10 Ripped Off Characters Movies Didn't Even Try To Hide
Not every filmmaker feels the need to cover their tracks...
New Line Cinema
We’ve
all seen it before - whenever a great, memorable character shows up onscreen, it’s
only a matter of time before a string of subsequent knock-off flicks cram in a similar
character clearly modelled off the original. Just look at Joe Dante’s Gremlins,
a wildly original family-horror-comedy upon its release in 1984, balancing
scares and laughs while toning down the harsher edges of screenwriter Chris Columbus’
screenplay.
Cut
to 1990, and before Dante could even put together a direct sequel the multiplex