10 Upcoming Horror Movies That Are Already Doomed

For some reason, when Hollywood decides to do a remake it is always a cult classic on the chopping block. Enter, Rupert Sanders' The Crow.

Ostensibly using the original comics as its source material, but really serving as a reboot and remake of the 1994 film of the same name, The Crow rises from 15 years in development hell (with all manner of big names attached) to finally land in this era. This is a Crow movie for Gen Z, with all the trappings that brings, from face tattoos and micro-fringes to a cloud rap soundtrack. But despite a kick-ass trailer, fans are dead set against it, as it treads on hallowed ground.

Original Eric Draven (the titular Crow) Brandon Lee died during filming in 1993, and this fact, alongside his skilled performance, an iconic soundtrack, and a definitively gothic visual style, helped cement The Crow as a piece of permanent '90s pop culture. If the trailer for the new version is anything to go by, Bill Skarsgard (the new Draven/Crow) and FKA Twigs (Draven's murdered fiancée Shelly) simply don't have the chemistry of Lee and co-star Sofia Shinas. Add to this the flat dialogue, the fact that some of the effects (looking at you, blood splatter) look phoned in, and that it comes from a director with a middling filmography, and prospects are not looking peachy.