Not only is this news about a remake, it’s news about a remake of a Japanese ghost revenge movie. Like we haven’t seen that shit a million times already. But here’s the qualifier. This is the part that makes me take notice.
The script for the upcoming Tomie remake is being drafted by one of Martin Scorcese’s (himself taking on the genre in Shutter Island) greatest collaborators. I’m talking about Paul Schrader. He who wrote Raging Bull. He who wrote one of my all time favorite flicks, Taxi Driver. There’s also the matter that he took on The Last Temptation of Christ and Bringing Out The Dead. Need I go on? Need I mention that he also wrote the script to the fucking outstanding Rolling Thunder? God damn! This man is unstoppable.
Bloody Disgusting received a tip that Paul Schrader is, uncharacteristically, lending his talent to a remake of one of Japan’s underdog long haired ghost girl flicks. Among the litany of Asian horror movies to use this device, Tomie was one of the more interesting and, frankly, I’m surprised that J-Horror fanboys didn’t catch the wave when this stuff was in vogue. The movie, a manga adaptation, concerns the surreal horror of a father who meets his son’s girlfriend for the first time only to realize that she is the spitting image of a girl he once loved and murdered. If you guessed that this story doesn’t end well, you win a cookie.
