Last House on the Left

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 03 Feb 2009, 01:05

Another remake......

http://movies.apple.com/movies/universa ... 1_480p.mov

Looks surprisingly good.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 03 Feb 2009, 17:16

Nothing could ever be as bad as the origanal, ever.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 03 Feb 2009, 18:31

Looks really dull. Just stick to the original.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 03 Feb 2009, 18:35

HungFist wrote: Just stick to the original.

You mean stick it in the bin. One worthless film that needs to be burned in hell forever. Pure 100% bile from beginning to end.

Makes even the origanal Hills have Eyes look mildly ok, which it aint as that shit beyond words as well.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 17 Mar 2009, 15:17

Rather positive reception: 7.1 at IMDB and a lot of positive reviews

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844708/

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 17 Mar 2009, 15:18

The critics have got stuck into it because of a very graphic rape scene.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 18 Mar 2009, 07:10

This film been getting a lot of praise from horror fans. They're calling it the best remake since Snyder's Dawn of the Dead or Cronenberg's The Fly, depending on who ask.

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 18 Mar 2009, 09:14

Snyder's DOTD eats balls compared to the original though.

Sigh. The internet eh

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 18 Mar 2009, 10:40

Synder's DotD was decent, but agreed, it's nowhere near as good or memorable as Romero's original.

Cronenberg's The Fly though is a masterpiece of contemporary cinema, it shits all over most horror films, not just the original and its sequels. Ditto with Carpenter's The Thing, another flawless piece of cinematic art.

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 18 Mar 2009, 10:50

Yeah let's hear it for The Thing!! Possibly not quite as good as Assault on Precinct 13(?) but up there with the best - I've been mad about that film since I first encountered on tv many years ago. Gotta love that John Carpenter magic

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 18 Mar 2009, 11:41

IMO The Thing is hands down the best film of Carpenter's career.

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 18 Mar 2009, 13:35

Shingster wrote:IMO The Thing is hands down the best film of Carpenter's career.

Yeah let's hear it for Shingster

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 Mar 2009, 15:48

EvaUnit02 wrote:Synder's DotD was decent, but agreed, it's nowhere near as good or memorable as Romero's original.

And that's the problem with it. It's decent horror fodder, no more. Was surprised at the praise it received... presumably from people who hadn't seen the original.

Ditto with Carpenter's The Thing, another flawless piece of cinematic art.

Haven't seen Hawks' original, but I'm a fan of the Carpenter remake. By all accounts a radically different movie.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 Mar 2009, 15:54

Mixed reviews, natch.

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1205377- ... _the_left/

"Consensus: Excessive and gory, this remake lacks the intellectual punch of the 1972 original."

Did the original have intellectual punch?? lol

Maybe I should see it before the remake.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 18 Mar 2009, 17:18

Shingster wrote:IMO The Thing is hands down the best film of Carpenter's career.

I completely & utterly agree with this.

The Thing, Halloween, and Assault on Precinct 13 are my favourite Carpenter films.

Oh wait, I was forgetting Big Trouble In Little China! Thats one of my favourites too!

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 18 Mar 2009, 17:27

Markgway wrote:
EvaUnit02 wrote:Synder's DotD was decent, but agreed, it's nowhere near as good or memorable as Romero's original.
And that's the problem with it. It's decent horror fodder, no more. Was surprised at the praise it received... presumably from people who hadn't seen the original.

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I think it was mostly a sense of relief

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 18 Mar 2009, 17:27

Markgway wrote:
EvaUnit02 wrote:Synder's DotD was decent, but agreed, it's nowhere near as good or memorable as Romero's original.
And that's the problem with it. It's decent horror fodder, no more. Was surprised at the praise it received... presumably from people who hadn't seen the original.

Not really

both the origanal and remake are 5 stars, from me and many others

so no many have seen both and love both. The remake betters the origanal in soo many ways as well.