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Last House on the Left

Posted: 03 Feb 2009, 01:05
by Markgway
Another remake......

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

Looks surprisingly good.

Posted: 03 Feb 2009, 17:16
by romerojpg
Nothing could ever be as bad as the origanal, ever.

Posted: 03 Feb 2009, 18:31
by HungFist
Looks really dull. Just stick to the original.

Posted: 03 Feb 2009, 18:35
by romerojpg
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.

Posted: 17 Mar 2009, 15:17
by HungFist
Rather positive reception: 7.1 at IMDB and a lot of positive reviews

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

Posted: 17 Mar 2009, 15:18
by Markgway
The critics have got stuck into it because of a very graphic rape scene.

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 07:10
by EvaUnit02
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.

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 09:14
by luckystars
Snyder's DOTD eats balls compared to the original though.

Sigh. The internet eh ;)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 10:40
by EvaUnit02
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.

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 10:50
by luckystars
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 ;)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 11:41
by Shingster
IMO The Thing is hands down the best film of Carpenter's career.

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 13:35
by luckystars
Shingster wrote:IMO The Thing is hands down the best film of Carpenter's career.
Yeah let's hear it for Shingster :P

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 15:48
by Markgway
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.

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 15:54
by Markgway
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.

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 17:18
by IronMonkey
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!

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 17:27
by Killer Meteor
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

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 17:27
by romerojpg
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 :D both the origanal and remake are 5 stars, from me and many others :D so no many have seen both and love both. The remake betters the origanal in soo many ways as well.