in August 2002. Another special edition DVD was released in Europe in 2004. Scream Factory released the film on Blu-ray in July 2013, before reissuing it on 4K UHD on September 13, 2022 in both standard and limited steelbook editions. Novelization A novelization of the movie, written by Dennis Etchison, was published by Bantam Books in January 1980. The novel clarifies the implication in the film that the six who must die were not random but in fact descendants of the six original conspirators. Remake In 2005, the film was remade under the direction of Rupert Wainwright with a screenplay by Cooper Layne and starring Tom Welling and Maggie Grace. Though based on Carpenter and Hill's original screenplay, the remake was made more in the vein of a "teen horror film" and given a PG-13 rating (the original film was rated R). Green-lit by Revolution Studios with just eighteen pages of script written, the film was panned for its poor script and acting and has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 4%. See also List of ghost films References Sources External links at the Official John Carpenter Website at Mubi 1980 films 1980s American films 1980s English-language films 1980s ghost films 1980 horror films 1980s horror thriller films 1980 independent films 1980s mystery films American films about revenge American ghost films American independent films American mystery films American supernatural horror films American zombie films Embassy Pictures films Films about Catholic priests Films about seafaring accidents or incidents Films directed by John Carpenter Films produced by Debra Hill Films set in California Films shot in California Films scored by John Carpenter Films with screenplays by John Carpenter Films with screenplays by Debra Hill Northern California in fiction Works about leprosy