The 'Burbs remake

Bring back Corey Feldman as RB. Give him the lead role and say he moved back to Hinkley Hills with his family because he inherited the house or his parents retired ETC.. Bring him back and give him a kid or two. Introduce the new cast of characters and possibly still give any of the characters from the original who want to return a role or a cameo of some kind. The Klopek house which burned down has obviously been rebuilt and over the years various families have moved in and out but nobody has stuck. Let a little time go bye he gets settled in and we introduce the new family. Instead of being odd and dark like the Klopeks this family is seemingly perfect , a little too perfect. Ricky starts to suspect something sinister is starting to happen again in the neighborhood. While his wife, daughter, etc think he's over reacting. He takes it upon himself and a co star(similar to Art) to investigate the new family and get to the bottom of it all.

On my lunch so I had to keep it short. What do you guys think about my idea?

It would be impossible for a sequel to top the original but it also wouldn't take anything away or draw comparisons as much as a remake. Would also satisfy nostalgic fans like me who would like to see as many of the original characters return as possible.

Bruce Dern would probably take a role of some kind. He's older now but still active. With a good enough script I think it could work.

Ray did tell Ricky to look after the neighborhood for him.. It only makes sense ......

That would be a good route to go in. The only thing is Corey Feldman isn't a box office hit any more. Too bad, because he is great.

Also, Dan Aykroyd as Art would be a great choice.

Ya Corey isn't a box office star no more but I don't see a burbs remake or sequel being a box office hit no matter who would be cast for the lead role.


I honestly prefer a cast that's not too Hollywood. By that I mean I wouldn't wanna see someone like Ben Affleck, Shia L, Liam Nielsen or any other actor who wouldn't fit the role. Corey might not be a huge star anymore but I think he would take it seriously and still had the ability to handle it well.

As long as it's taken seriously a direct to video sequel would be fine.

One of the things I love about the first movie was it was casted perfectly. I wouldn't want to ruin that by adding to many big stars who are just doing it for a payday and nothing more.

I like your idea of Dan Aykroyd as a possible co star. Bill Murray wouldn't make a bad eccentric neighbor to fill in for Bruce Dern. Walter is probably the easiest character to replace . Wouldn't be a bad idea to add a black or Asian family. Add a little culture and little different comedy perspective .

So many directions you could go in..


Are we just wishing here? Any chance this could happen ?

I think we are just speculating. I for one do NOT want a 'Burbs remake or sequel. It is perfect the way it is.

And Dan Aykroyd as Art wasn't my idea. Ray Peterson came up with the winning idea.

I use to feel the same way "rube" . I just feel like with other movies 20+ years old getting remakes and sequels it's something we can explore. Joe Dante would probably be interested. It would be easy enough to recreate the atmosphere and I just would love to see how it played out.

quote:RickyButler wrote:

Bring back Corey Feldman as RB. Give him the lead role and say he moved back to Hinkley Hills with his family because he inherited the house or his parents retired ETC.. Bring him back and give him a kid or two. Introduce the new cast of characters and possibly still give any of the characters from the original who want to return a role or a cameo of some kind. The Klopek house which burned down has obviously been rebuilt and over the years various families have moved in and out but nobody has stuck. Let a little time go bye he gets settled in and we introduce the new family. Instead of being odd and dark like the Klopeks this family is seemingly perfect , a little too perfect. Ricky starts to suspect something sinister is starting to happen again in the neighborhood. While his wife, daughter, etc think he's over reacting. He takes it upon himself and a co star(similar to Art) to investigate the new family and get to the bottom of it all.

On my lunch so I had to keep it short. What do you guys think about my idea?

Maybe the "normal" family who move into what used to be the Klopek house turn out to be psychos who chose the house because of what happened there. They move around the USA, kind of like the Klopeks, always living in houses with horrific pasts, and they like to reenact those horrific pasts...

But they didn't count on Ricky Butler, someone who's witnessed first-hand a house of horrors in his street, and someone who learned a lot from Ray, Art, and Rumsfield about how to snoop around Mayfield Place to get to the bottom of a dark mystery...

quote:RickyButler wrote:

Personally I don't think a remake can do this movie justice. As I've seen with other remakes of classic movies I love( Halloween , Nightmare on Elm Street, etc) you can't top or even duplicate perfection.


That's not always true IMHO. Just take a look at the Fright Night remake, both the OLD and the NEW version are pretty good, a bit different from each other, but both are quite good.

quote:JoOngle wrote:

quote:RickyButler wrote:

Personally I don't think a remake can do this movie justice. As I've seen with other remakes of classic movies I love( Halloween , Nightmare on Elm Street, etc) you can't top or even duplicate perfection.


That's not always true IMHO. Just take a look at the Fright Night remake, both the OLD and the NEW version are pretty good, a bit different from each other, but both are quite good.



I think it's true when you absolutely love a film and have seen it dozens of times. I've never seen a remake I could even stand when i've seen the original lots of times. Not a single one. And yet there are times when I've seen the remake first, like Night of the Living Dead, where I love the remake and can't stand the original!

I agree the fright night remake was pretty decent. That is very rare. I also agree the Night of the Living Dead remake was better than the original. I just look at it like this . A remake of The Burbs like a Halloween or NOES isn't necessary because the original was so. Watching it would be a huge letdown. A sequel is easier to separate from the original. For instance I love NOES 1 but not a big fan of 2. It has never taken anything away from the original because a sequel sucked.. A remake will constantly draw comparisons to the original. Which I'd untouchable.