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All tagged remakes
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but what about parody? Specifically for horror, spoofs work better when the movie (or movies) in reference is respected. Such is the case for Psycho Beach Party, Saturday the 14th and Silence of the Hams.
Since La Dolce Vita premiered, we've been treated to so many versions and variations of this story, all with varying degrees of glitz and sadness. While there have been no direct remakes, there has been a pretty impressively diverse group of films that have been inspired by it.
Vern delves into that oft misrepresented technicolor dream Valley of the Dolls
Who gets to choose what's okay to remake and what's not? Do we put it to vote? What if the electoral college fucks it up?
