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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Jul 6, 2010 12:46:44 GMT -5
Here's the first trailer for the American remake of "Let the Right One In." (Retitled "Let Me In") It's looks okay to me.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jul 6, 2010 12:52:48 GMT -5
Here's the first trailer for the American remake of "Let the Right One In." (Retitled "Let Me In") It's looks okay to me. Yeah, I would say it's just "okay" as well. It's nice to see they aren't straying too far from what worked in the original adaption. At the same time, though...I can't see how they could possibly improve upon it either. We'll have to wait and see.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2010 16:20:41 GMT -5
chud.com/articles/articles/24317/1/DVD-REVIEW-NIGHTMARE-ON-ELM-ST-COLLECTION/Page1.htmlAnybody needing some time to kill, I recommend reading a new review I found of the double dip of The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection. You know, the one where the cover is a picture of Jackie Earle Haley's Freddy with added photoshop razor claws? Yeah, that aside. There's a review for the box set in general, then if you scroll down, he also reviews all the movies seperately, so... Should throw up a language and nudity warning. Especially when you're reading the Freddy's Revenge review. As if you couldn't guess why?
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 7, 2010 11:47:50 GMT -5
chud.com/articles/articles/24317/1/DVD-REVIEW-NIGHTMARE-ON-ELM-ST-COLLECTION/Page1.htmlAnybody needing some time to kill, I recommend reading a new review I found of the double dip of The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection. You know, the one where the cover is a picture of Jackie Earle Haley's Freddy with added photoshop razor claws? Yeah, that aside. There's a review for the box set in general, then if you scroll down, he also reviews all the movies seperately, so... Should throw up a language and nudity warning. Especially when you're reading the Freddy's Revenge review. As if you couldn't guess why? Shockingly, that guy's take on the whole series - that it's technically WAY better than the Friday series but less satisfying due to its grand ambitions not being met - is pretty much dead-on with mine. Great stuff. OK, so last week I re-watched Pet Sematary for the first time in a few years, and it reminded me of a discussion we had in some past horror thread about the upcoming remake. Some were for it, some were against it...paint me in on the camp as against it now (pulling a flip-flop here). My reason, however, is radically different to what you're expecting; instead of a remake, I think a true, bona-fide SEQUEL (and we're not discussing the 1992 film Pet Sematary Two) would be eleven kinds of awesome. Hear me out here. I've gone through a sibling death. It sucks horribly. Meanwhile, Ellie Creed not only suffers that, but the death of BOTH of her parents within a VERY short time span. I mean...what kind of a f*** you from the Universe is that? The movie never gives us any sort of closure regarding Ellie, who stays behind in Chicago while her mother heads back to Ludlow to get butchered. For some reason, that aspect - that this family has a lone survivor, ten years old, all of a sudden without anyone she's ever known - really stuck out to me for the first time. Nonetheless, I think a sequel focused on Ellie Creed 20+ years after those incidents as a kid would be very interesting, and very emotional. Say she's going back to Ludlow after all these years (and still suffering from horrific nightmares) to solve the mystery of her family's death once and for all, and in the process finds the burial ground, leading to disastrous results. Insert a few nice jump scares in between (nightmare scenes, maybe a couple "guinea pig" animals that Ellie uses as experiments, etc.) before the grand finale of one of the characters taking the final plunge and resurrecting a recently deceased person and you've got one hell of a movie, IMO.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jul 7, 2010 23:32:25 GMT -5
OK, so last week I re-watched Pet Sematary for the first time in a few years, and it reminded me of a discussion we had in some past horror thread about the upcoming remake. Some were for it, some were against it...paint me in on the camp as against it now (pulling a flip-flop here). My reason, however, is radically different to what you're expecting; instead of a remake, I think a true, bona-fide SEQUEL (and we're not discussing the 1992 film Pet Sematary Two) would be eleven kinds of awesome. Hear me out here. I've gone through a sibling death. It sucks horribly. Meanwhile, Ellie Creed not only suffers that, but the death of BOTH of her parents within a VERY short time span. I mean...what kind of a f*** you from the Universe is that? The movie never gives us any sort of closure regarding Ellie, who stays behind in Chicago while her mother heads back to Ludlow to get butchered. For some reason, that aspect - that this family has a lone survivor, ten years old, all of a sudden without anyone she's ever known - really stuck out to me for the first time. Nonetheless, I think a sequel focused on Ellie Creed 20+ years after those incidents as a kid would be very interesting, and very emotional. Say she's going back to Ludlow after all these years (and still suffering from horrific nightmares) to solve the mystery of her family's death once and for