knight?

Why don't they remake Jaws? The effects are pretty dated. Leave Poltergeist alone, it holds up so well. Okay, except the toys flying around the room scene, which made us laugh even back then.

This is stupid. I love good classical movies but we need some newer ideas. We remake too many movies.