Jenny Kobiela-Mondor, a blogger for the Fort Wayne Daily News, enjoys RiffTrax…
Stan Horzepa, at ham radio web site arrl.org, sees a bad movie with a ham radio in it and, of course, focuses on the ham radio.
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I’m so torn. On the one hand “Party Beach” should join the list of films for Crow’s Film Decomposition Society; but on the other hand it’s going to feature the Greatest American Hero. Where does my loyalty lie? :(
Believe it or not, I’m walking on air………. ;-)
SODIUM…yeah!
Exactly- that’s what they’ll need if they’re remaking Party Beach. Sodium.
So wasn’t there supposed to be a remake of Manos?
How about Manos II: Michael in Charge.
I hope that there the lead actress can be dubbed and the dubbing is not really mixed correctly just to be faithful to the original. Plus, get the Del-Aires some royalty money by having their tunes covered in the flick and I’m there.
Oh, is someone going to sully the name of the Great Horror of Party Beach? (It does sound pretty idiotic, though…)
“The first film involved nuclear waste being dumped into the ocean and falling on these crustaceans that grew into humanoid monsters that attacked the partygoers.”
As it was skeletons on a shipwreck that were turned into monsters, I think Mr. Katt needs to watch the original movie again. ;)
It’s nice that Fangoria has avoided Starlog’s trip to oblivion.
Seems like 4 out of 5 new films are re-makes or “re-imaginings”. The remaining 1/5 is a lame money grab sequel. :[
as long as they don’t cgi it, use rubber suits, and the del-aires music it sounds good to me. the movies being remade are typically overdone and lame, but since this one was “lame” to begin with, it could be updated nicely. let’s hope it’s not a SYFY piece of crap.
who’ll play Eulabelle? Oprah? Nell Carter would be great, but I think she’s dead.
It will definitely be CGI. Not that it would be any improvement from the original, but I’ll stick with MST3K thank you very much.
William Katt- “I didn’t realize it that it had quite an extensive fan base.”
Gee, really? I wonder WHY it has such an extensive fan base.
Maybe it is the number of times it has been shown on TV. Isn’t it the “Casablanca” of 60s horror films?
(No, of course not)
Beware William, Misties are a powerful group to deal with.
You might want to get this one right.
Well, it they do remake it, it really and truly better be a strip folk song!
At least some kosher deli is going to get some business when they have to make the monster costumes.
I guess it could work….just as long as they remember to “LOOK POLISH”!
This is no way to memorialize Eulabelle!
I agree about the sodium. But where would one find that much sodium?
Here’s a line of dialogue of Elaine’s that should be in the remake:
“OHHHH! AGH! UH!! Ohhh! OHHHH!! *pant, pant* OHHHH! *pant, pant* OHHHH!!!”
It will be great if Mike and the Bot’s riffing on the original film actually syncs with the remake.
I smell Oscar for sure if Gabourey Sidibe lands the role of Eulabelle!
Now, who would be perfect to sing “ZOMBIE STOMP”?
It needs to be in 3D too! I want those hot dogs poppin’ out at me!
I’ll be very disappointed if anyone likes pickles more than the monster in the remake.
MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm … BOP!
Anyone else hate reading white lettering on black backgrounds?
Oil turns a worker into a monster? Really? OIL?! Hollywood’s really getting lazy with their monster making nowadays. What’s next? Someone gets grape juice spilled on them and they get turned into a 50-foot behemoth? They should stick to the basics: Radiation & Magic can do anything!
I like the idea of Hollywood remaking bad films, as opposed to good ones, so this isn’t a bad thing. That being said…this doesn’t sound as if it’s going to end up being much better than the original. Fingers crossed?
Darth Servo> Ozzy Osbourne has a song call Zombie Stomp on the No More Tears album.
“You think he likes ham radio. Wait til you see ME like ham radio!”
darthservo@20 says:
“I smell Oscar for sure if Gabourey Sidibe lands the role of Eulabelle!”
Actually, I vote for Beyonce.
Wrong for part I know, but who would YOU rather look at in the remake?
MST3K: The Melon
http://noms.icanhascheezburger.com/2010/12/01/funny-food-photos-mst3k-carved-melon/
The Greatest American Hero is re-making a movie where the monster is made out of hot dogs.
Gee, I wonder why this movie has such a fan base… :-p
Wowie wowie wow wow wow!
Some random thoughts after reading that Fangoria article:
1. I don’t think I would’ve recognized William Katt in that photo if he weren’t standing in front of a Greatest American Hero poster, and I consider myself a bit of a GAH fan. To be completely honest, I thought, “Why’s Wes Craven standing in front of a Greatest American Hero poster?”
2. How can anyone write an article featuring William Katt and not mention The Greatest American Hero?
3. There’s a Mirrors 2? Why?
4. I’m excitedly looking forward to this remake. It sounds like they intend to pay homage to the B-horrors of the ’60s, which I’m all for. As long as it doesn’t devolve into the typical mindless gorefest, I’ll be first in line for tickets.
5. They’d better at least pay lip service to all mighty SODIUM! And Eulabelle.
6. COOKIE!
Sorry, but the only thing more tasteless than yet another remake is exploiting the BP oil spill as plot point, even as people are still trying to recover. I’m usually not one to say “too soon” but seriously!?