The house, which is located at 500 North ALMANSOR Street, Alhambra CA 91801 is a 5 bedroom, 3 bath and 1 half bath. The house was also used in Father of the Bride, how weird is that. If only the Banks knew what happened years before they would of never lived there.

Now onto my baby Murder Legendre. Murder Legendre was started by my wife and I as a way to talk about our favorite horror films and lost movies that people didn’t really talk about. As time went on it became increasingly harder for us to keep up with it on a regular basis. So what to do? Well, I’ll tell ya. Murder Legendre will live on as just my blog for now. Posting cool flicks I find, rants and raves and other odds and ends I think people would like to read about. As time moves on I want to turn Murder Legendre into my own f/x company. I have been doing makeup/effects now for a couple of years and want to take this passion I have for it professionally. I love make up and practical effects and seriously want to pursue a career in the field. So thats where I see Murder Legendre heading into the future. So until next time check out www.40oofhorror.com and Late Nite Creature Feature on facebook. I hope to still hear from all you guys and gals and like George Romero always says, stay sacred.

There are only a couple of films I can think of that have out shined the originals in most ways. One of them I have talked about numerous times on here is Night of the living dead 1990. Even though the original was essentially horrors last great black and white classic. I truly feel Savini’s version with the help of Romero really gives that extra something. Giving Barbara a much needed overhaul, she went from being an essentially dead character 10min into the flick to becoming a survivor.

Another great remake is The Thing 1982. Allot of people firmly believe this is the greatest remake ever for the horror genre. I am one of those who totally agree. Between Rob Bottin’s amazing animatronic creature effects – that two decades later, haven’t lost a step with modern makeup. That along with a kick ass cast and stellar bleak remote atmosphere, not even the downbeat ending could keep me from loving this awesome piece of work.

This has been wrongly overlooked and I still have no idea why to this day. Tobe Hoopers Toolbox Murders 2004 stands high over its original counterpart. Hooper not only re-established  his quiet scares and graphic gore, but it also stars Angela Bettis, arguably the best thing to happen to horror since the invention of corn syrup and food coloring.

The retelling of this 1958 classic The Blob 1988 (which fucking stars Steve McQueen!) is just as campy and entering as any great B-movie should be. Add in another plus that it bumps up the gore quite a bit is a total win!

The Fly 1986 is a rare example of a remake that confidently trumps the original. Even though Cronenberg is know for his hyper-violent B-movies, he’s seldom done it better than this amazing flick.

House of Wax1953. Vincent Price. Nuff said. If you haven’t seen the original Mystery at the Wax Museum, don’t.

Alright, now comes the time when the people who always say “I told you so” get to say, “I told you so”. The cons to horror remakes, these horrific flops of shit neither had the substance nor the weight that the originals held. With out further ado, here are some my favorite remakes to bash.

The Haunting 1999. Bad remakes of horror flicks are as plentiful as black clothing at a horror convention, but the profoundly inept raping of the 1933 haunted house classic almost had me kick my cat. This film qualifies as a crime against humanity.

Psycho 1998 Fuck You Gus Van Sant for even thinking about this. Hitchcock totally rolled over in his grave after this piece of shit slid into theaters. I don’t even have to say anything else, it kinda goes without saying. Once again, fuck you Gus Van Sant.

I was upset when I herd about Salem’s Lot 2004 being retold into a tv series, but like I said earlier, I was one of the ones who gave it a chance. Between the ham-fisted performances and needless revisions to every single character the whole thing fell apart. Watch Tobe Hoopers original and beautiful shot film. It’s soooo much better.

When George Sluzier remade his own The Vanishing 1993 for Hollywood it amounted to bigger stars and less tension with a forced ending. A very, very needless rehash. Throwing more money at something never makes it better. Take note Rob Zombie. Speaking off…

Rob Zombies Halloween I & II 2007/2009 where do I start with this fucking piece of shit. Lets just say this. Soulless fanboy filmmaker masturbation served up in the most spectacularly flaccid of ways, void of substance and fun, and most of all my fucking time. Biggest failure of a horror film I have ever seen. My wife and I almost walked out of the theater when we saw the first one. The second piece of fuck we picked up sadly at a local red box and turned it off 15min into it. Let these films be a great basis for any argument against classic horror film remakes.

Now granted this was a couple of years ago when I read those books. Last week at Half Priced Books (that place is a treasure trove of all kinds of great shit!) I came across a couple of Brian Keenes other books. Remembering how great his other books were I decided what the hell, I will pick up a couple since I loved the fuck out of  The Rising and City of the Dead. I ended up buying Urban Gothic and Darkness on the Edge of Town.

When I got home and dove into them I couldn’t stop. I finished one in one night and the other the next. Think of Urban Gothic as something like this. Take Wes Cravens The People Under The Stairs and run it through the ultra violence of the film Inside and throw that into The Decent. It sounds crazy but it is an amazing read.

