Normally I hate remakes, but here is a movie I think could benefit. Imagine updating this with how cool theme parks and roller-coasters are today, plus the original is kind of sub-dued, a remake could be really intense!

..........................never heard of it.

It kind of came at the tail end of the 70's disaster films. It's more a suspense thriller. It featured an all star cast, (Fonda, Widmark ,Segal, etc...) with mostly phoned in performances. Filmed in Sensurround with all the trappings and cliches of the disaster genre.

Considering all the crap they're remaking I suppose this will eventually be in line for one.

No it really shouldn't

Better be in 3-D. And D-BOX. And IMAX.

and star sam worthington and megan fox!

Fixed

That movie really freaked me out when I was a kid. I can still see the cars flying off the tracks!

If I'm not mistaken, this has been one of the titles found at Big Lots! for $3. I've had it in my hands a time or two before passing on it.

Didn't one of the Final Destination movies have a huge roller coaster disaster?

^ Opening sequence to Final Destination 3 -- this was my first thought when I saw this thread.

You're not mistaken. I've seen it for $3 at a couple of Big Lots.

Yes, and get Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins and Bruce Willis to star.

And Michael Cera as the bad guy.

I don't think he could hold a candle to Timothy Bottoms.

They could still get Sparks to play at the grand opening of the new coaster too! Maybe even bring back Helen Hunt.

I really like the original. George Segal and Timothy Bottoms were great. Henry Fonda may have actually been asleep during filming.

Why stop at roller coasters? Amusement parks are filled with rides that could be turned into instruments of death. Have the bad guy sabotage different rides while working up to the big showdown with the hero. Not in the same park, of course. Too many incidents of multiple deaths would probably ruin business.

It should star Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube. And be a sequel to Car Wash.

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And I remember the ads claiming it was in "Sensurround" which was a subwoofer in the theater to create some low-bass rumbling.

Exactly, the technology has come so far that a remake could be really awesome.

I'm there.

If I remember right, it was in Sensurround just like Earthquake.
If they are going to remake any 70's movie, it should be Damnation Alley.