Sounds like a remake to me.

I'm having a hard time finding the original and to be honest, I'm not sure that's such a bad thing. This may also be one I skip right over.

you're right, of course, it's just a title that's being spun to attempt to avoid the negative ideas of remakes - an admission they're crap, or not, it does at least confirm someone somewhere inside the film world realises the phrase does potentially cause harm. still, what 'remake' hides as a label will be more than evident once you actually see what deodato makes... spin doesn't help, folk living in the UK have experienced a decade of twisting the meanings behind words and phrases, and in the end you can only exploit it for so long before it comes back to haunt you, big time.

i would be surprised if he manages to find the same state of mind as before - the crew that talk about the originals production say how they got lost within their own minds, isolated in a strange country, and subsequently turned out what's one of cinemas most horrific and impressive pieces of filmmaking. i don't see anyone anywhere quite able to turn out a film with an atmosphere that odd, an approach that extreme, at this point in time. still, i wait with interest. seems to me, though, this is more about making a commercial product which primarily attempts to connect itself directly to the long-running controversy and mysticism surrounding a film many will have a sense of but may not have actually seen - or been able to watch through to the end of...