I checked the calendar and it is not April 1st.
Rob Zombie (the man who has divided horror fans like no other has before) announced one day before Halloween 2 hit theaters that he plans to remake The Blob.
Variety got the scoop on Zombie’s plans to write, direct and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classic for around $30 million.
Zombie said that this is his attempt to get out of the horror genre by remaking a Sci-Fi film about a thing from outer space, instead of a movie about an iconic killer.
My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing, that’s the first thing I want to change, That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now. I have a totally different take, one that’s pretty dark.
I intend to make it scary, and the great thing is, I have the freedom once again to take it in any crazy direction I want to. Even more than `Halloween,’ where I had to deal with accepted iconic characters like Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. `The Blob’ is more concept than specific storyline with characters, so I can go nuts with it.
It is being produced by Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten.
Lemme guess.
There will be lots of trailer trash hicks in this movie who say fuck every second.
I actually like Rob Zombies movies. They have a great combination of over the top violence, humor and demented perversion.
i like his movies because they remind me of when i was 10 & didn’t know what good horror movies were.. so just liked anything i saw.
Who decided that Rob Zombie was ever a good filmmaker? If Rob Zombie is such a master of horror, how come none of his movies are scary at all? I can’t wait til Hollywood comes to their senses and leaves that asshole in the dust.
Hollywood doesn’t have any senses, unless you count their sense of greed and self importance.