Remake Alert: THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is not left behind...

Hey folks, Harry here... the exemplary genre label, Rogue Pictures, has decided to mount a remake of Wes Craven's seminal horror film... THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. Wes shot that original film for $90,000, which may cover about 3 hours of one day's shoot on the remake. Craven will be producing the remake according to Variety, but admits that he's far enough away from the originals - that the remakes are a little like having grandchildren. Craven had been teaching college and apparently been shooting some early sexploitation flicks - prior to the original film - and had no idea what the original film was going to do for the rest of his life.

Rogue is going to stick to the original basic storyline... but there's no talk of screenwriters or director assignments to this remake. But we'll have to see. Depending on who writes and directs - this could become interesting. The original has a style and a realism that no budget increase can really emulate... so this will inevitably have a gloss that all these remakes of these films have had. Let's just hope that Rogue does a great job on this one.