The Great Horror Remake Podcast: Episode 203 Cinemax
Look closely…we’re going to recast these characters!
Horror movies love sequels and reboots. A redesign is therefore always imminent. The Scariest Things is going to do what everyone fears: recast movies that really shouldn’t be rebooted. BUT WE DO IT ANYWAY! Redo A Nightmare on Elm Street with successful castings. Check! A restart of Jaws with women in the lead? Do! Extension of the It story to 27 years old, for a chapter 3 using an elderly cast. You bet! And Hereditary, but in exchange for an all-black cast? We can do it! Sacrilege? Absolutely, but you know you want to know who we chose!
It’s a cottage industry, predicting who Marvel or DC might choose for their superheroes. The anticipation of who might portray…let’s say BATMAN…has been discussed in numerous podcasts and media posts. But horror films? Restarts are frequent, but definitely not memorable. Can you name all the Jason Voorhees actors? (tick…tick…tick…)
However, there is a wonderful tradition in Dracula, in particular. This is only part of the casting of the famous leech:
- Bela Lugosi
- Carlos Villarias
- Lon Chaney Jr.
- Christopher Lee
- John Carradine
- Kier’s thigh
- Klaus Kinski
- George Hamilton
- Frank Langella
- Gary Oldman
- Nicolas Cage
The podcast: Episode 203: The Great Horror Remake
It was a fun episode. It’s a long episode, but it’s definitely worth listening to, because we know you have these experiences too! If you want to get the spoilers… read our picks below. A little crazy, and not always scripted, but this episode was great!
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Our selections:
The original cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp and Amanda Wyss
A Horror Remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street
(What was Mike thinking?)
| Character | Original actor | Eric’s choice | Heather’s choice | Mike’s choice |
| Freddy Krueger | Robert Englund | Andy Serkis | Bonnie Aarons | Kevin Durand |
| Nancy Thompson | Heather Langenkamp | Madeline McGraw | Nicholas Parker | Sydney Sweeney |
| Glenn Lantz | Johnny Depp | Noah Toth | Michael Cimino | Austin Butler |
| Tina Gray | Amanda Wyss | Alisha Weir | Catherine Newton | Margot Robbie |
| Rod Lane | Jesus Garcia | Noah Schnapp | Pete Davidson | (sautéed) |
| Lieutenant Donald Thompson | John Saxon | Danny McBride | Billy Burke | Robert Forster |
| Marge Thompson | Ronee Blakley | Jennifer Aniston | Thandie Newton | Meryl Streep |
| Director | Wes Craven | Damien Leone | Lee Cronin | Christopher Nolan |
A horror remake of Jaws, but with a female cast
| Character | Original actor | Eric’s choice | Heather’s choice | Mike’s choice |
| Chef Brody | Roy Scheider | Emilie Blunt | Jessica Chastain | Parker Posey |
| Fifth | Robert Shaw | Allison Janney | Jodie Foster | Michelle Rodriguez |
| Hooper | Richard Dreyfuss | Mindy Kaling | Julia Garner | Sunita Mani |
| Ellen Brodie | Lorraine Gary | John Krasinski | Zoe Kravitz | Dennis Quaid |
| Charlie | Susan Backlinie | Chris Hemsworth | Tom Holland | Chris Hemsworth |
| Mayor Vaughn | Murray Hamilton | Amy Poehler | Viola Davis | Melissa McCarthy |
| Director | Steven Spielberg | Catherine Bigelow | Anna Kendrick | Mary Harron |
It: Chapter 3: Cast 27 years after the previous film
| Character | Original actor | Eric’s choice | Heather’s choice | Mike’s choice |
| Pennywise | Bill Skaarsgard | Bill Skarsgard | Bill Skarsgard | *Tim Curry |
| Beverly Marais | Sophia Lillis/Jessica Chastain | Geena Davis | François Fisher | Julianne Moore |
| Bill Denbrough | Jayden Martell/James McAvoy | Kenneth Branagh | Pierce Brosnan | Ewan MacGregor |
| Richie Tozer | Finn Wolfhard/Bill Hader | Jeffrey Goldblum | Liam Neeson | Dana Carvey |
| Mike Hanlon | Jacobs chosen / Isiah Mustafa | Jeffrey Wright | Denzel Washington | Laurence Fishburn |
| Ben Hanscom | Jeremy Ray Taylor / Jay Ryan | Vincent D’Onofrio | Don Johnson | Liam Neeson |
| Jack Dylan Glazer/James Ransome | — | — | Hugh Grant | |
| Stanley Uris | Wyatt Oleff/Andy Bean | — | — | Hugh Jackman |
A horror remake of Hereditary, but with an all-black cast
| Character | Original actor | Eric’s choice | Heather’s choice | Mike’s choice |
| Annie | Tony Collette | Taraji P Henson | Halle Berry | Regina King |
| Charlie | Milly Shapiro | The Ferguson Man | Storm Reid | Madison Currie |
| Steve | Gabriel Byrne | Sterling K Brown | Terrance Howard | Denzel Washington |
| Rock | Alex Wolff | Justice Smith | Miles Catton | Daniel Kaluel Kaluy |
| Joanie | Anna down | Octavia Spencer | Pam Grier | Queen Latifa |
| Director | Ari Aster | Nia DaCosta | The Phillipou brothers | Little Marvin |
| Location | Salt Lake City | Savannah | Boston | Washington DC |
