Read our review of Evil Dead here.
Anyway, this confusion got me to thinking about the fact that most of the current film’s target demographic probably isn’t even aware that the film they’re seeing is a sequel or remake or anything else. It’s just the current horror movie de jour. So here’s your list for the week… Movies You Probably Didn’t Know Were Remakes.
Year – 1939
The film quite possibly started the Hollywood tradition of acquiring the rights to a novel and then making so many changes that the end result is virtually unrecognizable. In this outing the farmhands are whisked off to Oz along with Dorothy where they promptly dress up like the characters we know from the novel. The farmhand disguised as the Scarecrow is madly in love with Dorothy but too shy to confess his love. He’s also played the director which makes his surname even creepier.
Oz is ruled by Prince Kynd but he’s been overthrown by Prime Minister Kruel. And if you don’t remember those characters from the books, don’t worry because they don’t exist. Eventually the Tin Man goes mad, throws in with Kruel and tries to kill everyone. Then they shoot cannon balls at him until he falls from a plane because why not.
If it makes you feel any better, the film bankrupted the studio.
Next: Taxi
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