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For many, this is the holy grail of horror films. It is beloved by horror film fans and people who still can't watch this movie alone at night. The special effects in this 1981 cult classic were so scary and so groundbreaking, it was the inspiration for the Academy to create an entirely new award category: Outstanding Achievement in Makeup.

The sequel on the other hand...well...let's just say that many fans of the original don't even consider it related.

So the news not of another sequel but of an actual remake in the works is received with much trepidation with this movie's fans. Yep, that's right a remake. Dimension pictures has bought the rights from John Landis to remake American Werewolf in London.

Bloody Disgusting reports: John Landis has sold the remake rights for An American Werewolf In London to Dimension Films. As Halloween II makes its way into theaters, the Weinstein brothers are hard at work at getting the Hellraiser remake off the ground and now will be retelling the story of two American tourists in England who are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

I've never been a hard and fast nay-sayer for remakes BUT when it comes to redoing a film like this, I do think this remake will have some pretty big horror-shoes to fill.