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They're remaking Suspiria by the way. Have been for a while now, so I imagine it's almost in the can. Tilda Swinton will be in it, presumably as the headmistress, which sounds pretty perfect. Still, I don't really understand the point of remaking films like this. While it could and should be awesome (Suspiria + modern effects + beloved modern acting talent), how many horror remakes actually are? Dating back to that ridiculous Psycho remake, it's been a losing game for everyone involved. I can see how it would work at the box office level with things like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but Psycho and Suspiria are not just slasher films, they're cinema classic. Works of art. Why bother?
For every good or decent remake of a classic (True Grit, Inglorious Basterds and 3:10 to Yuma being, in my opinion, examples of "good"; Evil Dead 2014 being "decent") there's COUNTLESS complete and utter fucking failures. Just a head scratcher for me.
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