Hollywood’s Asian horror remakes…what’s the deal?
January 28th, 2008 by MaT
What’s with all the Asian remakes of ghostly horror films? The New York Times tries to figure out the answer…
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Fake Larry said:
Jesus Christ, Terrence Rafferty, loves to put, lots of commas, in his articles, don’t you think?
Stevie-poo said:
The ghosts themselves are usually scary…..just not the stories they’re in.
Jeff said:
It’s an ok article. I think the answer is simple… a couple stand-out Westernized re-makes really worked well (Ring, Grudge) so the filmmakers are cashing in.
Frank Zanzibar Rose said:
Jeff is right if it sales well more times the not Hollywood hops on the wagon and rides that bitch till the wheels fall off.