Marvelous Videos serves up a slice of practical gore effects… Computer-generated imagery, or CGI, has gotten a bad rep these days from film school dropout channels that believe the older way of creating is inherently better. No matter the flaws in their arguments, though, they do raise a point that, without proper rendering, CGI has […]
Horror Movie Remakes That Did Justice to the Originals
Marvelous Videos with a selection of great horror movie remakes… Remakes and reboots get a bad rep. When you have an established product that resonated with a lot of people, it can be hard to replicate that feeling. Most of the time, it seems studios try to compensate for the lack of charm with more […]
Concept art from Rob Zombie’s abandoned remake of The Blob
Back in 2009, after he’d finished up with his Halloween remake, it was reported that musician-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie would be turning his attention to another classic horror, signing on to direct a remake of 1958’s The Blob (which was itself remade in 1988). The movie never came to fruition, but now thanks to artist Alex Horley (via […]
Halle Berry reportedly set to star in The Blob remake
It’s been a long time since we’ve heard word on the planned remake of the 1958 sci-fi cult classic The Blob, but now it seems that we may have a new addition to the cast, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that Halle Berry is attached to star in the long-gestating remake. In January of 2015, it […]
Samuel L. Jackson joins The Blob remake
The Hollywood Reporter has broke the news that Samuel L. Jackson is set to join the cast of The Blob, the new remake of the 1958 sci-fi classic which featured Steve McQueen. Simon West (Con Air) is directing the new version, which would see Jackson play a bio-chemistry professor who tries desperately to stop the […]
Simon West says his remake of The Blob is “Alien meets Predator”
It was revealed last month that Simon West (Con Air) would be taking on the next big screen remake of The Blob, which he looks to get underway once the promotional tour for Wild Card is out of the way. He’s also got plans to take his version away from previous attempts. “[It] takes a […]
The Expendables 2 director to remake The Blob
The Blob freaked people out in 1958 as it moved through town devouring everything that crossed its path. I know, sounds scary doesn’t it? Now it’s back to do it all again in a remake of the old sci-fi classic, set to be helmed by The Expendables 2 director Simon West. West should prove to […]