It is no secret that Hollywood is the Ouroboros, the snake that consumes itself, endlessly remaking and reinventing, hoping to create itself anew so the audience doesn’t realise
The subject of remakes is one that triggers strong reactions, particularly with those who have grown up with the originals and now see them brushed aside by something
The opening titles of John Water’s Cecil B Demented show a cinema entrance proudly announcing “Les Enfants dus Paradis, now dubbed into English.” While the habit of remaking
For a feature debut by Uruguayan director Fede Alvarez, Evil Dead serves all intents and purposes, and offers plenty of thrills and chills – just don’t expect a
In 1976, two years after publication, Brian de Palma’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie was released. The novel was groundbreaking, a novel set in a
Since the final shootout on Gauda Prime thirty two years ago, there have been several attempts to bring Blake’s 7 back to television, the latest still apparently in
Surveillance. A population kept complacent through drugged drinking water. Brainwashing. Execution of political dissidents. Launched in January 1978, concurrent with Tom Baker’s effervescent fourth season of Doctor Who
From the outset it must be noted that Len Wiseman’s 2012 version of Total Recall is a direct remake of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven film, not another adaptation
On Saturday 31st March, the Cameo Cinema in Edinburgh played host to Robin Hardy, best known for his landmark 1973 film The Wicker Man, as he attended a
A signal from a derelict vessel draws an isolated group of people into a conflict with an aggressive xenomorph, an alien with the ability to change shape. Swiftly overwhelmed,