all, and in the process finds the burial ground, leading to disastrous results. Insert a few nice jump scares in between (nightmare scenes, maybe a couple "guinea pig" animals that Ellie uses as experiments, etc.) before the grand finale of one of the characters taking the final plunge and resurrecting a recently deceased person and you've got one hell of a movie, IMO. The film adaption of Pet Sematary has been in my all-time top 10 since I saw it for the first time 5 years ago, so I know I personally have been VERY touchy about the idea of a remake (or in this case, a "readaption", if you will). I remember discussing it with all of you a few threads back, and I think the general consensus was that the story stood nothing to gain from an updated film adaption, from just about every angle - the 80s technology still holds up remarkably well, and doesn't feel too dated. And replacing Fred Gwynne as Jud? Let's not even go there. And the less said about Pet Sematary Two, the better, which had to be one of the sharpest drops in quality I've seen over the course of just one sequel. The sooner that turd is forgotten, the better. However... An actual, direct sequel to the original is something I hadn't really considered, and I suppose it could work if put into the right hands. Dating back to my very first viewing, I always wondered, as a viewer immersed in the story, about Ellie's fate. The last you really hear about her is when she has a nightmare about her mother, and her grandfather calls Louis in a bid to calm her down. After that, Louis hears the recently resurrected Gage in the house and hangs up the phone. After that...nothing. It's left up to the viewer to decide her fate, and my conclusion was pretty much the same as yours - years of nightmares, medication, and therapy. Perhaps she ended up blocking it out entirely to deal with it; I've done enough research on the subject (for my own writings) to find that it's fairly common with traumatic childhood events. So if there were to be a sequel, there'd have to be something drawing her back there, perhaps a recurring nightmare that she hasn't had in years. I don't know, but the old "to solve the mystery once and for all" screams "sequel cop out", so I'd probably go for something a little deeper than that, personally. My only real fear is that it WOULD end up falling into the wrong hands, and we'd just end up with Pet Sematary Three, if you catch my drift. But you're right, it probably would be better than the new adaption we'll end up getting.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 8, 2010 10:25:55 GMT -5
So if there were to be a sequel, there'd have to be something drawing her back there, perhaps a recurring nightmare that she hasn't had in years. Which would be a big part of my scenario, along with the curiosity that kills the cat (no pun intended). Really, I don't know how much deeper you need to get.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jul 8, 2010 17:34:25 GMT -5
So if there were to be a sequel, there'd have to be something drawing her back there, perhaps a recurring nightmare that she hasn't had in years. Which would be a big part of my scenario, along with the curiosity that kills the cat (no pun intended). Really, I don't know how much deeper you need to get. Well it's not so much that, just that I've read a lot of fan fiction for various franchises, and the whole "coming back to confront their demons" always seemed like a cop out and a weak excuse for a sequel. I'm not saying it couldn't work, but with the number of times I've read that same scenario applied to several other franchises and it just seems cliche to me, personally. I can't say if it would work or not. Just personal taste and experience talking I guess.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 8, 2010 21:29:27 GMT -5
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Post by DSR on Jul 8, 2010 22:44:44 GMT -5
IT! (1966)
A young Roddy McDowall stars as the assistant curator of a museum in London. When the museum's wearhouse (a seperate building) burns down, the only thing left intact is a gigantic hideous statue, with cryptic messages carved in Hebrew upon it.
McDowall's character, Pimm, discovers that this statue is a Golem, supposedly created to protect the citizens of an ancient civilization when magic parchment is placed under its tongue.
Pimm's got problems: he's in love with a girl who only likes him as a friend, and he desperately wants to drop the "assistant" from his job title. Perhaps his biggest problem, though he doesn't really see it as one, is that his freetime is spent hanging out with his mother: his dead, decomposing mother (we find this out in the second scene of the film, so I'm not really spoiling anything).
At any rate, once Pimm discovers that magic parchment, he seems to finally have the power to make his dreams come true. Though legend has it that when the Golem is used for selfish purposes, nothing created by man will be able to stop once it unleashes chaos on everyone in its path...
Yeah, this is kinda weird. A bit of a PSYCHO rip-off, with the killer using a Golem instead of a knife and his mom's clothes. Yet, despite the silliness of the story itself, the production (done in Hammer style) still looks damn good, and Roddy McDowall proves he can elevate less-than-spectacular material. Jill Haworth plays the object of his unrequited affections, and she's a real knockout! And I don't want to give it away, but the ending is pretty insane.
