In the most bone-headed decision of the year (which is saying quite a lot), Lionsgate has decided not to make a sequel to the super-fun, super-gory, and super-SUCCESSFUL My Bloody Valentine 3D, by more or less claiming the success of the first one was a fluke (enjoy Saw MCMVXIII though!). But at least Harry Warden isn't COMPLETELY dead - Universal just announced that an MBV-themed maze will be a part of this year's completely revamped Horror Nights, which also includes new mazes populated by Jigsaw and Michael Myers. I still hold out hope for "Dr. Giggles Hospital Of Horror", personally. Check after the break for more details!
LIONSGATE® AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOODSM PRESENT HEART-STOPPING ALL-NEW “MY BLOODY VALENTINE” MAZE FOR
2009 HALLOWEEEN HORROR NIGHTS
Inspired by Lionsgate’s 2009 theatrical re-make, My Bloody Valentine 3-D, the Genre Film Favorite Joins “Rogues Gallery” of New Attractions for Annual Halloween Event, Beginning October 2
Universal City, CA, August 21, 2009- “My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever” an all-new “live” multi-sensory horror experience, will be a standout attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood’sSM “Halloween Horror Nights” event beginning its 16-night run on October 2, per an agreement between the theme park and Lionsgate®, the leading next generation studio.
The attraction is based upon the 2009 theatrical re-make of the original 1981 Canadian slasher classic, which was released by Lionsgate to great box-office success earlier this year and is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. Widely considered “the ultimate slasher film” by horror aficionados, the all-new Universal Studios Hollywood maze will bring to life the terrible events that take place in the town of Harmony, which is crippled by a series of horrific murders. “My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever,” will recreate the film’s bloody massacres in disturbingly realistic scenes. This “Halloween Horror Nights” experience will assault the guest through the sense of sight, sound, smell and touch. Guests entering the maze will smell the dank, stale air of the film’s mineshaft, will feel the spray of spattering blood and will pass closely through scenes of unrelenting carnage. It will be the most lifelike representation of film horror ever created for a Halloween maze attraction.
The entire "Halloween Horror Nights" event at Universal Studios Hollywood has been re-designed for 2009. “Halloween Horror Nights” will feature four all-new mazes, a new “Terror Tram” backlot studio experience as well as terrifying new “Scare Zones.” New attractions will include a “live” maze experience based on the “Saw” film franchise, per an agreement among Universal Studios Theme Parks, Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures. The “Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute” will also join the “Halloween Horror Nights” line-up in a live stage presentation of this classically edgy movie.
Updates on “Halloween Horror Nights” are available at HalloweenHorrorNights.com/Hollywood and on Twitter and Facebook, as Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of exclusive information. Fans are invited to follow John Murdy on Twitter at: twitter.com/HorrorNights or via Facebook at: “Halloween Horror Nights - Hollywood (Official).”
This doesn't make much sense. The remake ended begging for a sequel. Not to mention, it was a huge success financially. It was made for $15 million and made $93 million at the worldwide box office. That doesn't include marketing fees but it also doesn't include video sales, the money earned for other networks to air it on TV (eventually), merchandise (if any), etc.
Movie producers are such morons. I can't even fathom their logic here. MBV2 would be way more welcome than most of the crap remakes that are coming out.
The problem? The perception in Hollywood is that 3-D is kind of a "last resort" for a franchise, and once a property has gone that route, the execs figure it's going to be all downhill from there (which is encouraging for all the SAW haters, I suppose, in light of the Part VII in 3-D rumors circulating). Lionsgate must figure that a sequel to MBV, 2- or 3-D, will be greeted by moviegoers as just more of the same, and thus ignored. And as much as I hate to say it, they may be right. I'd be in for an MBV sequel, but would Joe Q. TicketBuyer who isn't a rabid horror fan, but whose $9 is worth just as much as mine to studio execs?
Great! One less sequel, means more room for the chance of something fricken original... for once! The only way we can stop this shitty trend of endless remakes and adaptations is to stop going to see them.
I retract my earlier statement. Just watched MBV 3D, and quite enjoyed it. That being said, I do maintain that remakes and reboots are sucking Hollywood down the tubes.
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