In all I highly recommend you check out his work. I wouldn’t be surprised if in the future a couple of his books en up becoming movies. I would seriously rank his work up there with Stephen King and the violence and macabre of Clive Barker.  Rue-Morgue magazine said he was “One of horror’s most impressive new literary talents.” Which is something to be very proud of. So please do yourself a favor, before October is over go find one of his books and dig into. I promise you will not sleep well that night. www.briankeene.com

I have been wanting to do this for the past couple of years and kinda of started this year by mistake. I started cleaning out my instant cue on Netflix and realized I have been watching new horror flicks (for bad or worse) everyday since the first of the month. So now I will continue to do so and post them here for you to check out. Here are the first ten flicks I have watched…

1. Tales of Terror (1962) Vincent Price. Nuff said.

It’s a triple threat of terror from the master of the genre: Edgar Allan Poe. This collection of three films — The Black Cat, Morella and The Case of M. Valdemar — offers everything horror fans can’t get enough of, from murder and dementia to live burials, open tombs, resurrection and zombies. And with three of horrordom’s greatest villains (Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone) in the lead roles, the chills are guaranteed.

2. Masters of Horror: Season 2 The Washingtonians a.k.a. the biggest piece of crap I have seen in a while (2007)

Director Peter Medak rewrites history in unimaginable ways by proposing that George Washington — the celebrated father of our country — was actually a homicidal maniac. Originally released as an episode of the “Masters of Horror” series, this chilling tale takes poetic license in exploring the roots of the Washington family tree, even positing that the former president used those trademark wooden teeth for eating something other than all-American apple pie.

3. The Church (1989)

A priest (Hugh Quarshie) and a young girl (Asia Argento) are all that stand between the world and a torrent of satanic forces in this creepy tale from Italian horror maven Michele Soavi. In the 13th century, the crusading Knights Templar slaughtered a village of suspected devil worshippers and erected a grandiose cathedral atop the corpses. But the opening of a sealed crypt 700 years later unleashes their unholy spirits inside the church.

4. Somtimes They Come Back (1991) Surprisingly decent

Based on a story by novelist Stephen King, this Heartland-set chiller stars Tim Matheson as high school teacher Jim Norman, who returns to his quiet hometown only to find himself haunted by malign spirits spawned by a tragedy from his childhood. With his students expiring — and ghouls of thugs past showing up in their place — Norman realizes the horror won’t stop until he sends his tormentors back to their graves, or further

5. Masters of Horror Dario Argento: Pelts (2006) Gore! Gore! Gore!

Sleazy fur trader Jake Feldman (Meat Loaf) will do just about anything for a quality skin. When Jake crosses paths with a trapper (John Saxon) offering raccoon pelts, he jumps at the chance to score big bucks and win a stripper’s heart. Little does Jake know that the supernatural furs wield bloody revenge upon anyone who covets them. This very different kind of skin flick is the 19th episode of the hit Showtime series.

6. It’s Alive (1974)

Blending gore and giggles, director Larry Cohen’s cult classic follows Frank and Lenore Davis (John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell), an ordinary couple who produce an extraordinary baby — a fanged mutant that sets off on a killing spree to survive. Determined to destroy the child, an anguished Frank joins a citywide hunt for the little monster but suddenly has second thoughts and defends his hideous offspring. Guy Stockwell also stars.

7. Prime Evil (1988)

In exchange for immortality, an ancient sect of satanic monks agrees to honor their dark lord with a blood sacrifice every 13 years. But in the modern era, finding bodies for the altar is not so easy. Setting up shop in New York City, the devil worshippers search for their next ceremonial victim. William Beckwith stars as the leader of the cult, and Mavis Harris is the nun who’s on to his diabolical deeds.

8. The Burrowers (2008)

When the men on a pioneer homestead are brutally murdered and the women and children go missing, a posse sets out to find them, assuming they’ve been abducted by Indians. But the truth turns out to be much more horrific. As they find more bodies, it soon becomes clear that something from beneath the ground is brutally attacking humans. Clancy Brown, William Mapother and Sean Patrick Thomas star in this horror film set in the Wild West.

9. Isolation (2005)

On a desolate farm in the Irish countryside, destitute Dan Reilly (John Lynch) — in return for cold cash — allows his heifers to be part of a genetic study intended to boost bovine fertility and beef output … until the experiment goes awry. When one of his cows spawns lethal mutants, Dan and a few other unlucky folks suffer the repercussions of meddling with nature in this unsettling chiller also starring Essie Davis and Marcel Iures.

10. Vampire Circus (1972) HAMMER HORROR!

Years after slaying ravenous vampire Count Mitterhaus, residents of a small European village are quarantined by plague, but their boredom is relieved by the arrival of a circus. Their joy turns to terror when the big top unleashes an ancient evil. Hoping to revive Count Mitterhaus and fulfill his dying curse upon the villagers, the vampires operating the circus wreak bloody vengeance until a schoolmaster uncovers their identities.