3 stars out of 5. It tends to drag towards the end, but its still a bizarre, fun little diversion.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jul 8, 2010 22:53:07 GMT -5
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 9, 2010 11:39:43 GMT -5
IT! (1966) A young Roddy McDowall stars as the assistant curator of a museum in London. When the museum's wearhouse (a seperate building) burns down, the only thing left intact is a gigantic hideous statue, with cryptic messages carved in Hebrew upon it. McDowall's character, Pimm, discovers that this statue is a Golem, supposedly created to protect the citizens of an ancient civilization when magic parchment is placed under its tongue. Pimm's got problems: he's in love with a girl who only likes him as a friend, and he desperately wants to drop the "assistant" from his job title. Perhaps his biggest problem, though he doesn't really see it as one, is that his freetime is spent hanging out with his mother: his dead, decomposing mother (we find this out in the second scene of the film, so I'm not really spoiling anything). At any rate, once Pimm discovers that magic parchment, he seems to finally have the power to make his dreams come true. Though legend has it that when the Golem is used for selfish purposes, nothing created by man will be able to stop once it unleashes chaos on everyone in its path... Yeah, this is kinda weird. A bit of a PSYCHO rip-off, with the killer using a Golem instead of a knife and his mom's clothes. Yet, despite the silliness of the story itself, the production (done in Hammer style) still looks damn good, and Roddy McDowall proves he can elevate less-than-spectacular material. Jill Haworth plays the object of his unrequited affections, and she's a real knockout! And I don't want to give it away, but the ending is pretty insane. 3 stars out of 5. It tends to drag towards the end, but its still a bizarre, fun little diversion. Yup - the guy starring in that movie would eventually become the HEAD OF THE SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD, so you know he did something right. Two things: (1) I re-watched Mario Bava's Black Sabbath yesterday. Man, what an awesome film that is - maybe my favorite horror anthology EVER, particularly that creeptacular movie ender with the freakiest looking corpse in cinema history, and (2) From the apathy file, a new Ju-On review is posted, linked in my sig.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 9, 2010 20:02:55 GMT -5
I can always tell it's Friday when I'm hanging out in this thread and no one else is. ;D
Just got back from Predators. I've always considered the Predator movies horror films, because they're among the rare breed of movies that actually SCARE me. The appearance of the title aliens, the "stalk-and-kill" nature of the story, and the foreboding sense of dread they create had a strong effect on me during my first viewing of both Predator and Predator 2 (I'm not counting either AvP flick into this equation, which are good for MST3K value and little else)...and this film is no different. Well-paced, well-acted, and well-executed, and loads of fun in a movie theater. I'd give it a very solid *** 1/2 out of ****, and HIGHLY recommend you check it out on the big screen.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jul 9, 2010 20:20:28 GMT -5
I can always tell it's Friday when I'm hanging out in this thread and no one else is. ;D Just got back from Predators. I've always considered the Predator movies horror films, because they're among the rare breed of movies that actually SCARE me. The appearance of the title aliens, the "stalk-and-kill" nature of the story, and the foreboding sense of dread they create had a strong effect on me during my first viewing of both Predator and Predator 2 (I'm not counting either AvP flick into this equation, which are good for MST3K value and little else)...and this film is no different. Well-paced, well-acted, and well-executed, and loads of fun in a movie theater. I'd give it a very solid *** 1/2 out of ****, and HIGHLY recommend you check it out on the big screen. I saw it last night it does kick ass.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jul 9, 2010 21:34:06 GMT -5
They did right by Predators. It was a movie that knew what it's roots were, and used them to maximum effect. Fun movie all around. I am so proud that there are still guys like Robert Rodriguez out there in Hollywood who "get it".
And I can't believe that I actually bought Adrien Brody as a badass. Not too shabby.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2010 0:26:11 GMT -5
I've been wanting to see this, and if the horror aficandos here love it, then I need to check it out. I will sometime this weekend.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 11, 2010 16:09:11 GMT -5
Predators is looking at third place this weekend with 25 million. Saw it today it was good. Hope that it gets a sequel
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Post by Chainsaw on Jul 11, 2010 21:44:22 GMT -5
Predators is looking at third place this weekend with 25 million. Saw it today it was good. Hope that it gets a sequel $25 mil against those pussy vampire wannabees and a Steve Carrell voiced family movie sounds pretty good to me. And they probably saved a ton of money by only having one commercial produced and run ad infinitum.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2010 1:02:48 GMT -5
The budget was around $40 million I believe. Add in the possibility of this playing like gangbusters overseas and this looks like a decent winner for Fox, which has seen better days. Although I am hearing slight breaths of Lawrence Fishburne's role being akin to Tim Robbins role in War of the Worlds and that's not a good thing.
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Post by erisi236 on Jul 12, 2010 1:14:56 GMT -5
25M first week for an R rated umtenth sequel is quite good, word of mouth which has been pretty positive might carry it to even better, which I'm certainly glad for.
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Post by Ken Ivory on Jul 13, 2010 6:34:31 GMT -5
Veering slightly off topic. I watched Troma's "Terror Firmer" last weekend with the intention of inducting it into the Hall of Shame but I don't think I have the heart to induct any of Troma's films. As weird as it sounds, there seems to be something "pure" about Troma's movies. Yes, they're random and strange (and a bit wrong at times) but they don't pretend to be otherwise.
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